Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Saturday, January 12, 1985 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Saturday, January 12, 1985 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Capitals 27–25.
Goals came from Kirk Muller, Tim Higgins, Scott Stevens, Aaron Broten, Bobby Gould, Mel Bridgman, Larry Murphy and Rich Preston.
Hannu Kamppuri made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Kirk Muller (11)Unassisted0–113:48 NJD ·
2nd period
Tim Higgins (9)Dave Pichette (21), Mel Bridgman (22)0–204:45 NJD · 
Scott Stevens (10)Craig Laughlin (14), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (16)1–205:55 WSH · 
Aaron Broten (13)Kirk Muller (19), Hannu Kamppuri (1)1–317:18 NJD
3rd period
Bobby Gould (8)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (17), Dave Christian (24)2–303:33 WSH
Mel Bridgman (14)Tim Higgins (15), Doug Sulliman (10)2–406:07 NJD · 
Larry Murphy (6)Scott Stevens (22), Mike Gartner (28)3–409:59 WSH · 
Rich Preston (8)Unassisted3–519:27 NJD ·
Team stats
WSHNJD
2527
0%0%
2/52/4
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:35 into the first period
Paul Gagne · tripping2 min - 14:39 into the first period
Darren Veitch · hooking2 min - 16:51 into the first periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
- 3:33 into the second periodAlan Haworth · tripping2 min
- 5:24 into the second periodBob Lorimer · hooking2 min
- 6:30 into the second periodJan Ludvig · high sticking2 min
- 17:33 into the second periodPat Verbeek · holding2 min
- 4:19 into the third periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 9:32 into the third periodPhil Russell · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Kirk MullerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Rocky TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Hannu KamppuriG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |