Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, December 16, 1984 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 6–3 on Sunday, December 16, 1984 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 35–34.
Bobby Carpenter scored twice and Dave Christian scored twice. Jim Wiemer, Anders Hedberg, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Pierre Larouche and Bryan Erickson also scored.
Bob Mason made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Carpenter (24)Gary Sampson (8), Mike Gartner (23)1–000:16 WSH
Jim Wiemer (4)Tom Laidlaw (6), Mike Rogers (13)1–103:33 NYR · 
Anders Hedberg (10)Reijo Ruotsalainen (15), Jim Wiemer (3)1–204:03 NYR
Dave Christian (10)Craig Laughlin (8), Mike McEwen (6)2–212:13 WSH
2nd period
- Bobby Carpenter (25)Craig Laughlin (9), Peter Andersson (6)3–203:39 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2)Unassisted4–215:33 WSH
Pierre Larouche (8)Reijo Ruotsalainen (16), Anders Hedberg (17)4–318:38 NYR ·
3rd period
Bryan Erickson (10)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (7)5–304:16 WSH- Dave Christian (11)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (8)6–319:00 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYR
3534
0%0%
0/22/5
2215
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:27 into the first period
Jim Wiemer · cross checking2 min - 3:04 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 17:56 into the first periodDave Gagner · roughing2 min
- 17:56 into the first periodBobby Carpenter · roughing2 min
- 5:07 into the second periodAndre Dore · holding2 min
- 8:22 into the second periodDave Gagner · fighting5 min
- 8:22 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · fighting5 min
- 16:41 into the second periodSteve Patrick · roughing2 min
- 16:41 into the second periodMike McEwen · roughing2 min
- 17:43 into the second periodRod Langway · high sticking2 min
- 4:39 into the third periodLarry Murphy · holding2 min
- 6:56 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 6:56 into the third periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min
- 8:16 into the third periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Gary SampsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob MasonG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |
New York Rangers
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Jim WiemerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 7 | 2 | .714 |