Minnesota North Stars vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, January 21, 1986 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota North Stars 7–5 on Tuesday, January 21, 1986 at Capital Centre. The North Stars outshot the Capitals 36–35.
Tom McCarthy scored twice. Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Craig Laughlin, Dave Christian, Kevin Hatcher, Alan Haworth, Brian Lawton, Brian Bellows, Bobby Gould, Scott Bjugstad and Bobby Carpenter also scored.
Al Jensen made 31 saves on 36 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 28 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (14)Dave Christian (24), Darren Veitch (8)0–103:47 WSH
Craig Laughlin (14)Dave Christian (25), Bobby Carpenter (16)0–204:12 WSH · 
Dave Christian (25)Jorgen Pettersson (11), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (33)0–306:32 WSH
Kevin Hatcher (5)Mike Gartner (29)0–406:49 WSH
2nd period
Tom McCarthy (6)Steve Payne (3), Brian Bellows (21)1–400:25 MNS
Alan Haworth (24)Greg Adams (24), Craig Laughlin (30)1–517:32 WSH
Brian Lawton (8)Bob Rouse (7), Gordie Roberts (11)2–519:28 MNS
3rd period
Brian Bellows (21)Steve Payne (4), Kent Nilsson (27)3–501:20 MNS · 
Bobby Gould (8)Gaetan Duchesne (7), Grant Martin (1)3–602:56 WSH- Tom McCarthy (7)Brian Bellows (22), Bob Rouse (8)4–603:58 MNS
Scott Bjugstad (27)Dino Ciccarelli (25), Dave Langevin (6)5–611:57 MNS
Bobby Carpenter (14)Scott Stevens (21), Bobby Gould (10)5–719:51 WSH ·
Team stats
MNSWSH
3635
0%0%
1/41/4
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:35 into the first period
Gordie Roberts · tripping2 min - 1:57 into the first period
Bobby Carpenter · holding2 min - 3:14 into the first periodBill Stewart · tripping2 min
- 11:17 into the first periodRod Langway · interference2 min
- 15:23 into the first periodKent Nilsson · hooking2 min
- 3:38 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · interference2 min
- 7:59 into the second periodKeith Acton · slashing2 min
- 7:59 into the second periodScott Stevens · interference2 min
- 10:32 into the second periodLarry Murphy · cross checking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodAl Jensen · roughing2 min
- 5:12 into the third periodBill Stewart · interference2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Brian LawtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 13Bill StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 34 | 6 | .824 |
Washington Capitals
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Grant MartinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 36 | 5 | .861 |