Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Friday, March 22, 1985 · Capital Centre

1–3

31–23

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–1 on Friday, March 22, 1985 at Capital Centre. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 31–23.

Goals came from Mark Taylor, Rod Langway, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Ryan Walter.

Al Jensen made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Doug Soetaert stopped 20 of 23.

Goals
MTL	0	0	1	1	31
WSH	2	1	0	3	23

Scoring

1st period

Mark Taylor (8)Mike Gartner (49), Darren Veitch (18)0–104:51 WSH
Rod Langway (4)Doug Jarvis (26), Mark Taylor (11)0–218:32 WSH

2nd period

Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (10)Scott Stevens (41), Dave Christian (38)0–313:17 WSH ·

3rd period

Ryan Walter (17)Petr Svoboda (21), Mike Mcphee (18)1–314:27 MTL

Team stats

MTLWSH

3123

0%0%

0/61/7

4342

Penalties

0:39 into the first periodDave Shand · interference2 min
5:37 into the first periodGuy Carbonneau · slashing2 min
5:41 into the first periodMike Mcphee · fighting5 min
5:41 into the first periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min
11:06 into the first periodMark Hunter · roughing2 min
11:06 into the first periodPetr Svoboda · fighting5 min
11:06 into the first periodBobby Carpenter · fighting5 min
11:06 into the first periodLarry Murphy · roughing2 min
15:22 into the first periodRyan Walter · fighting5 min
15:22 into the first periodGreg Adams · fighting5 min
3:36 into the second periodLarry Robinson · hooking2 min
9:23 into the second periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
9:23 into the second periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
9:23 into the second periodPeter Andersson · holding2 min
14:22 into the second periodDoug Soetaert · slashing2 min
14:22 into the second periodGreg Adams · interference2 min
15:28 into the second periodBobby Smith · fighting5 min
15:28 into the second periodDave Shand · fighting5 min
17:07 into the second periodMark Hunter · slashing2 min
17:07 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · slashing2 min
0:33 into the third periodPetr Svoboda · holding2 min
4:00 into the third periodBobby Smith · high sticking2 min
5:12 into the third periodMike Gartner · tripping2 min
7:39 into the third periodChris Chelios · roughing double minor4 min
7:39 into the third periodMike Gartner · roughing2 min
9:48 into the third periodScott Stevens · tripping2 min
11:44 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · hooking2 min
18:20 into the third periodMark Taylor · holding2 min

Season series

Canadiens vs Capitals head-to-head →

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

11Ryan WalterC	1	0	1	+1	3	5	–	–
35Mike McpheeL	0	1	1	0	2	5	–	–
25Petr SvobodaD	0	1	1	+1	2	7	–	–
8Alfie TurcotteC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
14Mario TremblayR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
15Bobby SmithC	0	0	0	−1	4	7	–	–
20Mark HunterR	0	0	0	−1	2	4	–	–
21Guy CarbonneauC	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
23Bob GaineyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
26Mats NaslundL	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	–
27Lucien DeBloisC	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
29Ron FlockhartC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
30Chris NilanR	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	–
5Rick GreenD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
17Craig LudwigD	0	0	0	−1	4	0	–	–
18Tom KurversD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
19Larry RobinsonD	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
24Chris CheliosD	0	0	0	−1	3	4	–	–

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
1Doug SoetaertG	L	23	20	3	.870	58:26
37Steve PenneyG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

28Mark TaylorC	1	1	2	+1	2	2	–	–
11Mike GartnerR	0	1	1	+1	2	4	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	–
25Doug JarvisC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
27Dave ChristianR	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
3Scott StevensD	0	1	1	+1	1	7	–	–
5Rod LangwayD	1	0	1	+1	3	0	–	–
6Darren VeitchD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	–	–
10Bobby CarpenterC	0	0	0	0	0	7	–	–
14Gaetan DuchesneL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
15Alan HaworthC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
18Craig LaughlinR	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
22Greg AdamsL	0	0	0	0	0	9	–	–
23Bobby GouldR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
32Lou FranceschettiL	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
8Larry MurphyD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
19Peter AnderssonD	0	0	0	−1	3	2	–	–
26Dave ShandD	0	0	0	0	2	7	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Pat RigginG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Al JensenG	W	31	30	1	.968	60:00