Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Saturday, October 12, 1985 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Saturday, October 12, 1985 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Capitals outshot the Devils 31–17.
John MacLean scored twice. Doug Sulliman, Kirk Muller and Mike Gartner also scored.
Glenn Resch made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 4 of 8.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Sulliman (1)Aaron Broten (1), Mark Johnson (1)0–116:20 NJD · 
John MacLean (2)Greg Adams (6), Paul Gagne (1)0–217:27 NJD
2nd period
Kirk Muller (1)Craig Wolanin (1)0–307:14 NJD- John MacLean (3)Mel Bridgman (1)0–411:32 NJD
3rd period
Mike Gartner (1)Peter Andersson (2), Bobby Carpenter (1)1–400:32 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHNJD
3117
0%0%
1/91/7
2336
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:07 into the first period
Dwight Schofield · elbowing2 min - 6:53 into the first period
Jan Ludvig · hooking2 min - 7:48 into the first periodMel Bridgman · hooking2 min
- 14:58 into the first periodGreg Adams · high sticking2 min
- 0:50 into the second periodGreg Adams · holding2 min
- 2:50 into the second periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 5:03 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · cross checking2 min
- 7:35 into the second periodDoug Jarvis · holding2 min
- 14:46 into the second periodJan Ludvig · elbowing2 min
- 19:12 into the second periodJoe Cirella · cross checking2 min
- 2:15 into the third periodKirk Muller · slashing2 min
- 13:36 into the third periodDave Pichette · hooking2 min
- 19:52 into the third periodRich Preston · fighting5 min
- 19:52 into the third periodRich Preston · spearing5 min
- 19:52 into the third periodRich Preston · game misconduct10 min
- 19:52 into the third periodGaetan Duchesne · fighting5 min
- 19:52 into the third periodGreg Adams · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 8 | 4 | .500 |
| 35Al JensenG | 9 | 0 | 1.000 |
New Jersey Devils
| 15John MacLeanR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – |