Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Thursday, October 10, 1985 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Thursday, October 10, 1985 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 29–25.
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson scored twice. Mark Pavelich, Dave Gagner, Mike Ridley and Bob Brooke also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Pavelich (1)James Patrick (1), Tom Laidlaw (1)0–108:05 NYR
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1)Greg Adams (1), Mike Gartner (1)1–119:13 WSH ·
2nd period
Dave Gagner (1)Grant Ledyard (1)1–204:57 NYR
3rd period
Mike Ridley (1)Jan Erixon (1), James Patrick (2)1–300:40 NYR- Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2)Craig Laughlin (1), Peter Andersson (1)2–302:34 WSH ·
Bob Brooke (1)Unassisted2–418:57 NYR ·
Team stats
WSHNYR
2925
0%0%
2/50/4
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:01 into the first period
Tomas Sandstrom · interference2 min - 4:09 into the first period
Greg Adams · holding2 min - 10:46 into the first periodMark Pavelich · holding2 min
- 12:01 into the first periodPeter Andersson · holding2 min
- 17:46 into the first periodTomas Sandstrom · interference2 min
- 12:01 into the second periodJames Patrick · hooking2 min
- 0:56 into the third periodBob Brooke · tripping2 min
- 8:35 into the third periodDarren Veitch · tripping2 min
- 12:49 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 9Dave GagnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 30Grant LedyardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve PatrickR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 44Terry KleisingerG | 0 | 0 | – |