Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, March 2, 1986 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4–2 on Sunday, March 2, 1986 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 35–33.
Alan Haworth scored twice. Peter Sundstrom, Greg Adams, Scott Stevens and Brian MacLellan also scored.
Al Jensen made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Sundstrom (8)Unassisted0–117:21 NYR
2nd period
Greg Adams (16)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (46), Mike Gartner (34)1–115:09 WSH · 
Scott Stevens (8)Jorgen Pettersson (14), Mike Gartner (35)2–117:23 WSH
3rd period
Alan Haworth (28)Scott Stevens (27)3–100:43 WSH · 
Brian MacLellan (13)Reijo Ruotsalainen (37)3–208:10 NYR- Alan Haworth (29)Unassisted4–219:48 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHNYR
3335
0%0%
2/50/2
815
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:02 into the first period
Bob Brooke · holding2 min - 2:30 into the second periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
- 12:25 into the second period
Alan Haworth · holding2 min - 13:54 into the second periodWillie Huber · hooking2 min
- 14:02 into the second periodBob Brooke · roughing2 min
- 14:02 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · roughing2 min
- 19:06 into the second periodGeorge McPhee · roughing2 min
- 4:01 into the third periodDarren Veitch · holding2 min
- 14:29 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · head butting5 min
- 14:29 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 9 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Daryl EvansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 35 | 2 | .943 |
New York Rangers
| 25Peter SundstromL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian MacLellanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 16Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |