Minnesota North Stars vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, March 21, 1984 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota North Stars 5–1 on Wednesday, March 21, 1984 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the North Stars 30–22.
Bobby Gould scored twice. Peter Andersson, Mike Gartner, Gary Sampson and Dennis Maruk also scored.
Al Jensen made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Andersson (3)Mike Gartner (41), Dave Christian (51)0–113:34 WSH
2nd period
Mike Gartner (37)Larry Murphy (34), Rod Langway (21)0–209:09 WSH · 
Gary Sampson (1)Unassisted0–318:32 WSH
3rd period
Bobby Gould (18)Gaetan Duchesne (19), Peter Andersson (7)0–409:09 WSH- Bobby Gould (19)Timo Blomqvist (19), Scott Stevens (29)0–511:58 WSH ·
Dennis Maruk (17)Willi Plett (22), Brian Bellows (40)1–518:40 MNS
Team stats
MNSWSH
2230
0%0%
0/12/7
142
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:34 into the first period
Curt Giles · holding2 min - 16:56 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 8:42 into the second periodCraig Levie · hooking2 min
- 11:46 into the second period
Mike Gartner · hooking2 min - 19:24 into the second periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 6:24 into the third periodWilli Plett · hooking2 min
- 10:33 into the third periodSteve Payne · holding2 min
- 19:00 into the third periodWilli Plett · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 9Dennis MarukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 98Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 6Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Tom HirschD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Craig LevieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Gary SampsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |