New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, March 5, 1985 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4–1 on Tuesday, March 5, 1985 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Devils 34–20.
Goals came from Dave Christian, Aaron Broten, Lou Franceschetti, Rod Langway and Bobby Gould.
Al Jensen made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 30 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Christian (25)Craig Laughlin (29)0–114:58 WSH
2nd period
Aaron Broten (19)Bruce Driver (22), Joe Cirella (15)1–103:57 NJD · 
Lou Franceschetti (3)Mike Gartner (43), Doug Jarvis (24)1–215:05 WSH
3rd period
Rod Langway (3)Unassisted1–306:32 WSH
Bobby Gould (12)Greg Adams (10), Dean Evason (4)1–417:30 WSH
Team stats
NJDWSH
2034
0%0%
1/40/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:13 into the first period
Phil Russell · slashing2 min - 7:20 into the first period
Bobby Carpenter · tripping2 min - 16:59 into the first periodTim Higgins · hooking2 min
- 16:59 into the first periodTim Higgins · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2:21 into the second periodMike McEwen · hooking2 min
- 8:08 into the second periodAaron Broten · hooking2 min
- 15:40 into the second periodDean Evason · hooking2 min
- 17:59 into the second periodAl Jensen · slashing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 21Bob HoffmeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 34 | 4 | .882 |
| 33Hannu KamppuriG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Dean EvasonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 20 | 1 | .950 |