Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Thursday, March 28, 1985 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Thursday, March 28, 1985 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Capitals outshot the Devils 28–27.
Goals came from Bobby Carpenter, Paul Gagne, Alan Haworth, Kirk Muller and Tim Higgins.
Ron Low made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Carpenter (51)Larry Murphy (39), Gary Sampson (13)1–011:08 WSH
2nd period
Paul Gagne (23)Rick Meagher (19), Rich Preston (15)1–106:09 NJD
Alan Haworth (21)Doug Jarvis (27), Scott Stevens (42)2–108:06 WSH
Kirk Muller (16)Doug Sulliman (14), Dave Pichette (37)2–219:24 NJD
3rd period
Tim Higgins (17)Unassisted2–301:30 NJD
Team stats
WSHNJD
2827
0%0%
0/30/5
2026
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 18:33 into the first period
Kirk Muller · tripping2 min - 9:30 into the second period
Mikko Leinonen · hooking2 min - 12:09 into the second periodJohn MacLean · holding2 min
- 13:54 into the second periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 17:24 into the second periodGreg Adams · tripping2 min
- 5:44 into the third periodBruce Driver · roughing2 min
- 5:44 into the third periodGaetan Duchesne · roughing2 min
- 7:20 into the third periodJoe Cirella · roughing2 min
- 7:20 into the third periodMike Gartner · roughing2 min
- 10:37 into the third periodPhil Russell · tripping2 min
- 11:52 into the third periodPhil Russell · misconduct10 min
- 11:52 into the third periodScott Stevens · interference2 min
- 17:09 into the third periodMel Bridgman · roughing2 min
- 17:09 into the third periodMike Gartner · slashing2 min
- 19:26 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:46 into the third periodRich Preston · high sticking2 min
- 19:46 into the third periodRich Preston · roughing2 min
- 19:46 into the third periodScott Stevens · high sticking2 min
- 19:46 into the third periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Gary SampsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 16Rick MeagherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Kirk MullerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ron LowG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |