Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, March 11, 1986 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 on Tuesday, March 11, 1986 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 34–22.
Goals came from Bobby Carpenter, Terry Ruskowski, Randy Cunneyworth, Alan Haworth, Dave Hannan, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Scott Stevens and Gaetan Duchesne.
Al Jensen made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 29 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Carpenter (23)John Barrett (13)0–106:02 WSH
Terry Ruskowski (24)Mario Lemieux (83), Ron Duguay (30)1–111:36 PIT · 
Randy Cunneyworth (13)Rod Buskas (6), Doug Bodger (31)2–118:27 PIT
2nd period
Alan Haworth (31)Mike Gartner (37), Greg Adams (34)2–203:06 WSH · 
Dave Hannan (11)Willy Lindstrom (14), Norm Schmidt (14)3–212:49 PIT
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (22)Gaetan Duchesne (18), Dave Christian (37)3–318:35 WSH
3rd period
Scott Stevens (11)Bobby Gould (16)3–404:09 WSH
Gaetan Duchesne (9)Unassisted3–519:50 WSH ·
Team stats
PITWSH
2234
0%0%
1/41/4
1919
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:31 into the first period
Larry Murphy · hooking2 min - 11:18 into the first periodAlan Haworth · hooking2 min
- 13:36 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:28 into the first period
Norm Schmidt · slashing2 min - 2:36 into the second periodVille Siren · holding2 min
- 13:28 into the second periodJim Johnson · holding2 min
- 13:28 into the second periodMike Gartner · high sticking2 min
- 16:56 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · roughing2 min
- 16:56 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · roughing2 min
- 19:14 into the second periodDoug Bodger · tripping2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · fighting5 min
- 4:34 into the third periodDave Hannan · roughing2 min
- 4:34 into the third periodAlan Haworth · roughing2 min
- 7:10 into the third periodRod Buskas · hooking2 min
- 15:59 into the third periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |