Washington Capitals vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, December 12, 1984 · Met Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota North Stars 3–2 on Wednesday, December 12, 1984 at Met Center. The Capitals outshot the North Stars 32–25.
Mark Napier scored twice. Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Gary Sampson and Mike McEwen also scored.
Bob Mason made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Napier (6)Keith Acton (16), Brent Ashton (7)0–115:35 MNS
2nd period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1)Dave Christian (15), Darren Veitch (11)1–101:02 WSH · 
Gary Sampson (8)Bobby Gould (6), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (5)2–104:55 WSH- Mark Napier (7)Brad Maxwell (7), Tom McCarthy (13)2–207:53 MNS ·
3rd period
Mike McEwen (2)Dave Christian (16), Bryan Erickson (6)3–214:02 WSH
Team stats
WSHMNS
3225
0%0%
1/71/3
1723
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:39 into the first period
Peter Andersson · holding2 min - 6:17 into the first period
Harold Snepsts · tripping2 min - 6:47 into the first periodDave Christian · holding2 min
- 7:24 into the first periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 11:07 into the first periodCurt Giles · hooking2 min
- 12:46 into the first periodHarold Snepsts · roughing2 min
- 12:46 into the first periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 13:56 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · roughing2 min
- 13:56 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · fighting5 min
- 13:56 into the first periodBobby Gould · slashing2 min
- 13:56 into the first periodBobby Gould · fighting5 min
- 19:16 into the first periodNeal Broten · holding2 min
- 7:41 into the second periodBryan Erickson · tripping2 min
- 8:47 into the second periodScott Bjugstad · holding2 min
- 1:33 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · holding2 min
- 4:42 into the third periodDennis Maruk · tripping2 min
- 15:57 into the third periodDarren Veitch · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Gary SampsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob MasonG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 16Mark NapierR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Ken SolheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |