Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, November 6, 1985 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 on Wednesday, November 6, 1985 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 39–25.
Goals came from Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Terry Ruskowski, Dave Christian, Larry Murphy and Alan Haworth.
Al Jensen made 38 saves on 39 shots for the win; Roberto Romano stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (6)Craig Laughlin (10), Dave Christian (10)1–015:17 WSH ·
2nd period
Terry Ruskowski (6)Mario Lemieux (11), Moe Mantha (9)1–108:05 PIT · 
Dave Christian (6)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (6)2–116:25 WSH ·
3rd period
Larry Murphy (2)Bobby Gould (4), Doug Jarvis (2)3–108:01 WSH
Alan Haworth (9)Gary Sampson (3), Greg Adams (9)4–111:24 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHPIT
2539
0%0%
3/71/7
2020
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:10 into the first period
Scott Stevens · high sticking2 min - 11:03 into the first period
Mike Rowe · tripping2 min - 13:11 into the first periodDave Hannan · roughing2 min
- 13:11 into the first periodLarry Murphy · roughing2 min
- 14:31 into the first periodJim Johnson · tripping2 min
- 1:46 into the second periodDoug Bodger · hooking2 min
- 2:29 into the second periodGreg Adams · interference2 min
- 6:31 into the second periodGreg Adams · tripping2 min
- 9:16 into the second periodJim Johnson · hooking2 min
- 12:52 into the second periodDoug Jarvis · holding2 min
- 16:20 into the second periodMoe Mantha · holding2 min
- 3:34 into the third periodPeter Andersson · hooking2 min
- 5:55 into the third periodJim Johnson · delaying game2 min
- 7:41 into the third periodDave Hannan · roughing2 min
- 7:41 into the third periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · roughing2 min
- 10:02 into the third periodCraig Simpson · boarding2 min
- 14:12 into the third periodRandy Hillier · roughing2 min
- 14:12 into the third periodGaetan Duchesne · roughing2 min
- 14:46 into the third periodGary Sampson · holding2 min
- 18:52 into the third periodDwight Schofield · cross checking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Gary SampsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 39 | 1 | .974 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16James McGeoughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33Mike RoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |