Edmonton Oilers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, November 12, 1985 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 5–2 on Tuesday, November 12, 1985 at Capital Centre. The Oilers outshot the Capitals 30–26.
Dave Christian scored twice. Alan Haworth, Mike Gartner, Glenn Anderson, Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Carpenter also scored.
Al Jensen made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Alan Haworth (11)Greg Adams (11), Craig Laughlin (12)0–102:09 WSH
Mike Gartner (11)Gaetan Duchesne (3)0–210:12 WSH ·
2nd period
Glenn Anderson (14)Mark Messier (12), Raimo Summanen (6)1–204:55 EDM
3rd period
Dave Christian (7)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (9)1–302:30 WSH · 
Wayne Gretzky (12)Jari Kurri (10)2–303:00 EDM · 
Bobby Carpenter (6)Greg Adams (12), Alan Haworth (9)2–410:50 WSH · - Dave Christian (8)Larry Murphy (9)2–519:06 WSH · ·
Team stats
EDMWSH
3026
0%0%
1/61/4
1317
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:46 into the first period
Bobby Carpenter · hooking2 min - 11:52 into the first periodDoug Jarvis · hooking2 min
- 17:09 into the first period
Steve Smith · cross checking2 min - 12:55 into the second periodLee Fogolin · holding2 min
- 13:38 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · tripping2 min
- 17:26 into the second periodMike Krushelnyski · tripping2 min
- 1:47 into the third periodPeter Andersson · hooking2 min
- 4:23 into the third periodLarry Melnyk · fighting5 min
- 4:23 into the third periodDwight Schofield · fighting5 min
- 9:18 into the third periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
- 13:10 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · delaying game2 min
- 17:11 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · hooking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 25Raimo SummanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 8Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 28Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
Washington Capitals
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 30Yves BeaudoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |