Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, March 25, 1986 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 6–3 on Tuesday, March 25, 1986 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Bruins 36–20.
Goals came from Dave Pasin, Alan Haworth, Dave Christian, Lou Franceschetti, Keith Crowder, Gord Kluzak, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Bobby Gould and Craig Laughlin.
Al Jensen made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Pasin (17)Gord Kluzak (29)1–001:23 BOS
Alan Haworth (32)Jorgen Pettersson (17), Mike Gartner (40)1–104:57 WSH
2nd period
Dave Christian (39)Scott Stevens (35), Lou Franceschetti (12)1–205:28 WSH · 
Lou Franceschetti (6)Craig Laughlin (42), Bobby Carpenter (26)1–311:54 WSH
Keith Crowder (34)Charlie Simmer (22), Ray Bourque (54)2–312:16 BOS
Gord Kluzak (7)Michael Thelven (20), Dave Reid (8)3–313:42 BOS ·
3rd period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (23)Scott Stevens (36), Craig Laughlin (43)3–414:23 WSH · 
Bobby Gould (15)Gaetan Duchesne (21)3–514:35 WSH
Craig Laughlin (26)Larry Murphy (40), Gaetan Duchesne (22)3–616:50 WSH
Team stats
BOSWSH
2036
0%0%
1/32/5
1410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:19 into the first period
Bobby Gould · tripping2 min - 9:48 into the first period
John Blum · hooking2 min - 3:36 into the second periodRay Bourque · hooking2 min
- 3:36 into the second periodPat Riggin · slashing2 min
- 3:36 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · slashing2 min
- 6:03 into the second periodMike Gartner · tripping2 min
- 13:19 into the second periodGreg Smith · tripping2 min
- 15:43 into the second periodSteve Kasper · holding2 min
- 2:10 into the third periodKraig Nienhuis · hooking2 min
- 8:17 into the third periodKeith Crowder · slashing2 min
- 8:17 into the third periodGaetan Duchesne · holding2 min
- 13:50 into the third periodGord Kluzak · hooking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 6Gord KluzakD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 36Dave ReidL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 37Dave PasinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 38Kraig NienhuisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 36 | 6 | .833 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 20 | 3 | .850 |