Washington Capitals vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Wednesday, January 9, 1985 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 4–2 on Wednesday, January 9, 1985 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Capitals 27–18.
Goals came from Rob Ramage, Gaetan Duchesne, Bobby Gould, Mike McEwen, Jorgen Pettersson and Bobby Carpenter.
Al Jensen made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Rick Wamsley stopped 14 of 17.
Scoring
2nd period
Rob Ramage (2)Mark Reeds (14)0–102:22 STL
Gaetan Duchesne (10)Craig Laughlin (13), Doug Jarvis (16)1–105:42 WSH
3rd period
Bobby Gould (7)Unassisted2–101:24 WSH
Mike McEwen (4)Dave Christian (23), Larry Murphy (21)3–112:22 WSH · 
Jorgen Pettersson (12)Dave Barr (9)3–213:02 STL
Bobby Carpenter (31)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (15)4–219:25 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHSTL
1827
0%0%
1/30/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:09 into the first period
Darren Veitch · holding2 min - 2:47 into the second period
Tim Bothwell · holding2 min - 16:55 into the second periodTim Bothwell · slashing2 min
- 17:44 into the second periodLarry Murphy · holding2 min
- 7:03 into the third periodMike McEwen · hooking2 min
- 11:25 into the third periodRob Ramage · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
St. Louis Blues
| 6Dave BarrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Mark ReedsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Greg PaslawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 61Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Craig LevieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Rik WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Terry JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Rick WamsleyG | L | 17 | 3 | .824 |