New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, March 19, 1985 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4–1 on Tuesday, March 19, 1985 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Devils 34–21.
Goals came from Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Mike Gartner, Larry Murphy, Bobby Carpenter and Paul Gagne.
Al Jensen made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Ron Low stopped 30 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (9)Larry Murphy (37), Mike McEwen (23)0–115:48 WSH · 
Mike Gartner (44)Peter Andersson (10), Scott Stevens (39)0–216:29 WSH ·
2nd period
Larry Murphy (12)Gaetan Duchesne (22), Bobby Carpenter (39)0–303:22 WSH
Bobby Carpenter (49)Doug Jarvis (25), Mike Gartner (47)0–409:29 WSH ·
3rd period
Paul Gagne (21)Uli Hiemer (22), Mel Bridgman (36)1–406:14 NJD
Team stats
NJDWSH
2134
0%0%
0/63/5
1618
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:38 into the first period
Phil Russell · tripping2 min - 5:57 into the first period
Mike McEwen · hooking2 min - 8:52 into the first periodDon Lever · slashing2 min
- 10:27 into the first periodBobby Carpenter · slashing2 min
- 12:37 into the first periodMel Bridgman · roughing2 min
- 12:37 into the first periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 14:06 into the first periodJoe Cirella · roughing2 min
- 14:06 into the first periodRon Low · roughing2 min
- 14:06 into the first periodRon Low · slashing2 min
- 14:06 into the first periodMike Gartner · roughing2 min
- 18:47 into the first periodBobby Gould · tripping2 min
- 5:28 into the second periodDoug Jarvis · hooking2 min
- 7:44 into the second periodJan Ludvig · tripping2 min
- 4:12 into the third periodBobby Gould · holding2 min
- 8:49 into the third periodTimo Blomqvist · holding2 min
- 14:18 into the third periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
- 14:18 into the third periodPeter Andersson · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Bob HoffmeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ron LowG | L | 34 | 4 | .882 |
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 21 | 1 | .952 |