1984–85_Washington_Capitals_season

1984–85 Washington Capitals
1984–85 Washington Capitals
Division	2nd Patrick
Conference	Wales
1984–85 record	46–25–9
Goals for	322
Goals against	240
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Bryan Murray
Captain	Rod Langway
Alternate captains	None
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

1984–85 Washington Capitals season

NHL hockey team season

The 1984–85 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals eleventh season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Philadelphia Flyers	80	53	20	7	348	241	113
Washington Capitals	80	46	25	9	322	240	101
New York Islanders	80	40	34	6	345	312	86
New York Rangers	80	26	44	10	295	345	62
New Jersey Devils	80	22	48	10	264	346	54
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	24	51	5	276	385	53

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 11, 1984	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	0–0–1
2	L	October 13, 1984	2–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	0–1–1
3	W	October 14, 1984	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	1–1–1
4	W	October 16, 1984	5–3	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	2–1–1
5	L	October 20, 1984	5–6	New York Rangers (1984–85)	2–2–1
6	T	October 24, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	2–2–2
7	L	October 25, 1984	3–5	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	2–3–2
8	W	October 28, 1984	5–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	3–3–2
9	W	October 31, 1984	4–3 OT	Calgary Flames (1984–85)	4–3–2
10	W	November 3, 1984	6–4	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	5–3–2
11	L	November 7, 1984	3–4	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	5–4–2
12	L	November 9, 1984	5–8	Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	5–5–2
13	T	November 10, 1984	2–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	5–5–3
14	T	November 13, 1984	3–3 OT	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	5–5–4
15	L	November 16, 1984	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	5–6–4
16	W	November 17, 1984	3–2	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	6–6–4
17	L	November 20, 1984	3–5	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	6–7–4
18	T	November 21, 1984	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	6–7–5
19	L	November 23, 1984	1–5	New York Islanders (1984–85)	6–8–5
20	W	November 25, 1984	5–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	7–8–5
21	W	November 27, 1984	9–2	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	8–8–5
22	W	November 28, 1984	2–1	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	9–8–5
23	W	December 1, 1984	5–4 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1984–85)	10–8–5
24	W	December 2, 1984	9–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	11–8–5
25	W	December 4, 1984	4–1	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	12–8–5
26	L	December 7, 1984	5–7	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	12–9–5
27	W	December 9, 1984	4–0	Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	13–9–5
28	T	December 11, 1984	3–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	13–9–6
29	W	December 12, 1984	3–2	@ Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	14–9–6
30	W	December 15, 1984	4–2	New York Rangers (1984–85)	15–9–6
31	W	December 16, 1984	6–3	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	16–9–6
32	W	December 18, 1984	4–1	@ Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	17–9–6
33	T	December 20, 1984	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	17–9–7
34	W	December 22, 1984	7–5	St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	18–9–7
35	L	December 23, 1984	4–7	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	18–10–7
36	W	December 26, 1984	6–0	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	19–10–7
37	W	December 27, 1984	5–4 OT	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	20–10–7
38	W	December 29, 1984	3–2	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	21–10–7
39	W	January 1, 1985	5–1	Boston Bruins (1984–85)	22–10–7
40	L	January 4, 1985	3–5	Quebec Nordiques (1984–85)	22–11–7
41	W	January 8, 1985	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	23–11–7
42	W	January 9, 1985	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues (1984–85)	24–11–7
43	L	January 12, 1985	3–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	24–12–7
44	W	January 14, 1985	6–3	Minnesota North Stars (1984–85)	25–12–7
45	W	January 16, 1985	5–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	26–12–7
46	W	January 17, 1985	6–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	27–12–7
47	W	January 19, 1985	7–1	New York Rangers (1984–85)	28–12–7
48	W	January 23, 1985	3–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1984–85)	29–12–7
49	W	January 26, 1985	5–1	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	30–12–7
50	W	January 27, 1985	5–2	New York Islanders (1984–85)	31–12–7
51	L	January 29, 1985	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1984–85)	31–13–7
52	T	February 1, 1985	3–3 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	31–13–8
53	W	February 3, 1985	6–2	Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	32–13–8
54	W	February 5, 1985	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	33–13–8
55	W	February 8, 1985	6–1	Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	34–13–8
56	L	February 9, 1985	4–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	34–14–8
57	L	February 13, 1985	3–5	@ Winnipeg Jets (1984–85)	34–15–8
58	W	February 14, 1985	4–3	@ Calgary Flames (1984–85)	35–15–8
59	L	February 16, 1985	2–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1984–85)	35–16–8
60	W	February 21, 1985	6–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	36–16–8
61	T	February 23, 1985	3–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1984–85)	36–16–9
62	W	February 26, 1985	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (1984–85)	37–16–9
63	W	February 28, 1985	5–4	@ New York Rangers (1984–85)	38–16–9
64	L	March 2, 1985	0–4	Buffalo Sabres (1984–85)	38–17–9
65	W	March 5, 1985	4–1	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	39–17–9
66	L	March 7, 1985	6–9	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	39–18–9
67	L	March 8, 1985	2–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1984–85)	39–19–9
68	L	March 10, 1985	2–3	Boston Bruins (1984–85)	39–20–9
69	W	March 14, 1985	4–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1984–85)	40–20–9
70	L	March 16, 1985	4–6	@ New York Islanders (1984–85)	40–21–9
71	W	March 19, 1985	4–1	New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	41–21–9
72	L	March 21, 1985	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	41–22–9
73	W	March 22, 1985	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (1984–85)	42–22–9
74	W	March 24, 1985	7–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	43–22–9
75	L	March 27, 1985	1–3	Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	43–23–9
76	L	March 28, 1985	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1984–85)	43–24–9
77	W	March 30, 1985	4–3	New York Islanders (1984–85)	44–24–9
78	L	April 4, 1985	0–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1984–85)	44–25–9
79	W	April 6, 1985	7–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	45–25–9
80	W	April 7, 1985	7–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1984–85)	46–25–9

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mike Gartner	RW	80	50	52	102	71	17	17	0	11
Bobby Carpenter	C	80	53	42	95	87	20	12	0	7
Dave Christian	RW	80	26	43	69	14	20	5	0	2
Scott Stevens	D	80	21	44	65	221	19	16	0	5
Larry Murphy	D	79	13	42	55	51	21	3	0	0
Craig Laughlin	RW	78	16	34	50	38	12	5	0	3
Alan Haworth	C	76	23	26	49	48	19	4	0	2
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	RW	51	14	29	43	8	13	6	1	3
Gaetan Duchesne	LW	67	15	23	38	32	16	0	1	1
Mike McEwen	D	56	11	27	38	42	22	4	0	3
Doug Jarvis	C	80	9	28	37	32	19	1	1	1
Bobby Gould	RW	78	14	19	33	69	10	0	1	3
Bryan Erickson	RW	57	15	13	28	23	11	1	0	1
Rod Langway	D	79	4	22	26	54	35	0	0	1
Gary Sampson	LW	46	10	15	25	13	20	0	1	0
Darren Veitch	D	75	3	18	21	37	31	2	0	0
Greg Adams	LW	51	6	12	18	72	8	0	0	1
Lou Franceschetti	RW	22	4	7	11	45	1	0	0	1
Peter Andersson	D	57	0	10	10	21	5	0	0	0
Dean Evason	C	15	3	4	7	2	9	0	0	1
Paul Gardner	C	12	2	4	6	6	-1	2	0	0
Glen Currie	C	44	1	5	6	19	2	0	0	0
Timo Blomqvist	D	53	1	4	5	51	11	0	0	0
Jim McGeough	C	11	3	0	3	12	0	0	0	0
Andre Hidi	LW	6	2	1	3	9	2	1	0	0
Dave Shand	D	13	1	1	2	34	1	0	0	0
Mark Taylor	C	9	1	1	2	2	-1	0	0	0
Kevin Hatcher	D	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
Mikko Leinonen	C	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Bob Mason	G	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Riggin	G	57	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Al Jensen	G	14	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Pat Riggin	3388	57	28	20	7	168	2.98	2
Al Jensen	803	14	10	3	1	34	2.54	1
Bob Mason	661	12	8	2	1	31	2.81	1
Team:	4852	80	46	25	9	233	2.88	4

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Mike Gartner	RW	5	4	3	7	9	1	1
Larry Murphy	D	5	2	3	5	0	2	0
Bobby Carpenter	C	5	1	4	5	8	0	0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson	RW	5	1	3	4	0	1	0
Dave Christian	RW	5	1	1	2	0	0	0
Lou Franceschetti	RW	5	1	1	2	15	0	0
Alan Haworth	C	5	1	0	1	0	0	1
Doug Jarvis	C	5	1	0	1	2	0	0
Gaetan Duchesne	LW	5	0	1	1	7	0	0
Bobby Gould	RW	5	0	1	1	2	0	0
Rod Langway	D	5	0	1	1	6	0	0
Mike McEwen	D	5	0	1	1	4	0	0
Scott Stevens	D	5	0	1	1	20	0	0
Darren Veitch	D	5	0	1	1	4	0	0
Greg Adams	LW	5	0	0	0	9	0	0
Peter Andersson	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Timo Blomqvist	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Hatcher	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Jensen	G	3	0	0	0	2	0	0
Craig Laughlin	RW	5	0	0	0	2	0	0
Mikko Leinonen	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Riggin	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Sampson	LW	4	0	0	0	0	0	0

1984–85_Washington_Capitals_season

1984–85 Washington Capitals season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Wales Conference

Vs. Campbell Conference

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Round 1: (P2) Washington Capitals vs. (P3) New York Islanders

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

External links

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA
Al Jensen	201	3	1	2	8	2.39
Pat Riggin	122	2	1	1	5	2.46
Team:	323	5	2	3	13	2.41

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	17	Kevin Hatcher	United States	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
2	34	Steve Leach	United States	Matignon High School (USHS-MA)
3	59	Michal Pivonka	Czechoslovakia	Poldi Kladno (Czechoslovakia)
4	80	Kris King	Canada	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
6	122	Vito Cramarossa	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
7	143	Timo Iljina	Finland	Karpat (Finland)
8	164	Frank Joo	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
9	185	Jim Thomson	Canada	Toronto Marlboros (OHL)
10	205	Paul Cavallini	Canada	Henry Carr Crusaders (MetJHL)
11	225	Mikhail Tatarinov	Soviet Union	Sokol Kiev (USSR)
12	246	Per Schederin	Sweden	Brynäs IF (Sweden)

New York won series 3–2