🐧 Away Penguins 6-13-3 before this game
1–9
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 14-8-1 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 0011
WSH 2439

Penguins at Capitals

Capitals beat Penguins 9–1 at Capital One Arena on December 2, 1984.

🗓 Sun, Dec 2, 1984 · 18:00 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1984-85 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

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

🚨 Scoring

10 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Doug Jarvis Go-ahead 1st · 06:44
Assists: Bobby Gould, Bob Mason · beat Roberto Romano
0–1
🦅 Dean Evason 1st · 07:57
Assists: Greg Adams, Mike McEwen · beat Roberto Romano
0–2
2nd period
🦅 Bobby Carpenter 2nd · 10:53
Assists: Peter Andersson, Mike Gartner · beat Roberto Romano
0–3
🦅 Larry Murphy 2nd · 11:44
Assists: Gary Sampson, Scott Stevens · beat Roberto Romano
0–4
🦅 Gaetan Duchesne 2nd · 12:17
Assists: Darren Veitch, Doug Jarvis · beat Roberto Romano
0–5
🦅 Dave Christian 2nd · 19:58
Assists: Gary Sampson, Mike McEwen · beat Roberto Romano
0–6
3rd period
🦅 Bobby Carpenter 3rd · 00:14
Assists: Mike Gartner · beat Denis Herron
0–7
🦅 Larry Murphy PP 3rd · 00:49
Unassisted · beat Denis Herron
0–8
🦅 Mike Gartner 3rd · 04:34
Assists: Peter Andersson, Rod Langway · beat Denis Herron
0–9
🐧 Doug Shedden 3rd · 10:43
Assists: John Chabot · beat Bob Mason
1–9

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
33 Shots on goal 34
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
12 Penalty minutes 10
PIT shooting 3.0% (1/33) WSH shooting 26.5% (9/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Denis Herron
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 20:00 TOI
Roberto Romano
0/6
.000 SV% · 6 GA · 40:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Bob Mason
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 0–6
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Nov 21, 1984
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
3–3 (OT) · Capitals won
Mar 25, 1984
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
4–3 · Capitals won
Mar 24, 1984
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
0–6 · Capitals won
Mar 5, 1984
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
5–2 · Capitals won
Mar 1, 1984
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
1–9 · Capitals won

❓ PIT vs WSH, answered

Who won Penguins vs Capitals on December 2, 1984?

Capitals won 9–1.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Capitals?

The final score was Penguins 1, Capitals 9.

Who scored for Penguins?

Doug Shedden.

Who scored for Capitals?

Bobby Carpenter (2), Larry Murphy (2), Dave Christian, Dean Evason, Doug Jarvis, Gaetan Duchesne, Mike Gartner.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Denis Herron made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Bob Mason made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–0 after 2 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
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Dec 1
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
1–3 · PHI won
Next game · Dec 5
🎵STL @ 🐧PIT
4–7 · PIT won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Dec 1
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
5–4 · WSH won
Next game · Dec 4
😈NJD @ 🦅WSH
1–4 · WSH won
Also on December 2, 1984
🔥CGY @ ✈️WIN
6–8 final
Penguins season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule