Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, January 17, 1985 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2 on Thursday, January 17, 1985 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 33–23.
Craig Laughlin scored twice. Mike Gartner, Dave Christian, Glen Currie, Bobby Carpenter, Mario Lemieux and Warren Young also scored.
Bob Mason made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Roberto Romano stopped 27 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Gartner (28)Darren Veitch (13), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (19)0–113:15 WSH
Dave Christian (17)Larry Murphy (22), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (20)0–216:18 WSH
Craig Laughlin (8)Alan Haworth (19)0–319:26 WSH
2nd period
- Craig Laughlin (9)Mike McEwen (14), Rod Langway (15)0–407:30 WSH
Glen Currie (1)Darren Veitch (14)0–518:10 WSH
3rd period
Bobby Carpenter (33)Mike Gartner (31), Gaetan Duchesne (11)0–607:36 WSH
Mario Lemieux (16)Doug Shedden (18), Joe McDonnell (2)1–609:59 PIT · 
Warren Young (26)Todd Charlesworth (4), Mario Lemieux (33)2–612:20 PIT
Team stats
PITWSH
2333
0%0%
1/30/3
5232
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:39 into the first period
Mitch Lamoureux · fighting5 min - 1:39 into the first period
Mike Gartner · roughing2 min - 1:39 into the first periodMike Gartner · fighting5 min
- 6:45 into the first periodDoug Shedden · tripping2 min
- 17:02 into the first periodGary Rissling · delaying game2 min
- 17:02 into the first periodGreg Adams · delaying game2 min
- 8:50 into the second periodBryan Erickson · holding2 min
- 8:32 into the third periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
- 16:41 into the third periodRod Buskas · player leaves bench2 min
- 16:41 into the third periodRod Buskas · player leaves bench2 min
- 16:41 into the third periodRod Buskas · game misconduct10 min
- 16:41 into the third periodMitch Lamoureux · holding2 min
- 16:41 into the third periodBryan Maxwell · fighting5 min
- 16:41 into the third periodBryan Maxwell · misconduct10 min
- 16:41 into the third periodGary Rissling · misconduct10 min
- 16:41 into the third periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 16:41 into the third periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min
- 16:41 into the third periodScott Stevens · misconduct10 min
- 16:41 into the third periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
- 18:26 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Joe McDonnellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Todd CharlesworthD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Mitch LamoureuxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Arto JavanainenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Roger Belanger Jr.C | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Bruce CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Petteri LehtoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | L | 33 | 6 | .818 |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob MasonG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |