New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, March 28, 1984 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 6–2 on Wednesday, March 28, 1984 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Devils 31–18.
Goals came from Greg Adams, Gary McAdam, Mike Gartner, Bobby Gould, Craig Laughlin, Mel Bridgman, Dave Shand and Bobby Carpenter.
Pat Riggin made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Ron Low stopped 20 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Adams (2)Scott Stevens (31), Bobby Carpenter (40)0–104:29 WSH
Gary McAdam (10)Joe Cirella (32)1–110:20 NJD · 
Mike Gartner (39)Larry Murphy (36), Dave Christian (52)1–211:25 WSH
Bobby Gould (21)Craig Laughlin (31), Rod Langway (23)1–313:33 WSH ·
2nd period
Craig Laughlin (20)Scott Stevens (32), Doug Jarvis (29)1–404:58 WSH
Mel Bridgman (23)Bob MacMillan (23), Joe Cirella (33)2–405:12 NJD
Dave Shand (4)Mike Gartner (43), Bryan Erickson (17)2–506:45 WSH
3rd period
Bobby Carpenter (27)Alan Haworth (31), Craig Laughlin (32)2–613:21 WSH ·
Team stats
NJDWSH
1831
0%0%
0/32/4
2220
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:20 into the first period
Phil Russell · tripping2 min - 10:44 into the first periodDon Lever · fighting5 min
- 10:44 into the first periodRon Low · roughing2 min
- 10:44 into the first period
Bobby Carpenter · charging2 min - 10:44 into the first periodAlan Haworth · fighting5 min
- 13:22 into the first periodMurray Brumwell · holding2 min
- 12:35 into the second periodYvon Vautour · slashing2 min
- 18:46 into the second periodScott Stevens · cross checking2 min
- 0:27 into the third periodJan Ludvig · hooking2 min
- 9:19 into the third periodGreg Adams · holding2 min
- 13:09 into the third periodYvon Vautour · high sticking2 min
- 13:09 into the third periodYvon Vautour · fighting5 min
- 13:09 into the third periodGreg Adams · high sticking2 min
- 13:09 into the third periodGreg Adams · fighting5 min
- 14:39 into the third periodRod Langway · holding2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Gary McAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14John JohannsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Bob HoffmeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 30Ron LowG | L | 26 | 6 | .769 |
Washington Capitals
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 18 | 2 | .889 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |