Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, December 28, 1985 · Capital Centre

7–4

33–45

Game summary

The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Washington Capitals 7–4 on Saturday, December 28, 1985 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Blackhawks 45–33.

Steve Ludzik scored a hat trick. Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Alan Haworth, Dave Christian, Greg Adams, Doug Wilson, Denis Savard, Ken Yaremchuk and Keith Brown also scored.

Bob Sauve made 41 saves on 45 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 26 of 32.

Goals
CHI	2	2	3	7	33
WSH	3	1	0	4	45

Scoring

1st period

Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (10)Craig Laughlin (24), Larry Murphy (14)0–106:00 WSH ·
Alan Haworth (18)Craig Laughlin (25), Darren Veitch (5)0–206:49 WSH
Steve Ludzik (1)Ken Yaremchuk (11), Wayne Presley (4)1–214:00 CHI
Steve Ludzik (2)Ken Yaremchuk (12), Wayne Presley (5)2–216:36 CHI
Dave Christian (20)Unassisted2–319:28 WSH

2nd period

Greg Adams (11)Larry Murphy (15), Peter Andersson (12)2–406:27 WSH
Doug Wilson (5)Denis Savard (26)3–408:06 CHI
Steve Ludzik (3)Behn Wilson (17)4–414:32 CHI

3rd period

Denis Savard (22)Steve Ludzik (1)5–412:03 CHI
Ken Yaremchuk (8)Doug Wilson (21)6–414:11 CHI
Keith Brown (5)Unassisted7–419:51 CHI · ·

Team stats

CHIWSH

3345

0%0%

0/41/7

2519

Penalties

4:15 into the first periodKen Yaremchuk · interference2 min
6:51 into the first periodGaetan Duchesne · tripping2 min
9:14 into the first periodBehn Wilson · fighting5 min
9:14 into the first periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min
11:31 into the first periodBobby Carpenter · interference2 min
15:48 into the first periodJerome Dupont · roughing2 min
15:58 into the first periodEd Kastelic · roughing2 min
3:40 into the second periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
8:47 into the second periodAlan Haworth · holding2 min
10:19 into the second periodAl Secord · holding2 min
17:50 into the second periodDoug Wilson · hooking2 min
3:42 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
6:55 into the third periodAl Secord · roughing2 min
6:55 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · roughing2 min
8:19 into the third periodKen Yaremchuk · slashing2 min
8:19 into the third periodGreg Adams · slashing2 min
9:35 into the third periodMarc Bergevin · interference2 min
17:16 into the third periodBehn Wilson · cross checking2 min
18:57 into the third periodDoug Wilson · high sticking2 min

Season series

Blackhawks vs Capitals head-to-head →

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks skaters

29Steve LudzikC	3	1	4	+5	4	0	–	–
15Ken YaremchukC	1	2	3	+3	2	4	–	–
17Wayne PresleyR	0	2	2	+3	0	0	–	–
18Denis SavardC	1	1	2	+2	4	0	–	–
24Doug WilsonD	1	1	2	+1	6	4	–	–
4Keith BrownD	1	0	1	+1	6	0	–	–
23Behn WilsonD	0	1	1	+1	2	7	–	–
11Bill WatsonR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
14Bill GardnerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
16Eddie OlczykR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
19Troy MurrayC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
20Al SecordL	0	0	0	+1	2	4	–	–
26Rick PatersonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
28Steve LarmerR	0	0	0	+1	3	0	–	–
2Marc BergevinD	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
5Jack O'CallahanD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
6Bob MurrayD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	–	–
25Jerome DupontD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	–	–

Chicago Blackhawks goalies
Goalie
30Murray BannermanG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Bob SauveG	W	45	41	4	.911	60:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

18Craig LaughlinR	0	2	2	+1	0	0	–	–
8Larry MurphyD	0	2	2	0	2	0	–	–
15Alan HaworthC	1	0	1	−1	3	2	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	1	0	1	−2	5	0	–	–
22Greg AdamsL	1	0	1	−1	4	2	–	–
27Dave ChristianR	1	0	1	−1	3	0	–	–
6Darren VeitchD	0	1	1	−1	3	0	–	–
19Peter AnderssonD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
10Bobby CarpenterC	0	0	0	−1	3	2	–	–
11Mike GartnerR	0	0	0	−4	9	2	–	–
12Jorgen PetterssonL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
14Gaetan DuchesneL	0	0	0	0	4	2	–	–
23Bobby GouldR	0	0	0	−3	1	0	–	–
29Ed KastelicR	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
32Lou FranceschettiL	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
3Scott StevensD	0	0	0	−2	2	5	–	–
4Kevin HatcherD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
5Rod LangwayD	0	0	0	−3	0	0	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Pete PeetersG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Al JensenG	L	32	26	6	.813	59:50