Washington Capitals vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Sunday, December 22, 1985 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Quebec Nordiques 7–5 on Sunday, December 22, 1985 at Le Colisée. The Nordiques outshot the Capitals 41–31.
Greg Adams scored twice. Lou Franceschetti, Brent Ashton, Paul Gillis, Anton Stastny, Darren Veitch, Jean-Francois Sauve, Alan Haworth, Michel Goulet, Craig Laughlin and Bobby Carpenter also scored.
Al Jensen made 36 saves on 41 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 24 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Lou Franceschetti (1)Scott Stevens (12), Mike Gartner (19)1–003:08 WSH
Greg Adams (9)Alan Haworth (16), Kevin Hatcher (6)2–004:19 WSH
Brent Ashton (11)Wilf Paiement (8), Dale Hunter (17)2–115:45 QUE
2nd period
Paul Gillis (9)Alain Cote (7), Randy Moller (8)2–202:28 QUE
Anton Stastny (9)Jean-Francois Sauve (22), Robert Picard (12)2–306:09 QUE · 
Darren Veitch (1)Greg Adams (18), Scott Stevens (13)3–310:37 WSH
Jean-Francois Sauve (7)Michel Goulet (15), Robert Picard (13)3–419:01 QUE ·
3rd period
Alan Haworth (17)Unassisted4–404:16 WSH
Michel Goulet (25)John Anderson (15), Peter Stastny (27)4–506:16 QUE · 
Craig Laughlin (9)Alan Haworth (17), Scott Stevens (14)5–509:05 WSH
Bobby Carpenter (8)Scott Stevens (15)6–510:15 WSH- Greg Adams (10)Alan Haworth (18), Craig Laughlin (22)7–511:47 WSH
Team stats
WSHQUE
3141
0%0%
0/13/6
144
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:10 into the first period
Jorgen Pettersson · hooking2 min - 9:52 into the first period
Michel Goulet · hooking2 min - 12:43 into the first periodDave Christian · tripping2 min
- 5:08 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · interference2 min
- 7:32 into the second periodDale Hunter · slashing2 min
- 7:32 into the second periodAlan Haworth · slashing2 min
- 13:14 into the second periodEd Kastelic · high sticking2 min
- 18:15 into the second periodRod Langway · holding2 min
- 5:55 into the third periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 4 | 4 | +5 | 3 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 41 | 5 | .878 |
Quebec Nordiques
| 15Jean-Francois SauveC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 9Brent AshtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mark KumpelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 6Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 7Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 12Claude JulienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Gord DonnellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 31 | 7 | .774 |
| 33Mario GosselinG | 0 | 0 | – |