Washington Capitals vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, March 29, 1986 · Hartford Civic Center
Scoring
1st period
Ron Francis (23)Sylvain Turgeon (33)0–102:25 HFD · 
Bobby Gould (16)Gaetan Duchesne (24), Jorgen Pettersson (20)1–102:48 WSH
Mike McEwen (4)John Anderson (40), Ron Francis (48)1–211:22 HFD
Scott Stevens (13)Dave Christian (39), Rod Langway (16)2–214:22 WSH
2nd period
Kevin Hatcher (8)Greg Smith (21), Greg Adams (36)3–205:47 WSH · 
Sylvain Turgeon (45)Unassisted3–310:33 HFD- Bobby Gould (17)Gaetan Duchesne (25), Alan Haworth (36)4–315:12 WSH
Stephen Leach (1)Lou Franceschetti (13), Scott Stevens (37)5–315:59 WSH
3rd period
- Mike McEwen (5)Dean Evason (26), Stew Gavin (29)5–400:54 HFD
Kevin Dineen (29)Ron Francis (49), John Anderson (41)5–502:00 HFD- Kevin Dineen (30)Unassisted5–613:20 HFD
Larry Murphy (19)Bobby Carpenter (27)6–617:55 WSH
Team stats
WSHHFD
2425
0%0%
1/31/4
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:32 into the first period
Alan Haworth · tripping2 min - 3:43 into the first period
Joel Quenneville · hooking2 min - 15:16 into the first periodRay Ferraro · tripping2 min
- 18:37 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · holding2 min
- 0:51 into the second periodJohn Barrett · high sticking2 min
- 4:03 into the second periodPaul Macdermid · interference2 min
- 17:33 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | T | 25 | 6 | .760 |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Mike McEwenD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | T | 24 | 6 | .750 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |