Los Angeles Kings vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, March 18, 1986 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Tuesday, March 18, 1986 at Capital Centre. The Kings outshot the Capitals 28–25.
John Paul Kelly scored twice. Dave Taylor, Bryan Erickson, Dave Christian, Garry Galley and Craig Laughlin also scored.
Roland Melanson made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Taylor (30)Marcel Dionne (51), Grant Ledyard (24)1–005:28 LAK · 
John Paul Kelly (5)Glen Currie (2), Bryan Erickson (21)2–007:51 LAK
Bryan Erickson (20)John Paul Kelly (8)3–010:41 LAK
2nd period
Dave Christian (36)Craig Laughlin (37), Scott Stevens (31)3–113:47 WSH · 
Garry Galley (9)Bernie Nicholls (53), Morris Lukowich (11)4–114:40 LAK- John Paul Kelly (6)Bryan Erickson (22), Craig Redmond (17)5–117:55 LAK
3rd period
Craig Laughlin (24)Scott Stevens (32), Bobby Gould (18)5–216:47 WSH
Team stats
LAKWSH
2825
0%0%
1/41/4
1921
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:20 into the first period
Rod Langway · cross checking2 min - 14:44 into the first period
Jay Wells · roughing2 min - 14:44 into the first periodAllan Tuer · roughing2 min
- 14:44 into the first periodGreg Adams · charging2 min
- 14:44 into the first periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
- 14:44 into the first periodGreg Smith · cross checking2 min
- 14:44 into the first periodPete Peeters · high sticking2 min
- 15:15 into the first periodPete Peeters · slashing2 min
- 1:38 into the second periodGrant Ledyard · interference2 min
- 12:47 into the second periodJohn Paul Kelly · charging2 min
- 2:36 into the third periodAllan Tuer · hooking2 min
- 4:05 into the third periodJay Wells · high sticking2 min
- 4:05 into the third periodJay Wells · fighting5 min
- 4:05 into the third periodScott Stevens · high sticking2 min
- 4:05 into the third periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min
- 4:42 into the third periodAllan Tuer · roughing2 min
- 6:21 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · hooking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 15Bryan EricksonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Glen CurrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 2Craig RedmondD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 4Grant LedyardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Robert MongrainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 26Allan TuerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bob JanecykG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Roland MelansonG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
Washington Capitals
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |