Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, March 24, 1985 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–3 on Sunday, March 24, 1985 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 36–16.
Goals came from Lou Franceschetti, Warren Young, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Randy Hillier, Mike McEwen, Scott Stevens, Mike Bullard, Mike Gartner, Bobby Gould and Alan Haworth.
Al Jensen made 13 saves on 16 shots for the win; Brian Ford stopped 29 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Lou Franceschetti (4)Mike Gartner (50), Bobby Carpenter (41)0–102:10 WSH
Warren Young (36)Unassisted1–110:35 PIT
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (11)Alan Haworth (26), Dave Christian (39)1–212:59 WSH
Randy Hillier (2)Mario Lemieux (51), Warren Young (30)2–217:10 PIT ·
2nd period
Mike McEwen (11)Unassisted2–310:21 WSH · 
Scott Stevens (20)Larry Murphy (38), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (26)2–416:07 WSH ·
3rd period
Mike Bullard (30)Dave Hannan (4), Moe Mantha (33)3–400:20 PIT
Mike Gartner (46)Lou Franceschetti (5)3–513:04 WSH
Bobby Gould (13)Unassisted3–614:41 WSH · 
Alan Haworth (20)Craig Laughlin (31), Greg Adams (12)3–716:19 WSH
Team stats
PITWSH
1636
0%0%
1/42/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:25 into the first period
Greg Fox · hooking2 min - 15:25 into the first period
Al Jensen · tripping2 min - 5:46 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 8:58 into the second periodRod Buskas · high sticking2 min
- 10:30 into the second periodTimo Blomqvist · holding2 min
- 14:03 into the second periodRandy Hillier · tripping2 min
- 14:45 into the second periodGreg Fox · tripping2 min
- 13:21 into the third periodTimo Blomqvist · holding2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 35Warren YoungC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 34Randy HillierD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Mitch LamoureuxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16James McGeoughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 19Arto JavanainenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe McDonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Todd CharlesworthD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Brian FordG | L | 36 | 7 | .806 |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 16 | 3 | .813 |