Hartford Whalers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 29, 1984 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Hartford Whalers 3–2 on Saturday, December 29, 1984 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Whalers 24–21.
Bryan Erickson scored twice. Sylvain Turgeon, Ron Francis and Darren Veitch also scored.
Bob Mason made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Erickson (12)Gaetan Duchesne (6), Dave Christian (18)0–112:00 WSH
2nd period
Sylvain Turgeon (12)Ron Francis (22), Risto Siltanen (15)1–101:04 HFD · 
Ron Francis (10)Unassisted2–112:34 HFD
Darren Veitch (2)Unassisted2–217:20 WSH ·
3rd period
- Bryan Erickson (13)Dave Christian (19), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (13)2–303:19 WSH
Team stats
HFDWSH
2124
0%0%
1/31/8
2315
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:04 into the first period
Wally Weir · hooking2 min - 9:15 into the first periodKevin Dineen · interference2 min
- 16:43 into the first periodMark Paterson · tripping2 min
- 19:41 into the first period
Mike Gartner · roughing2 min - 20:00 into the first periodTorrie Robertson · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the first periodRod Langway · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodRod Langway · fighting5 min
- 4:27 into the second periodRon Francis · hooking2 min
- 13:55 into the second periodBob Crawford · hooking2 min
- 16:04 into the second periodJoel Quenneville · tripping2 min
- 16:19 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · tripping2 min
- 16:59 into the second periodRisto Siltanen · holding2 min
- 4:04 into the third periodSylvain Turgeon · high sticking2 min
- 4:04 into the third periodBobby Gould · roughing2 min
- 8:42 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · holding2 min
- 16:22 into the third periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Mark PatersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Mark FuscoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob MasonG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |