New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, March 3, 1984 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5–1 on Saturday, March 3, 1984 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 32–23.
Bobby Carpenter scored twice. Bryan Erickson, Blaine Stoughton, Mike Gartner and Bengt-Ake Gustafsson also scored.
Pat Riggin made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Erickson (7)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (39), Dave Christian (47)0–104:01 WSH · 
Blaine Stoughton (25)Unassisted1–108:45 NYR
2nd period
Bobby Carpenter (21)Craig Laughlin (27), Scott Stevens (24)1–204:11 WSH · - Bobby Carpenter (22)Bryan Erickson (10), Alan Haworth (24)1–304:53 WSH
Mike Gartner (33)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (40)1–409:00 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (31)Timo Blomqvist (18), Mike Gartner (39)1–516:34 WSH
Team stats
NYRWSH
2332
0%0%
0/12/5
146
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:40 into the first period
Dave Maloney · roughing2 min - 13:34 into the first periodAnders Hedberg · high sticking2 min
- 13:34 into the first period
Bryan Erickson · holding2 min - 3:21 into the second periodDave Maloney · holding2 min
- 11:07 into the second periodMark Osborne · hooking2 min
- 14:13 into the second periodDave Shand · hooking2 min
- 16:52 into the second periodDave Maloney · holding2 min
- 13:06 into the third periodMark Osborne · high sticking2 min
- 13:06 into the third periodMike Gartner · slashing2 min
- 18:33 into the third periodMike Rogers · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – |