Washington Capitals vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, January 23, 1985 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 on Wednesday, January 23, 1985 at Chicago Stadium. The Capitals outshot the Blackhawks 27–23.
Bobby Carpenter scored twice. Bill Gardner, Ken Yaremchuk and Bryan Erickson also scored.
Pat Riggin made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Warren Skorodenski stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Carpenter (36)Larry Murphy (23), Mike Gartner (33)1–014:21 WSH
2nd period
Bill Gardner (13)Denis Savard (40), Doug Wilson (37)1–103:22 CHI · 
Ken Yaremchuk (7)Doug Wilson (38)1–204:18 CHI
Bryan Erickson (15)Mike McEwen (15)2–206:19 WSH · - Bobby Carpenter (37)Mike Gartner (34), Larry Murphy (24)3–218:03 WSH
Team stats
WSHCHI
2723
0%0%
1/41/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:51 into the first period
Dan Frawley · hooking2 min - 8:54 into the first periodTroy Murray · tripping2 min
- 17:12 into the first period
Bobby Carpenter · slashing2 min - 2:39 into the second periodMike McEwen · holding2 min
- 5:49 into the second periodSteve Ludzik · tripping2 min
- 16:46 into the second periodBehn Wilson · roughing2 min
- 17:27 into the second periodScott Stevens · interference2 min
- 7:38 into the third periodTimo Blomqvist · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Ken YaremchukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Thomas McmurchyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Jeff LarmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Troy MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Behn WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren SkorodenskiG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – |