New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 15, 1984 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4–2 on Saturday, December 15, 1984 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 41–26.
Goals came from Mike Gartner, Alan Haworth, Dave Gagner, Bobby Carpenter, Gaetan Duchesne and Willie Huber.
Pat Riggin made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 37 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Gartner (16)Gary Sampson (6), Bobby Carpenter (12)0–113:57 WSH
Alan Haworth (9)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (6)0–219:32 WSH
2nd period
Dave Gagner (4)Jan Erixon (8), Reijo Ruotsalainen (14)1–203:26 NYR
Bobby Carpenter (23)Gary Sampson (7), Mike Gartner (22)1–315:28 WSH
3rd period
Gaetan Duchesne (4)Bobby Gould (7)1–405:56 WSH
Willie Huber (1)Mike Rogers (12), Tom Laidlaw (5)2–406:40 NYR
Team stats
NYRWSH
2641
0%0%
0/10/3
117
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:19 into the first period
Willie Huber · hooking2 min - 16:27 into the first period
Dave Christian · slashing2 min - 12:41 into the second periodGeorge McPhee · high sticking2 min
- 17:28 into the second periodGeorge McPhee · slashing2 min
- 17:28 into the second periodGeorge McPhee · fighting5 min
- 17:28 into the second periodTimo Blomqvist · fighting5 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 9Dave GagnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 37George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | L | 41 | 4 | .902 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Gary SampsonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – |