🦅 Away Capitals 40-22-5 before this game
5–2
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 16-41-9 before this game
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Capitals at Penguins

Capitals beat Penguins 5–2 at PPG Paints Arena on March 5, 1984.

🗓 Mon, Mar 5, 1984 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1983-84 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 4–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Gaetan Duchesne
2 G
3 shots · +2
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Larry Murphy
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · +2
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Mike Gartner
1 G, 1 A
4 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PIT🐧
35 Shots on goal 20
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2
21 Penalty minutes 35
WSH shooting 14.3% (5/35) PIT shooting 10.0% (2/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Pat Riggin
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Denis Herron
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:16 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 40-22-5 (60% win rate, 67 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 16-41-9 (24% win rate, 66 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 40-22-5 (60% win rate, 67 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 16-41-9 (24% win rate, 66 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 4–1 Full head-to-head →
Mar 1, 1984
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
1–9 · Capitals won
Jan 21, 1984
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
3–2 · Capitals won
Oct 25, 1983
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
1–0 · Capitals won
Oct 14, 1983
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
4–0 · Penguins won
Mar 26, 1983
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
4–4 · Penguins won

❓ WSH vs PIT, answered

Who won Capitals vs Penguins on March 5, 1984?

Capitals won 5–2.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Penguins?

The final score was Capitals 5, Penguins 2.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Pat Riggin made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Denis Herron made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Penguins season series?

Capitals lead the season series 4–1 after 5 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Mar 3
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–5 · WSH won
Next game · Mar 7
🐳HFD @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · WSH won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Mar 3
👑LAK @ 🐧PIT
3–4 · PIT won
Next game · Mar 6
🐧PIT @ 😈NJD
5–6 · NJD won
Also on March 5, 1984
🐙DET @ 🌌MNS
1–5 final
Capitals season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule