Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Sunday, December 23, 1984 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 7–4 on Sunday, December 23, 1984 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Capitals 35–31.
Murray Craven scored twice and Tim Kerr scored a hat trick. Alan Haworth, Derrick Smith, Mike Gartner, Ross Fitzpatrick, Dave Christian and Mike McEwen also scored.
Pelle Lindbergh made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 28 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Murray Craven (12)Rick Tocchet (11), Thomas Eriksson (16)0–101:35 PHI
Tim Kerr (26)Mark Howe (16), Brad McCrimmon (18)0–203:33 PHI
Alan Haworth (10)Bryan Erickson (7), Glen Currie (4)1–217:12 WSH
2nd period
- Tim Kerr (27)Dave Poulin (15), Brian Propp (20)1–301:06 PHI
Derrick Smith (7)Peter Zezel (19), Doug Crossman (10)1–404:21 PHI
Mike Gartner (20)Bobby Carpenter (18)2–404:54 WSH- Tim Kerr (28)Brian Propp (21), Mark Howe (17)2–507:42 PHI
- Murray Craven (13)Rick Tocchet (12)2–608:01 PHI
3rd period
Ross Fitzpatrick (1)Peter Zezel (20), Doug Crossman (11)2–701:12 PHI · 
Dave Christian (12)Mike McEwen (9), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (10)3–702:11 WSH
Mike McEwen (3)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (11), Bobby Gould (8)4–708:00 WSH
Team stats
WSHPHI
3135
0%0%
0/21/3
64
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:53 into the first period
Len Hachborn · hooking2 min - 11:39 into the first periodBrad Marsh · slashing2 min
- 13:16 into the first period
Mike Gartner · high sticking2 min - 0:44 into the second periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
- 16:24 into the second periodDoug Jarvis · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 35 | 7 | .800 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 12Tim KerrR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 34Ross FitzpatrickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Thomas ErikssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Len HachbornC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 44Michael StothersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Darren JensenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Pelle LindberghG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |