Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, April 6, 1985 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–4 on Saturday, April 6, 1985 at Civic Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 40–25.
Wayne Babych scored twice. Gary Sampson, Gaetan Duchesne, Larry Murphy, Bobby Carpenter, Mitch Lamoureux, Bobby Gould, Mike Bullard, Mike Gartner and Alan Haworth also scored.
Al Jensen made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Denis Herron stopped 33 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Gary Sampson (10)Rod Langway (22), Craig Laughlin (33)1–003:13 WSH
Gaetan Duchesne (15)Doug Jarvis (28), Bobby Gould (18)2–004:33 WSH
Larry Murphy (13)Mikko Leinonen (1), Gary Sampson (14)3–008:10 WSH
Bobby Carpenter (52)Larry Murphy (40), Mike McEwen (26)4–008:53 WSH · 
Wayne Babych (18)Mario Lemieux (57), Dave Hannan (6)4–116:36 PIT
Mitch Lamoureux (10)Unassisted4–218:16 PIT
2nd period
Bobby Gould (14)Scott Stevens (44), Gaetan Duchesne (23)5–214:34 WSH- Wayne Babych (19)Dave Hannan (7), Wally Weir (5)5–315:29 PIT
3rd period
Mike Bullard (32)Gary Rissling (9), Joe McDonnell (9)5–401:24 PIT
Mike Gartner (48)Gary Sampson (15)6–418:06 WSH
Alan Haworth (23)Larry Murphy (41)7–419:48 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHPIT
4025
0%0%
1/30/2
46
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:30 into the first period
Mike Bullard · slashing2 min - 6:04 into the second period
Doug Jarvis · holding2 min - 8:25 into the second periodWally Weir · hooking2 min
- 6:47 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 14:37 into the third periodWally Weir · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 20Gary SampsonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 25 | 4 | .840 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 26Wayne BabychR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Mitch LamoureuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Gary RisslingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 23Wally WeirR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe McDonnellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16James McGeoughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Todd CharlesworthD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denis HerronG | L | 39 | 6 | .846 |
| 31Brian FordG | 0 | 0 | – |