Washington Capitals vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Saturday, March 15, 1986 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 5–4 on Saturday, March 15, 1986 at St. Louis Arena. The Capitals outshot the Blues 34–24.
Doug Wickenheiser scored twice and Mike Gartner scored a hat trick. Gaetan Duchesne, Kevin Lavallee, Craig Laughlin and Dave Barr also scored.
Pete Peeters made 20 saves on 24 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Wickenheiser (6)Eddy Beers (17), Dave Barr (37)0–100:22 STL
Mike Gartner (33)Craig Laughlin (36), Larry Murphy (35)1–106:39 WSH · 
Gaetan Duchesne (10)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (49), Dave Christian (38)2–111:17 WSH
Kevin Lavallee (14)Bernie Federko (62), Lee Norwood (22)2–219:21 STL ·
2nd period
- Mike Gartner (34)Gaetan Duchesne (19)3–209:29 WSH
- Doug Wickenheiser (7)Eddy Beers (18), Charlie Bourgeois (10)3–316:01 STL
Craig Laughlin (22)John Barrett (14), Greg Smith (20)4–316:21 WSH
3rd period
- Mike Gartner (35)Bobby Gould (17), Jorgen Pettersson (15)5–312:01 WSH
Dave Barr (13)Ron Flockhart (39), Rob Ramage (50)5–414:21 STL
Team stats
WSHSTL
3424
0%0%
1/51/6
2432
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:57 into the first period
Mark Hunter · roughing2 min - 4:57 into the first periodMark Hunter · fighting5 min
- 4:57 into the first periodMark Hunter · misconduct10 min
- 4:57 into the first period
Dave Christian · fighting5 min - 5:38 into the first periodBobby Carpenter · holding2 min
- 5:56 into the first periodDoug Gilmour · roughing2 min
- 5:56 into the first periodCharlie Bourgeois · high sticking2 min
- 5:56 into the first periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 13:34 into the first periodKent Carlson · fighting5 min
- 13:34 into the first periodGreg Adams · fighting5 min
- 16:18 into the first periodBobby Carpenter · hooking2 min
- 18:11 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · tripping2 min
- 5:55 into the second periodLee Norwood · holding2 min
- 10:33 into the second periodGreg Smith · interference2 min
- 13:27 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · roughing2 min
- 17:59 into the second periodRob Ramage · tripping2 min
- 18:37 into the second periodCharlie Bourgeois · high sticking2 min
- 3:14 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
St. Louis Blues
| 6Dave BarrR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 19Eddy BeersL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Kevin LavalleeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Charlie BourgeoisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Gino CavalliniL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Bruce BellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Ric NattressD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Kent CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Jim PaveseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |
| 30Rick WamsleyG | 0 | 0 | – |