Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Friday, January 3, 1986 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 3–2 on Friday, January 3, 1986 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Capitals 26–19.
Mel Bridgman scored twice. Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Dave Christian and Craig Laughlin also scored.
Pete Peeters made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 16 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (11)Peter Andersson (13)1–005:56 WSH · 
Dave Christian (21)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (26), Jorgen Pettersson (7)2–007:56 WSH
2nd period
Craig Laughlin (11)Greg Adams (21), Darren Veitch (6)3–004:39 WSH
Mel Bridgman (11)Unassisted3–111:14 NJD- Mel Bridgman (12)Peter McNab (13), Bob Lorimer (2)3–218:56 NJD
Team stats
WSHNJD
1926
0%0%
1/40/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:55 into the first period
Craig Wolanin · interference2 min - 13:31 into the first period
Craig Laughlin · tripping2 min - 15:09 into the first periodMel Bridgman · hooking2 min
- 18:28 into the first periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 6:04 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · tripping2 min
- 14:17 into the second periodAaron Broten · holding2 min
- 4:40 into the third periodBob Lorimer · slashing2 min
- 11:12 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · interference2 min
- 14:16 into the third periodPerry Anderson · slashing2 min
- 14:16 into the third periodCraig Laughlin · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 19 | 3 | .842 |
| 35Sam St. LaurentG | 0 | 0 | – |