Washington Capitals vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, January 25, 1986 · Met Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota North Stars 6–3 on Saturday, January 25, 1986 at Met Center. The Capitals outshot the North Stars 28–26.
Dave Christian scored twice. Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Darren Veitch, Tom McCarthy, Mark Taylor, Greg Adams, Brian Lawton and Dino Ciccarelli also scored.
Al Jensen made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Jon Casey stopped 22 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Christian (27)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (35), Larry Murphy (21)1–006:09 WSH
2nd period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (15)Dave Christian (27), Larry Murphy (22)2–005:04 WSH · 
Darren Veitch (2)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (36), Rod Langway (9)3–008:27 WSH
Tom McCarthy (8)Neal Broten (44), Brian Bellows (23)3–114:15 MNS ·
3rd period
- Dave Christian (28)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (37)4–101:28 WSH
Mark Taylor (2)Rod Langway (10), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (38)5–105:35 WSH
Greg Adams (13)Craig Laughlin (31), Alan Haworth (24)6–111:15 WSH
Brian Lawton (9)Gordie Roberts (12)6–213:55 MNS
Dino Ciccarelli (19)Neal Broten (45), Scott Bjugstad (15)6–315:49 MNS
Team stats
WSHMNS
2826
0%0%
0/51/8
1812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:04 into the first period
Grant Martin · slashing2 min - 10:01 into the first periodLarry Murphy · high sticking2 min
- 11:42 into the first periodBobby Carpenter · holding2 min
- 13:58 into the first period
Brian Bellows · holding2 min - 19:16 into the first periodGordie Roberts · roughing2 min
- 19:16 into the first periodMike Gartner · roughing2 min
- 0:36 into the second periodGreg Adams · high sticking2 min
- 3:18 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 5:21 into the second periodDennis Maruk · holding2 min
- 6:29 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · hooking2 min
- 7:50 into the second periodBrian Bellows · high sticking2 min
- 12:29 into the second periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
- 12:46 into the second periodMats Hallin · high sticking2 min
- 13:51 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · hooking2 min
- 18:56 into the second periodDirk Graham · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 4 | 5 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Mark TaylorC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Grant MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Brian LawtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Mats HallinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Emanuel ViveirosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | L | 28 | 6 | .786 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |