Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, April 1, 1986 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 on Tuesday, April 1, 1986 at Capital Centre. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 27–25.
Goals came from Dave Hannan, Larry Murphy, Craig Laughlin, Greg Adams, John Chabot, Kevin Hatcher, Bobby Gould and Craig Simpson.
Pete Peeters made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Hannan (16)Unassisted1–006:48 PIT · 
Larry Murphy (20)Dave Christian (40), Alan Haworth (37)1–110:21 WSH
Craig Laughlin (28)Rod Langway (17), Larry Murphy (42)1–218:57 WSH
2nd period
Greg Adams (18)Larry Murphy (43), John Barrett (15)1–302:33 WSH
John Chabot (13)Willy Lindstrom (16), Troy Loney (8)2–312:40 PIT
Kevin Hatcher (9)Unassisted2–417:44 WSH
3rd period
Bobby Gould (18)Gaetan Duchesne (26), Scott Stevens (38)2–504:51 WSH
Craig Simpson (10)John Chabot (29)3–518:52 PIT
Team stats
PITWSH
2725
0%0%
0/50/2
410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:57 into the first period
Greg Smith · hooking2 min - 6:22 into the first period
Jim Johnson · holding2 min - 10:49 into the first periodMoe Mantha · holding2 min
- 11:36 into the first periodScott Stevens · tripping2 min
- 16:40 into the first periodRod Langway · interference2 min
- 2:33 into the second periodGreg Adams · high sticking2 min
- 10:45 into the third periodGreg Adams · delaying game2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9John ChabotC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Troy LoneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Dwight MathiasenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Grant MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |