Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Friday, January 17, 1986 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4–3 on Friday, January 17, 1986 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Capitals 26–24.
Goals came from Greg Adams, Pat Verbeek, Alan Haworth, Mike Gartner, Lou Franceschetti, Craig Wolanin and Gaetan Duchesne.
Pete Peeters made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Craig Billington stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Adams (19)Tim Higgins (12), John MacLean (16)0–111:58 NJD
2nd period
Pat Verbeek (8)Kirk Muller (20), Doug Sulliman (8)0–200:31 NJD
Alan Haworth (21)Scott Stevens (19)1–213:40 WSH
Mike Gartner (23)Larry Murphy (19), Rod Langway (8)2–217:33 WSH
3rd period
Lou Franceschetti (4)Mike Gartner (27), Darren Veitch (7)3–206:45 WSH
Craig Wolanin (2)Mel Bridgman (22)3–312:25 NJD
Gaetan Duchesne (6)Dave Christian (23), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (30)4–318:35 WSH
Team stats
WSHNJD
2426
0%0%
0/70/6
2133
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:40 into the first period
Ken Daneyko · hooking2 min - 6:58 into the first period
Bobby Carpenter · tripping2 min - 15:42 into the first periodJohn MacLean · fighting5 min
- 15:42 into the first periodJohn MacLean · game misconduct10 min
- 15:42 into the first periodKirk Muller · roughing2 min
- 15:42 into the first periodDwight Schofield · roughing2 min
- 15:42 into the first periodDwight Schofield · fighting5 min
- 15:49 into the first periodMel Bridgman · tripping2 min
- 18:13 into the first periodRod Langway · interference2 min
- 18:19 into the first periodTim Higgins · high sticking2 min
- 18:19 into the first periodScott Stevens · high sticking2 min
- 12:29 into the second periodMike Gartner · tripping2 min
- 13:02 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · high sticking2 min
- 15:13 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · elbowing2 min
- 16:18 into the second periodScott Stevens · slashing2 min
- 17:12 into the second periodKen Daneyko · cross checking2 min
- 19:57 into the second periodBob Lorimer · holding2 min
- 0:13 into the third periodGreg Adams · hooking2 min
- 2:54 into the third periodCraig Wolanin · hooking2 min
- 9:04 into the third periodDwight Schofield · cross checking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 21Grant MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |