Washington Capitals vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Sunday, February 2, 1986 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Hartford Whalers 5–4 on Sunday, February 2, 1986 at Hartford Civic Center. The Capitals outshot the Whalers 36–28.
Bobby Carpenter scored twice. Sylvain Turgeon, Stew Gavin, Torrie Robertson, Wayne Babych, Craig Laughlin, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Larry Murphy also scored.
Bob Mason made 5 saves on 5 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 31 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Sylvain Turgeon (30)Kevin Dineen (23), Ray Ferraro (25)0–109:58 HFD · 
Stew Gavin (15)Dave Babych (38), Doug Jarvis (9)0–218:04 HFD
2nd period
Torrie Robertson (9)Dave Babych (39), Bob Crawford (20)0–315:28 HFD
Wayne Babych (9)Paul Lawless (15), Dean Evason (16)0–418:28 HFD
3rd period
Craig Laughlin (17)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (39), Larry Murphy (26)1–401:34 WSH · 
Bobby Carpenter (16)Gaetan Duchesne (9), Scott Stevens (24)2–404:57 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (16)Dave Christian (28)3–405:50 WSH- Bobby Carpenter (17)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (40), Craig Laughlin (32)4–408:40 WSH ·
Larry Murphy (13)Alan Haworth (26), Craig Laughlin (33)5–418:45 WSH
Team stats
WSHHFD
3628
0%0%
2/51/5
2424
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:26 into the first period
Kevin Hatcher · holding2 min - 14:50 into the first period
Risto Siltanen · tripping2 min - 2:07 into the second periodKevin Dineen · slashing2 min
- 2:07 into the second periodGaetan Duchesne · slashing2 min
- 5:36 into the second periodDoug Jarvis · holding2 min
- 11:35 into the second periodRisto Siltanen · interference2 min
- 13:17 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · tripping2 min
- 14:42 into the second periodSylvain Turgeon · high sticking2 min
- 14:42 into the second periodScott Stevens · high sticking2 min
- 16:02 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · misconduct10 min
- 16:02 into the second periodGreg Adams · holding2 min
- 16:02 into the second periodAlan Haworth · misconduct10 min
- 0:44 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · elbowing2 min
- 6:55 into the third periodDean Evason · hooking2 min
- 10:20 into the third periodScott Stevens · cross checking2 min
- 12:58 into the third periodPeter Andersson · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | W | 5 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 35Al JensenG | 23 | 4 | .826 |
Hartford Whalers
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Wayne BabychR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 36 | 5 | .861 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |