🐧 Away Penguins 18-20-3 before this game
2–6
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 32-12-1 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 0022
WSH 3216

Penguins at Capitals

Capitals beat Penguins 6–2 at Capital One Arena on January 17, 1985.

🗓 Thu, Jan 17, 1985 · 18:30 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1984-85 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 4–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Craig Laughlin
2 G
4 shots · +2
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Mike Gartner
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · +3
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Darren Veitch
2 A
1 shots · +4

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Mike Gartner Go-ahead 1st · 13:15
Assists: Darren Veitch, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson · beat Roberto Romano
0–1
🦅 Dave Christian 1st · 16:18
Assists: Larry Murphy, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson · beat Roberto Romano
0–2
🦅 Craig Laughlin 1st · 19:26
Assists: Alan Haworth · beat Roberto Romano
0–3
2nd period
🦅 Craig Laughlin 2nd · 07:30
Assists: Mike McEwen, Rod Langway · beat Roberto Romano
0–4
🦅 Glen Currie 2nd · 18:10
Assists: Darren Veitch · beat Roberto Romano
0–5
3rd period
🦅 Bobby Carpenter 3rd · 07:36
Assists: Mike Gartner, Gaetan Duchesne · beat Roberto Romano
0–6
🐧 Mario Lemieux PP 3rd · 09:59
Assists: Doug Shedden, Joe McDonnell · beat Bob Mason
1–6
🐧 Warren Young 3rd · 12:20
Assists: Todd Charlesworth, Mario Lemieux · beat Bob Mason
2–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
23 Shots on goal 33
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
52 Penalty minutes 32
PIT shooting 8.7% (2/23) WSH shooting 18.2% (6/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Roberto Romano
0/6
.000 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Bob Mason
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–3
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 0–5
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 4–0 Full head-to-head →
Jan 16, 1985
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
5–4 · Capitals won
Dec 2, 1984
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
1–9 · Capitals won
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

❓ PIT vs WSH, answered

Who won Penguins vs Capitals on January 17, 1985?

Capitals won 6–2.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Capitals?

The final score was Penguins 2, Capitals 6.

Who scored for Penguins?

Mario Lemieux, Warren Young.

Who scored for Capitals?

Craig Laughlin (2), Bobby Carpenter, Dave Christian, Glen Currie, Mike Gartner.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Roberto Romano made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Bob Mason made 0 saves on 2 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 4–0 after 4 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 · Jan 16
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
5–4 · WSH won
Next game · Jan 19
🪶CHI @ 🐧PIT
4–5 · PIT won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Jan 16
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
5–4 · WSH won
Next game · Jan 19
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–7 · WSH won
Also on January 17, 1985
🔥CGY @ 🐻BOS
4–3 final
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–5 final
🐙DET @ 🔔PHI
5–7 final
Penguins season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule