Vancouver Canucks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 7, 1985 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 2–1 on Saturday, December 7, 1985 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Canucks 33–22.
Goals came from Dave Christian, Gaetan Duchesne and Stan Smyl.
Al Jensen made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 31 of 33.
Scoring
2nd period
Dave Christian (16)Bobby Carpenter (12), Larry Murphy (12)0–107:17 WSH · 
Gaetan Duchesne (4)Bobby Gould (8)0–218:02 WSH ·
3rd period
Stan Smyl (11)Petri Skriko (14), Doug Lidster (4)1–204:20 VAN
Team stats
VANWSH
2233
0%0%
0/41/6
4137
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:34 into the first period
Craig Coxe · fighting5 min - 0:34 into the first period
Dwight Schofield · fighting5 min - 4:16 into the first periodPatrik Sundstrom · hooking2 min
- 7:03 into the first periodEd Kastelic · roughing2 min
- 9:04 into the first periodMoe Lemay · hooking2 min
- 9:23 into the first periodBrent Peterson · roughing2 min
- 9:23 into the first periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
- 14:30 into the first periodJiri Bubla · hooking2 min
- 17:22 into the first periodGlen Cochrane · fighting5 min
- 17:22 into the first periodGlen Cochrane · misconduct10 min
- 17:22 into the first periodEd Kastelic · fighting5 min
- 17:22 into the first periodEd Kastelic · misconduct10 min
- 18:21 into the first periodDoug Halward · tripping2 min
- 2:18 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · holding2 min
- 5:17 into the second periodBrent Peterson · holding2 min
- 5:47 into the second periodStan Smyl · high sticking2 min
- 13:17 into the second periodLarry Murphy · holding2 min
- 16:57 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · tripping2 min
- 3:01 into the third periodGlen Cochrane · fighting5 min
- 3:01 into the third periodDwight Schofield · fighting5 min
- 14:16 into the third periodMarc Crawford · high sticking2 min
- 14:16 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Moe LemayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Marc CrawfordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Jean-Marc LanthierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Craig CoxeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 33 | 2 | .939 |
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |