Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 1, 1984 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 5–4 in overtime on Saturday, December 1, 1984 at Boston Garden. The Capitals outshot the Bruins 31–30.
Charlie Simmer scored twice and Bryan Erickson scored twice. Terry O'Reilly, Keith Crowder, Dean Evason, Gaetan Duchesne and Dave Christian also scored.
Pat Riggin made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Doug Keans stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Terry O'Reilly (5)Tom Fergus (10), Geoff Courtnall (10)0–110:00 BOS
Keith Crowder (6)Ray Bourque (25), Barry Pederson (2)0–215:52 BOS · 
Charlie Simmer (12)Barry Pederson (3), Rick Middleton (14)0–318:19 BOS
2nd period
Dean Evason (1)Darren Veitch (4), Greg Adams (1)1–303:38 WSH
Gaetan Duchesne (1)Rod Langway (9)2–312:34 WSH
3rd period
- Charlie Simmer (13)Steve Kasper (6), Brian Curran (1)2–412:54 BOS
Bryan Erickson (8)Greg Adams (2), Darren Veitch (5)3–416:36 WSH- Bryan Erickson (9)Bobby Carpenter (11), Dave Christian (13)4–418:48 WSH
Overtime
Dave Christian (7)Darren Veitch (6), Rod Langway (10)5–401:20 WSH
Team stats
WSHBOS
3130
0%0%
0/21/3
64
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:59 into the first period
Timo Blomqvist · holding2 min - 11:31 into the first period
Charlie Simmer · holding2 min - 14:48 into the first periodCraig Laughlin · high sticking2 min
- 19:35 into the first periodTerry O'Reilly · tripping2 min
- 2:07 into the third periodDave Christian · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Dean EvasonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 32Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Louis SleigherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |