Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Sunday, April 7, 1985 · Capital Centre

3–7

26–52

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–3 on Sunday, April 7, 1985 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 52–26.

Mike Gartner scored twice. Bobby Carpenter, Kevin Hatcher, Larry Murphy, Warren Young, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Mario Lemieux, Scott Stevens and Wayne Babych also scored.

Pat Riggin made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Brian Ford stopped 45 of 52.

Goals
PIT	0	2	1	3	26
WSH	3	3	1	7	52

Scoring

1st period

Bobby Carpenter (53)Mike Gartner (51), Mike McEwen (27)0–101:42 WSH ·
Kevin Hatcher (1)Bobby Gould (19), Dave Christian (42)0–206:07 WSH ·
Larry Murphy (14)Dave Christian (43), Craig Laughlin (34)0–308:44 WSH

2nd period

Mike Gartner (49)Lou Franceschetti (6)0–404:36 WSH
Warren Young (40)Doug Shedden (32), Mike Bullard (31)1–407:19 PIT ·
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (13)Unassisted1–509:49 WSH ·
Mike Gartner (50)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (29), Lou Franceschetti (7)1–614:05 WSH
Mario Lemieux (43)Wayne Babych (34), Warren Young (32)2–616:08 PIT

3rd period

Scott Stevens (21)Mike Gartner (52), Larry Murphy (42)2–715:42 WSH ·
Wayne Babych (20)Mitch Lamoureux (8), Wally Weir (6)3–717:25 PIT

Team stats

PITWSH

2652

0%0%

1/32/2

3347

Penalties

1:25 into the first periodGary Rissling · holding2 min
4:58 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · holding2 min
5:39 into the second periodMike McEwen · tripping2 min
9:46 into the second periodDave Hannan · fighting5 min
9:46 into the second periodDave Hannan · misconduct10 min
9:46 into the second periodWally Weir · roughing2 min
9:46 into the second periodWally Weir · misconduct10 min
9:46 into the second periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
9:46 into the second periodBobby Gould · slashing2 min
9:46 into the second periodBobby Gould · fighting5 min
9:46 into the second periodBobby Gould · misconduct10 min
9:46 into the second periodDoug Jarvis · game misconduct10 min
9:49 into the second periodScott Stevens · misconduct10 min
14:05 into the second periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
13:49 into the third periodBench · delaying game2 min
13:49 into the third periodBob Geale · charging2 min
13:49 into the third periodGreg Adams · elbowing2 min

Season series

Penguins vs Capitals head-to-head →

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

26Wayne BabychR	1	1	2	0	3	0	–	–
35Warren YoungC	1	1	2	−1	3	0	–	–
12Mitch LamoureuxC	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
14Doug SheddenC	0	1	1	−1	1	0	–	–
22Mike BullardC	0	1	1	−2	1	0	–	–
23Wally WeirR	0	1	1	0	2	12	–	–
66Mario LemieuxC	1	0	1	−2	7	0	–	–
8Thomas O'ReganC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
15Gary RisslingL	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
16James McGeoughC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
28Bob GealeC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
32Dave HannanC	0	0	0	0	0	15	–	–
2Joe McDonnellD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
4Marty McSorleyD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
5Mike RoweD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
20Moe ManthaD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
25Kevin McCarthyD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
27Todd CharlesworthD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Denis HerronG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Brian FordG	L	52	45	7	.865	60:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

11Mike GartnerR	2	2	4	+1	10	0	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	1	1	2	+2	5	0	–	–
27Dave ChristianR	0	2	2	+2	2	0	–	–
32Lou FranceschettiL	0	2	2	+2	2	2	–	–
8Larry MurphyD	1	1	2	0	5	0	–	–
10Bobby CarpenterC	1	0	1	0	6	0	–	–
18Craig LaughlinR	0	1	1	+1	4	0	–	–
23Bobby GouldR	0	1	1	+1	0	17	–	–
2Mike McEwenD	0	1	1	0	1	2	–	–
3Scott StevensD	1	0	1	+1	4	12	–	–
29Kevin HatcherD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
14Gaetan DuchesneL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
15Alan HaworthC	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	–
20Gary SampsonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
22Greg AdamsL	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
25Doug JarvisC	0	0	0	0	1	10	–	–
5Rod LangwayD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	–	–
6Darren VeitchD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Pat RigginG	W	26	23	3	.885	60:00
35Al JensenG		0	0	0	–	00:00