Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Monday, April 21, 1986 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 6–3 on Monday, April 21, 1986 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 42–28.
Bobby Carpenter scored twice, John Barrett scored twice and Pierre Larouche scored twice. Mike Gartner, Wilf Paiement and Alan Haworth also scored.
Pete Peeters made 39 saves on 42 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 22 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Carpenter (2)Scott Stevens (6)1–003:06 WSH
Mike Gartner (2)Unassisted2–006:45 WSH
2nd period
- Bobby Carpenter (3)Jorgen Pettersson (2), Dave Christian (3)3–002:42 WSH
John Barrett (1)Mike Gartner (6), Yvon Corriveau (2)4–004:09 WSH
3rd period
Pierre Larouche (4)Tomas Sandstrom (5), Reijo Ruotsalainen (4)4–104:08 NYR · - John Barrett (2)Mike Gartner (7), Yvon Corriveau (3)5–104:37 WSH
Wilf Paiement (1)Pierre Larouche (4), Bob Brooke (8)5–207:50 NYR · 
Alan Haworth (4)Greg Adams (3), Mike Gartner (8)6–209:44 WSH- Pierre Larouche (5)Reijo Ruotsalainen (5)6–317:56 NYR
Team stats
WSHNYR
2842
0%0%
0/32/6
3024
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:56 into the first period
Kevin Hatcher · elbowing2 min - 2:16 into the first period
Kelly Miller · interference2 min - 3:49 into the first periodDon Maloney · high sticking2 min
- 10:41 into the first periodMike Allison · roughing2 min
- 10:41 into the first periodAlan Haworth · roughing2 min
- 13:34 into the first periodTom Laidlaw · high sticking2 min
- 18:35 into the first periodWilf Paiement · slashing2 min
- 18:35 into the first periodWilf Paiement · fighting5 min
- 18:35 into the first periodGreg Adams · slashing2 min
- 18:35 into the first periodGreg Adams · fighting5 min
- 7:19 into the second periodPeter Sundstrom · high sticking2 min
- 7:19 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min
- 9:03 into the second periodGreg Adams · holding2 min
- 1:30 into the third periodBob Brooke · slashing5 min
- 1:30 into the third periodAlan Haworth · slashing5 min
- 2:13 into the third periodCraig Laughlin · slashing2 min
- 6:30 into the third periodYvon Corriveau · delaying game2 min
- 11:43 into the third periodMike Allison · roughing2 min
- 11:43 into the third periodDwight Schofield · high sticking2 min
- 11:43 into the third periodDwight Schofield · roughing2 min
- 19:55 into the third periodScott Stevens · cross checking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 42 | 3 | .929 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 24Pierre LaroucheC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 11Wilf PaiementR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 28 | 6 | .786 |