Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, October 18, 1985 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on Friday, October 18, 1985 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 29–24.
Mike Gartner scored twice. Gaetan Duchesne, Bobby Carpenter and Mike Foligno also scored.
Pat Riggin made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Gaetan Duchesne (2)Dave Christian (4), Kevin Hatcher (1)1–010:05 WSH
2nd period
Mike Gartner (5)Darren Veitch (1), Bobby Carpenter (2)2–019:24 WSH
3rd period
- Mike Gartner (6)Unassisted3–008:17 WSH ·
Bobby Carpenter (2)Larry Murphy (2), Mike Gartner (2)4–009:27 WSH · 
Mike Foligno (1)Mike Ramsey (1)4–115:09 BUF
Team stats
WSHBUF
2924
0%0%
1/50/4
1527
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:32 into the first period
Larry Murphy · interference2 min - 7:43 into the first periodAlan Haworth · hooking2 min
- 13:38 into the first period
Sean Mckenna · hooking2 min - 10:16 into the second periodLarry Playfair · cross checking2 min
- 15:44 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · holding2 min
- 17:20 into the second periodPhil Housley · hooking2 min
- 7:53 into the third periodRod Langway · hooking2 min
- 8:38 into the third periodDave Andreychuk · holding2 min
- 9:02 into the third periodBob Halkidis · hooking2 min
- 16:10 into the third periodSteve Dykstra · roughing2 min
- 16:10 into the third periodSteve Dykstra · misconduct10 min
- 16:10 into the third periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 16:32 into the third periodLindy Ruff · fighting5 min
- 16:32 into the third periodRod Langway · fighting5 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 15Chris LangevinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Gaetano OrlandoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Hannu VirtaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bob HalkidisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bill HajtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tom BarrassoG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 35Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | – |