Quebec Nordiques vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, December 26, 1985 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Quebec Nordiques 4–3 on Thursday, December 26, 1985 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Nordiques 30–29.
Goals came from Dave Christian, Peter Stastny, Peter Andersson, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Lou Franceschetti, Michel Goulet and Anton Stastny.
Pete Peeters made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Christian (19)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (23), Larry Murphy (13)0–108:23 WSH · 
Peter Stastny (19)Wilf Paiement (9), Jean-Francois Sauve (23)1–112:11 QUE · 
Peter Andersson (4)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (24), Craig Laughlin (23)1–213:55 WSH · 
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (9)Dave Christian (16)1–315:26 WSH ·
2nd period
Lou Franceschetti (2)Mike Gartner (20), Bobby Carpenter (13)1–414:50 WSH
Michel Goulet (26)Anton Stastny (17)2–416:44 QUE
3rd period
Anton Stastny (10)Peter Stastny (28), Alain Cote (8)3–412:51 QUE
Team stats
QUEWSH
2930
0%0%
1/62/5
1618
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:03 into the first period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson · holding2 min - 6:41 into the first period
Brent Ashton · elbowing2 min - 10:51 into the first periodBobby Gould · holding2 min
- 13:39 into the first periodPeter Stastny · hooking2 min
- 14:05 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · hooking2 min
- 16:28 into the first periodPaul Gillis · roughing2 min
- 16:28 into the first periodCraig Laughlin · roughing2 min
- 10:07 into the second periodGord Donnelly · roughing2 min
- 12:06 into the second periodPeter Andersson · hooking2 min
- 17:06 into the second periodBobby Gould · tripping2 min
- 2:01 into the third periodGord Donnelly · roughing double minor4 min
- 2:01 into the third periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
- 6:59 into the third periodRod Langway · tripping2 min
- 10:43 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 10:43 into the third periodRod Langway · roughing2 min
- 19:25 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 20Anton StastnyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mark KumpelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Claude JulienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 34Gord DonnellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 33Mario GosselinG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |