Washington Capitals vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, February 16, 1985 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Saturday, February 16, 1985 at The Forum. The Capitals outshot the Kings 35–26.
Goals came from Terry Ruskowski, Brian MacLellan, Dave Taylor, Mark Hardy, Alan Haworth, Jim Fox and Dave Christian.
Bob Janecyk made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Terry Ruskowski (13)Bernie Nicholls (41), Jim Fox (46)0–104:22 LAK
Brian MacLellan (23)Marcel Dionne (56), Bernie Nicholls (42)0–206:18 LAK · 
Dave Taylor (32)Brian MacLellan (36), Marcel Dionne (57)0–314:00 LAK
2nd period
Mark Hardy (10)Craig Redmond (23), Marcel Dionne (58)0–400:34 LAK · 
Alan Haworth (17)Dave Christian (31), Craig Laughlin (25)1–413:42 WSH
3rd period
Jim Fox (24)Garry Galley (24), Marcel Dionne (59)1–502:00 LAK · 
Dave Christian (24)Alan Haworth (23), Darren Veitch (16)2–513:27 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHLAK
3526
0%0%
1/72/5
2125
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:11 into the first period
Gaetan Duchesne · interference2 min - 7:45 into the first period
Craig Redmond · holding2 min - 8:24 into the first periodJay Wells · holding2 min
- 8:24 into the first periodScott Stevens · high sticking2 min
- 16:12 into the first periodBob Janecyk · roughing2 min
- 16:12 into the first periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
- 16:59 into the first periodMike Gartner · tripping2 min
- 18:21 into the first periodMark Hardy · hooking2 min
- 18:49 into the first periodAnders Hakansson · tripping2 min
- 8:54 into the second periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
- 11:38 into the second periodGarry Galley · holding2 min
- 15:52 into the second periodJohn Paul Kelly · boarding2 min
- 19:52 into the second periodMark Hardy · fighting5 min
- 19:52 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · roughing2 min
- 19:52 into the second periodBobby Gould · fighting5 min
- 19:52 into the second periodDoug Jarvis · roughing2 min
- 0:37 into the third periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 7:47 into the third periodGaetan Duchesne · holding2 min
- 12:02 into the third periodBob Janecyk · roughing2 min
- 18:02 into the third periodMarcel Dionne · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 12Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Craig RedmondD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bob JanecykG | W | 35 | 2 | .943 |
| 35Darren EliotG | 0 | 0 | – |