New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, October 20, 1984 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 6–5 on Saturday, October 20, 1984 at Capital Centre. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 32–22.
Bobby Gould scored twice. Gary Sampson, Anders Hedberg, Bobby Carpenter, Ron Greschner, Tomas Sandstrom, Reijo Ruotsalainen, Jan Erixon, Mike Gartner and Mike Allison also scored.
Glen Hanlon made 17 saves on 22 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 26 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Gould (2)Rod Langway (3), Gary Sampson (1)0–101:26 WSH
Gary Sampson (3)Unassisted0–207:14 WSH · 
Anders Hedberg (2)Ron Greschner (3), Pierre Larouche (2)1–208:03 NYR · 
Bobby Carpenter (4)Mike Gartner (2)1–308:39 WSH- Bobby Gould (3)Gary Sampson (2), Glen Currie (2)1–418:51 WSH
2nd period
Ron Greschner (2)Willie Huber (3), Mike Rogers (1)2–411:54 NYR · 
Tomas Sandstrom (2)Don Maloney (1), Willie Huber (4)3–413:36 NYR · 
Reijo Ruotsalainen (3)Ron Greschner (4), Pierre Larouche (3)4–413:52 NYR · 
Jan Erixon (1)Dave Gagner (1), Peter Sundstrom (2)5–416:00 NYR
Mike Gartner (3)Bobby Carpenter (2)5–519:04 WSH ·
3rd period
Mike Allison (1)Jan Erixon (1), Reijo Ruotsalainen (1)6–516:07 NYR
Team stats
NYRWSH
3222
0%0%
4/81/5
3851
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:48 into the first period
Mike Gartner · hooking2 min - 13:21 into the first periodDave Shand · charging2 min
- 13:36 into the first period
Willie Huber · charging2 min - 19:33 into the first periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
- 3:48 into the second periodJames McGeough · hooking2 min
- 5:28 into the second periodBobby Gould · slashing2 min
- 8:48 into the second periodMike Blaisdell · cross checking2 min
- 8:48 into the second periodMike Blaisdell · fighting5 min
- 8:48 into the second periodMike Gartner · slashing2 min
- 8:48 into the second periodAndre Hidi · fighting5 min
- 10:56 into the second periodAlan Haworth · high sticking5 min
- 18:50 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · interference2 min
- 4:17 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · high sticking2 min
- 4:17 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · fighting5 min
- 4:17 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · game misconduct10 min
- 4:17 into the third periodScott Stevens · high sticking2 min
- 4:17 into the third periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min
- 4:17 into the third periodScott Stevens · misconduct10 min
- 4:17 into the third periodScott Stevens · game misconduct10 min
- 9:32 into the third periodSimo Saarinen · interference2 min
- 9:53 into the third periodJames Patrick · high sticking2 min
- 9:53 into the third periodJames Patrick · roughing2 min
- 9:53 into the third periodCraig Laughlin · high sticking2 min
- 9:53 into the third periodCraig Laughlin · roughing2 min
- 13:35 into the third periodSimo Saarinen · interference2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodBench · game misconduct head coach0 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 9Dave GagnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Simo SaarinenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 22 | 5 | .773 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 20Gary SampsonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Andre HidiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34James McGeoughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 32 | 6 | .813 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |