Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Saturday, November 30, 1985 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 6–2 on Saturday, November 30, 1985 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Capitals outshot the Devils 41–36.
Greg Adams scored a hat trick. John MacLean, Dave Christian, Mike Gartner, Scott Stevens and Alan Haworth also scored.
Al Jensen made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Alain Chevrier stopped 35 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Adams (6)Alan Haworth (12)1–008:39 WSH- Greg Adams (7)Craig Laughlin (14), Alan Haworth (13)2–012:16 WSH
2nd period
John MacLean (7)Kirk Muller (8), Joe Cirella (7)2–103:20 NJD · 
Dave Christian (14)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (18), Mike Gartner (17)3–108:00 WSH · 
Mike Gartner (16)Bobby Gould (7), Rod Langway (3)4–108:38 WSH
Greg Adams (6)Aaron Broten (11)4–211:57 NJD
3rd period
Scott Stevens (3)Dave Christian (13), Craig Laughlin (15)5–200:55 WSH · 
Alan Haworth (14)Craig Laughlin (16), Larry Murphy (11)6–215:00 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHNJD
4136
0%0%
3/51/4
1317
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 17:48 into the first period
Bobby Gould · hooking2 min - 1:23 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min
- 7:06 into the second period
Dave Pichette · holding2 min - 19:55 into the second periodRich Preston · holding2 min
- 3:26 into the third periodRod Langway · cross checking2 min
- 6:51 into the third periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · tripping2 min
- 9:59 into the third periodDoug Sulliman · tripping2 min
- 13:25 into the third periodDave Pichette · holding2 min
- 14:18 into the third periodJoe Cirella · tripping2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodPerry Anderson · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodPerry Anderson · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the third periodGreg Adams · fighting5 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 36 | 2 | .944 |
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | L | 41 | 6 | .854 |