New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, February 1, 1986 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5–4 on Saturday, February 1, 1986 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Devils 38–18.
Greg Adams scored twice. Bobby Gould, John MacLean, Tim Higgins, Craig Laughlin, Rich Preston, Dave Christian and Bobby Carpenter also scored.
Al Jensen made 14 saves on 18 shots for the win; Alain Chevrier stopped 33 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Gould (9)Dwight Schofield (2), Mark Taylor (1)0–103:49 WSH
John MacLean (11)Unassisted1–106:44 NJD
Tim Higgins (7)Joe Cirella (15), Mark Johnson (26)2–107:39 NJD ·
2nd period
Craig Laughlin (16)Gaetan Duchesne (8), Alan Haworth (25)2–201:45 WSH
Rich Preston (14)Peter McNab (16), Mel Bridgman (25)3–211:42 NJD
Greg Adams (22)Unassisted4–214:51 NJD
Dave Christian (29)Larry Murphy (24), Greg Adams (26)4–318:23 WSH
3rd period
Bobby Carpenter (15)Mike Gartner (30), Lou Franceschetti (10)4–407:41 WSH
Greg Adams (14)Larry Murphy (25), Rod Langway (11)4–518:37 WSH
Team stats
NJDWSH
1838
0%0%
1/40/6
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:27 into the first period
Greg Adams · hooking2 min - 7:25 into the first period
Greg Adams · slashing2 min - 11:45 into the first periodBob Lorimer · interference2 min
- 18:02 into the first periodPeter Andersson · hooking2 min
- 6:54 into the second periodPeter McNab · holding2 min
- 12:43 into the second periodGreg Adams · hooking2 min
- 19:03 into the second periodDave Lewis · high sticking2 min
- 4:12 into the third periodPeter Andersson · interference2 min
- 9:53 into the third periodCraig Wolanin · holding2 min
- 14:05 into the third periodScott Stevens · cross checking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Rich PrestonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | L | 38 | 5 | .868 |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Mark TaylorC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 18 | 4 | .778 |