Washington Capitals vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 18, 1985 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 5–2 on Wednesday, December 18, 1985 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Capitals 40–37.
Goals came from Jari Kurri, Larry Murphy, Kevin Hatcher, Jorgen Pettersson, Alan Haworth, Mike Gartner and Jeff Brubaker.
Al Jensen made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 32 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Jari Kurri (24)Wayne Gretzky (61), Paul Coffey (32)0–119:23 EDM ·
2nd period
Larry Murphy (10)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (22)1–108:55 WSH
3rd period
Kevin Hatcher (3)Rod Langway (5)2–101:10 WSH
Jorgen Pettersson (6)Unassisted3–108:58 WSH
Alan Haworth (16)Unassisted4–116:04 WSH
Mike Gartner (18)Bobby Gould (9), Jorgen Pettersson (6)5–117:34 WSH
Jeff Brubaker (1)Dave Lumley (5), Billy Carroll (2)5–219:04 EDM
Team stats
WSHEDM
3740
0%0%
0/71/7
2121
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:18 into the first period
Kevin McClelland · tripping2 min - 9:23 into the first periodKevin Lowe · tripping2 min
- 10:31 into the first period
Mike Gartner · elbowing2 min - 13:26 into the first periodLee Fogolin · hooking2 min
- 15:51 into the first periodGreg Adams · tripping2 min
- 18:40 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 4:55 into the second periodKevin McClelland · fighting5 min
- 4:55 into the second periodGreg Adams · fighting5 min
- 7:09 into the second periodDave Lumley · tripping2 min
- 7:35 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · tripping2 min
- 10:34 into the second periodKevin McClelland · roughing2 min
- 12:53 into the second periodDarren Veitch · tripping2 min
- 16:15 into the second periodKevin McClelland · high sticking2 min
- 16:15 into the second periodAlan Haworth · high sticking2 min
- 2:18 into the third periodJari Kurri · tripping2 min
- 2:54 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · hooking2 min
- 2:54 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:10 into the third periodDave Semenko · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 40 | 2 | .950 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 8Dave LumleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Jeff BrubakerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 20Billy CarrollC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 9 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Raimo SummanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 37 | 5 | .865 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |