New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, January 4, 1986 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 9-3 on Saturday, January 4, 1986 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Devils 33-27.
Dave Christian scored twice and Mike Gartner scored a hat trick. Bobby Carpenter, Greg Adams, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Mark Johnson, Aaron Broten, Craig Laughlin and Dave Pichette also scored.
Al Jensen made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 21 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Carpenter (9)Lou Franceschetti (8), Mike Gartner (21)0–101:34 WSH
Dave Christian (22)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (27), Scott Stevens (17)0–205:15 WSH
Mike Gartner (20)Jorgen Pettersson (8), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (28)0–309:01 WSH
2nd period
Greg Adams (12)Craig Laughlin (28), Alan Haworth (22)0–402:53 WSH- Mike Gartner (21)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (29), Dave Christian (18)0–509:05 WSH · PPG
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (12)Dave Christian (19)0–610:27 WSH- Mike Gartner (22)Bobby Carpenter (14), Larry Murphy (17)0–714:23 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Mark Johnson (7)Mel Bridgman (16), Greg Adams (14)1–706:24 NJD · PPG
Aaron Broten (12)Craig Wolanin (11), Mark Johnson (17)2–709:42 NJD · PPG
Craig Laughlin (12)Jorgen Pettersson (9), Dave Christian (20)2–812:43 WSH · PPG- Dave Christian (23)Jorgen Pettersson (10)2–917:02 WSH
Dave Pichette (6)Mark Johnson (18), Mel Bridgman (17)3–919:30 NJD · PPG
Team stats
NJDWSH
27Shots on goal33
0%Faceoff %0%
3/9Power play3/8
27Penalty minutes27
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:04
Phil Russell · holding2 min - 1st 03:07
Craig Laughlin · hooking2 min - 1st 05:53Craig Laughlin · slashing2 min
- 1st 07:08Mel Bridgman · roughing2 min
- 1st 07:08Rod Langway · roughing2 min
- 1st 19:13Bob Lorimer · interference2 min
- 1st 19:24Mike Gartner · tripping2 min
- 2nd 04:17Kevin Hatcher · roughing2 min
- 2nd 08:24Ken Daneyko · fighting5 min
- 2nd 08:24Glenn Resch · slashing2 min
- 2nd 08:45Alan Haworth · fighting5 min
- 2nd 13:56Pat Verbeek · slashing5 min
- 2nd 19:24Bobby Gould · holding2 min
- 3rd 00:10Craig Wolanin · interference2 min
- 3rd 05:29Larry Murphy · interference2 min
- 3rd 09:37Bobby Gould · tripping2 min
- 3rd 10:21Bob Lorimer · elbowing5 min
- 3rd 17:56Ken Daneyko · roughing2 min
- 3rd 17:56Ed Kastelic · roughing2 min
- 3rd 17:56Scott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 3rd 17:56Greg Adams · hooking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave PichetteD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 28 | 21 | 7 | .750 | 51:56 |
| 35Sam St. LaurentG | 5 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 08:04 |
Washington Capitals
| 27Dave ChristianR | 2 | 3 | 5 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 60:00 |