New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, January 27, 1985 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 5–2 on Sunday, January 27, 1985 at Capital Centre.
Mike Gartner scored twice. Craig Laughlin, Larry Murphy, Mike Bossy, Patrick Flatley and Bobby Carpenter also scored.
Pat Riggin made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Craig Laughlin (10)Alan Haworth (21)0–100:33 WSH
Larry Murphy (9)Craig Laughlin (23), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (23)0–211:57 WSH ·
3rd period
Mike Bossy (39)Unassisted1–208:30 NYI · 
Patrick Flatley (14)Greg Gilbert (20), Brent Sutter (43)2–210:07 NYI
Mike Gartner (30)Bobby Carpenter (26)2–310:37 WSH- Mike Gartner (31)Bobby Carpenter (27), Gaetan Duchesne (13)2–412:37 WSH
Bobby Carpenter (38)Scott Stevens (26), Alan Haworth (22)2–518:57 WSH ·
Team stats
NYIWSH
2525
0%0%
0/32/6
2316
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:41 into the first period
Patrick Flatley · slashing2 min - 14:11 into the first periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
- 15:26 into the first period
Larry Murphy · hooking2 min - 18:21 into the first periodScott Stevens · slashing2 min
- 6:26 into the second periodClark Gillies · roughing2 min
- 6:26 into the second periodBobby Gould · holding2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · high sticking2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodMike McEwen · high sticking2 min
- 12:39 into the second periodGord Dineen · roughing2 min
- 12:39 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · roughing2 min
- 14:26 into the second periodDenis Potvin · cross checking2 min
- 18:44 into the second periodDenis Potvin · roughing2 min
- 18:44 into the second periodMike Gartner · cross checking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2:00 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · high sticking2 min
- 2:00 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · elbowing2 min
- 6:49 into the third periodAnders Kallur · tripping2 min
- 17:29 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · high sticking5 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 8Patrick FlatleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Anders KallurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 46Scott HowsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BoutilierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – |