St. Louis Blues vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, March 18, 1984 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Sunday, March 18, 1984 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Blues 33–26.
Goals came from Doug Gilmour, Bryan Erickson, Bernie Federko, Joe Mullen, Darren Veitch, Bobby Carpenter, Brian Sutter and Guy Chouinard.
Rick Heinz made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Gilmour (23)Jack Carlson (8), Rik Wilson (11)1–002:23 STL
Bryan Erickson (10)Alan Haworth (28), Larry Murphy (33)1–105:37 WSH ·
2nd period
Bernie Federko (38)Brian Sutter (48), Joe Mullen (40)2–104:50 STL
Joe Mullen (36)Bernie Federko (61), Dave Pichette (14)3–105:41 STL
Darren Veitch (6)Bobby Gould (17), Scott Stevens (28)3–211:03 WSH
3rd period
Bobby Carpenter (25)Dave Christian (50)3–305:04 WSH
Brian Sutter (31)Doug Gilmour (22)4–306:30 STL · 
Guy Chouinard (11)Unassisted5–314:42 STL
Team stats
STLWSH
2633
0%0%
0/11/5
2416
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:27 into the first period
Brian Sutter · slashing2 min - 4:27 into the first periodBrian Sutter · fighting5 min
- 4:27 into the first period
Bobby Gould · high sticking2 min - 4:27 into the first periodBobby Gould · fighting5 min
- 4:33 into the first periodRik Wilson · interference2 min
- 6:21 into the first periodJack Carlson · fighting5 min
- 6:21 into the first periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min
- 8:39 into the first periodMark Reeds · tripping2 min
- 10:24 into the first periodRob Ramage · roughing2 min
- 10:24 into the first periodRob Ramage · slashing2 min
- 10:24 into the first periodCraig Laughlin · slashing2 min
- 16:29 into the second periodRik Wilson · roughing2 min
- 5:59 into the third periodRob Ramage · roughing2 min
- 8:13 into the third periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 7Joe MullenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 18Doug GilmourC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Guy ChouinardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Dave PichetteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Rik WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Perry GancharR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Greg PaslawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Terry JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Rick HeinzG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |