1984-85 Washington Capitals Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 46-25-9 - 101 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 2-3
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to New York Islanders 3-2
Coach: Bryan Murray (46-25-9)
Location: Landover, Maryland
1984-85 Washington Capitals RosterTeam Record: 46-25-9 - 101 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 2-3
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to New York Islanders 3-2
Coach: Bryan Murray (46-25-9)
Location: Landover, Maryland
1984-85 Washington Capitals Results
The Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ended the 1984-85 season with a record of 46 wins and 25 losses and 9 ties for 101 points, finishing second in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-3.
The Capitals scored 322 goals and allowed 240. Bob Carpenter netted 53 goals for Washington, while Mike Gartner tallied 30 or more, too. Mike Gartner contributed 52 assists. Pat Riggin earned 28 wins in front of the net for the squad and a team-best 2.98 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Bryan Murray coached the team. The 1984-85 Washington Capitals lost in the NHL division semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Gartner | R | 80 | 50 | 52 | 102 | 71 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 330 | 15.2 |
| Bob Carpenter | C | 80 | 53 | 42 | 95 | 87 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 260 | 20.4 |
| Dave Christian | R | 80 | 26 | 43 | 69 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 17.1 |
| Scott Stevens | D | 80 | 21 | 44 | 65 | 221 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 170 | 12.4 |
| Larry Murphy | D | 79 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 51 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 8.5 |
| Craig Laughlin | R | 78 | 16 | 34 | 50 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 104 | 15.4 |
| Alan Haworth | C | 76 | 23 | 26 | 49 | 48 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 154 | 14.9 |
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | R | 51 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 98 | 14.3 |
| Gaetan Duchesne | L | 67 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 17.9 |
| Mike McEwen | D | 56 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 42 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 151 | 7.3 |
| Doug Jarvis | C | 80 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 8.7 |
| Bobby Gould | R | 78 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 69 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 114 | 12.3 |
| Bryan Erickson | R | 57 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 19.0 |
| Rod Langway | D | 79 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 54 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 102 | 3.9 |
| Gary Sampson | L | 46 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 18.9 |
| Darren Veitch | D | 75 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 37 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 2.4 |
| Greg Adams | L | 51 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 72 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 9.7 |
| Lou Franceschetti | R | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 21.1 |
| Peter Andersson | D | 57 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0.0 |
| Dean Evason | C | 15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 16.7 |
| Paul Gardner | C | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 |
| Glen Currie | C | 44 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Timo Blomqvist | D | 53 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 1.7 |
| Jim McGeough | C | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13.6 |
| Andre Hidi | L | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Dave Shand | D | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Mark Taylor | C | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Mikko Leinonen | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Bob Mason | G | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Riggin | G | 57 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Jensen | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1523 | 322 | 529 | 851 | 1123 | 344 | 79 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 2553 | 12.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Riggin | 57 | 3388 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 168 | 2.98 | 1478 | 1310 | .886 |
| Al Jensen | 14 | 803 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 2.54 | 295 | 261 | .885 |
| Bob Mason | 12 | 661 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 2.81 | 291 | 260 | .893 |
| Totals | 83 | 4852 | 46 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 233 | 2.88 | 2297 | 2064 | .899 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Gartner | R | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 17.4 | |
| Bob Carpenter | C | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | |
| Dave Christian | R | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Scott Stevens | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Larry Murphy | D | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 | |
| Craig Laughlin | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Alan Haworth | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | R | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Gaetan Duchesne | L | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Mike McEwen | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Doug Jarvis | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | |
| Bobby Gould | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Rod Langway | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Gary Sampson | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Darren Veitch | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Greg Adams | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Lou Franceschetti | R | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | |
| Peter Andersson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Timo Blomqvist | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Mikko Leinonen | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Riggin | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Jensen | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 95 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 90 | -16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 172 | 7.0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Riggin | 2 | 122 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.46 | 39 | 34 | .872 |
| Al Jensen | 3 | 201 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2.39 | 86 | 78 | .907 |
| Totals | 5 | 323 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2.41 | 138 | 125 | .906 |
