Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Sunday, April 27, 1986 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 2–1 on Sunday, April 27, 1986 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 28–21.
Pierre Larouche scored twice. Bobby Carpenter also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 19 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Larouche (7)Mike Ridley (6), Larry Melnyk (1)0–112:36 NYR
3rd period
- Pierre Larouche (8)Mike Ridley (7), Wilf Paiement (4)0–200:34 NYR ·
Bobby Carpenter (5)Larry Murphy (5), Mike Gartner (10)1–205:38 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHNYR
2821
0%0%
1/31/3
1214
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:33 into the first period
Willie Huber · holding2 min - 4:58 into the first period
Kevin Hatcher · slashing2 min - 13:46 into the first periodGeorge McPhee · elbowing2 min
- 18:29 into the first periodGeorge McPhee · roughing2 min
- 18:29 into the first periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
- 2:54 into the second periodJames Patrick · slashing2 min
- 2:54 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · slashing2 min
- 17:00 into the second periodScott Stevens · cross checking2 min
- 17:21 into the second periodWillie Huber · charging2 min
- 18:57 into the second periodGreg Smith · holding2 min
- 4:41 into the third periodReijo Ruotsalainen · slashing2 min
- 11:00 into the third periodKjell Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 11:00 into the third periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 12Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Mark TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 21 | 2 | .905 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Pierre LaroucheC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Rob WhistleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |