Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, January 1, 1985 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 5–1 on Tuesday, January 1, 1985 at Capital Centre. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 26–24.
Bobby Carpenter scored twice. Keith Crowder, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Bryan Erickson and Mike Gartner also scored.
Pat Riggin made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Doug Keans stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Carpenter (29)Scott Stevens (21), Gaetan Duchesne (7)0–116:56 WSH
Keith Crowder (14)Ken Linseman (25), Mike Milbury (9)1–119:45 BOS
2nd period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (3)Mike McEwen (11), Dave Christian (20)1–206:31 WSH ·
3rd period
Bryan Erickson (14)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (14), Dave Christian (21)1–303:39 WSH- Bobby Carpenter (30)Mike Gartner (26), Larry Murphy (18)1–408:13 WSH
Mike Gartner (23)Bobby Carpenter (21), Larry Murphy (19)1–511:22 WSH ·
Team stats
BOSWSH
2624
0%0%
0/72/8
3018
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:43 into the first period
Mike Gartner · holding2 min - 4:41 into the first period
Terry O'Reilly · interference2 min - 7:18 into the first periodKeith Crowder · high sticking2 min
- 7:18 into the first periodKeith Crowder · roughing2 min
- 7:18 into the first periodAlan Haworth · high sticking2 min
- 7:18 into the first periodAlan Haworth · roughing2 min
- 11:56 into the first periodJohn Blum · elbowing2 min
- 2:58 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · hooking2 min
- 4:00 into the second periodBarry Pederson · hooking2 min
- 4:50 into the second periodKen Linseman · hooking2 min
- 6:56 into the second periodKen Linseman · tripping2 min
- 12:21 into the second periodDarren Veitch · tripping2 min
- 15:56 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · tripping2 min
- 4:38 into the third periodGreg Adams · tripping2 min
- 6:20 into the third periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 6:28 into the third periodBarry Pederson · tripping2 min
- 9:30 into the third periodMike McEwen · tripping2 min
- 10:03 into the third periodTom Fergus · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:03 into the third periodTom Fergus · misconduct10 min
- 10:03 into the third periodKen Linseman · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Louis SleigherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Dave DonnellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – |