Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, January 16, 1985 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 on Wednesday, January 16, 1985 at Civic Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 32–23.
Mario Lemieux scored twice. Dave Christian, Doug Shedden, Alan Haworth, Mike Gartner, Rod Buskas, Bobby Gould and Bobby Carpenter also scored.
Pat Riggin made 19 saves on 23 shots for the win; Denis Herron stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Christian (16)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (18)1–012:43 WSH
Doug Shedden (21)Moe Mantha (24)1–113:55 PIT
2nd period
Alan Haworth (13)Craig Laughlin (17), Scott Stevens (23)2–101:21 WSH
Mike Gartner (27)Craig Laughlin (18), Dave Christian (27)3–104:30 WSH · 
Rod Buskas (2)John Chabot (34), Doug Shedden (17)3–207:22 PIT
Mario Lemieux (14)Bryan Maxwell (2)3–312:25 PIT
3rd period
Bobby Gould (9)Gaetan Duchesne (9)4–306:47 WSH
Bobby Carpenter (32)Gaetan Duchesne (10), Bobby Gould (12)5–311:09 WSH- Mario Lemieux (15)Joe McDonnell (1), John Chabot (35)5–414:58 PIT ·
Team stats
WSHPIT
3223
0%0%
1/21/3
2018
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:32 into the first period
Mitch Lamoureux · slashing2 min - 7:39 into the first period
Bryan Erickson · slashing2 min - 8:38 into the first periodMike McEwen · interference2 min
- 17:59 into the first periodPetteri Lehto · holding2 min
- 2:56 into the second periodMoe Mantha · hooking2 min
- 17:10 into the second periodTimo Blomqvist · holding2 min
- 3:42 into the third periodDenis Herron · roughing2 min
- 3:42 into the third periodGreg Adams · interference2 min
- 13:25 into the third periodLarry Murphy · tripping2 min
- 15:36 into the third periodGary Rissling · misconduct10 min
- 15:36 into the third periodScott Stevens · misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 23 | 4 | .826 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Joe McDonnellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Mitch LamoureuxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Arto JavanainenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Roger Belanger Jr.C | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Petteri LehtoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Todd CharlesworthD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denis HerronG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 0 | 0 | – |