Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Monday, March 17, 1986 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 on Monday, March 17, 1986 at Civic Arena.
Dave Christian scored twice. Dave Hannan, Bobby Carpenter, Moe Mantha, Craig Laughlin, Ron Duguay and Larry Murphy also scored.
Al Jensen made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Roberto Romano stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
2nd period
Dave Hannan (12)John Chabot (23), Jim Johnson (24)0–101:16 PIT
Dave Christian (34)Gaetan Duchesne (20)1–101:38 WSH- Dave Christian (35)Larry Murphy (36)2–105:48 WSH ·
Bobby Carpenter (24)Unassisted3–106:00 WSH
Moe Mantha (14)Mike Bullard (39), Craig Simpson (15)3–208:21 PIT · 
Craig Laughlin (23)Unassisted4–210:12 WSH
Ron Duguay (21)Unassisted4–312:40 PIT ·
3rd period
Larry Murphy (18)Bobby Carpenter (24), Jorgen Pettersson (16)5–315:58 WSH
Team stats
WSHPIT
2626
0%0%
1/32/6
1812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:34 into the first period
Lou Franceschetti · interference2 min - 3:47 into the first periodGreg Smith · elbowing2 min
- 10:12 into the first period
Dave Hannan · roughing2 min - 10:12 into the first periodLarry Murphy · roughing2 min
- 10:27 into the first periodJohn Barrett · high sticking2 min
- 17:57 into the first periodRandy Cunneyworth · holding2 min
- 2:28 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · interference2 min
- 4:33 into the second periodRoberto Romano · delaying game2 min
- 6:40 into the second periodJorgen Pettersson · hooking2 min
- 12:26 into the second periodScott Stevens · tripping2 min
- 13:28 into the second periodWilly Lindstrom · hooking2 min
- 15:04 into the second periodDave Hannan · high sticking2 min
- 15:04 into the second periodMike Gartner · high sticking2 min
- 11:41 into the third periodTroy Loney · slashing2 min
- 11:41 into the third periodGreg Adams · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 35Ron DuguayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |