Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Thursday, February 28, 1985 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5–4 on Thursday, February 28, 1985 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 36–27.
Mike Gartner scored twice. Willie Huber, Scott Stevens, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Ron Greschner, Anders Hedberg, Mike McEwen and Mike Rogers also scored.
Pat Riggin made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 31 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Willie Huber (3)Don Maloney (10), Mike Rogers (29)0–107:48 NYR
Scott Stevens (16)Bobby Gould (16), Dean Evason (3)1–113:47 WSH
2nd period
Mike Gartner (40)Scott Stevens (35), Craig Laughlin (28)2–105:58 WSH · 
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (7)Unassisted3–107:19 WSH
Ron Greschner (13)Mark Pavelich (15), Reijo Ruotsalainen (35)3–213:04 NYR · 
Anders Hedberg (14)James Patrick (25)3–316:12 NYR
Mike McEwen (9)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (25), Dave Christian (34)4–318:05 WSH ·
3rd period
- Mike Gartner (41)Larry Murphy (31), Bobby Carpenter (34)5–311:04 WSH ·
Mike Rogers (22)George McPhee (12), Ron Greschner (20)5–417:39 NYR
Team stats
WSHNYR
3627
0%0%
3/41/3
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:46 into the first period
Tom Laidlaw · tripping2 min - 16:07 into the first period
Gaetan Duchesne · hooking2 min - 5:29 into the second periodWillie Huber · cross checking2 min
- 7:53 into the second periodMike McEwen · tripping2 min
- 12:33 into the second periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 17:16 into the second periodRobbie Ftorek · slashing2 min
- 17:16 into the second periodBobby Gould · slashing2 min
- 17:23 into the second periodGrant Ledyard · tripping2 min
- 9:38 into the third periodRon Greschner · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Dean EvasonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37George McPheeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 30Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 36 | 5 | .861 |