🦅 Away Capitals 37-12-1 before this game

3–4

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 17-28-5 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	0	2	1	3
DET	2	1	1	4

Capitals at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Capitals 4–3 at Little Caesars Arena on January 29, 1985.

🗓 Tue, Jan 29, 1985 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1984-85 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Dwight Foster

2 G, 1 A

3 shots · +1

2nd star 🐙 DET

Bob Manno

2 A

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Mike McEwen

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🐙 Dwight Foster SH Go-ahead 1st · 05:08

Assists: Bob Manno · beat Bob Mason

0–1

🐙 Dwight Foster 1st · 19:44

Assists: Bob Manno, John Barrett · beat Bob Mason

0–2

2nd period

🦅 Mike McEwen 2nd · 09:12

Assists: Bryan Erickson, Greg Adams · beat Corrado Micalef

1–2

🐙 Reed Larson 2nd · 14:44

Assists: Dwight Foster, Randy Ladouceur · beat Bob Mason

1–3

🦅 Gaetan Duchesne 2nd · 19:26

Assists: Craig Laughlin, Larry Murphy · beat Corrado Micalef

2–3

3rd period

🦅 Bobby Carpenter Tying 3rd · 13:47

Assists: Mike McEwen, Gaetan Duchesne · beat Corrado Micalef

3–3

🐙 Danny Gare Go-ahead 3rd · 18:05

Assists: Greg Smith · beat Bob Mason

3–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH DET🐙

27 Shots on goal 24

30 Penalty minutes 22

WSH shooting 11.1% (3/27) DET shooting 16.7% (4/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Bob Mason

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:04 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Corrado Micalef

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–3

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

3–2 (OT) · Red Wings won

Nov 6, 1983

🐙DET @ 🦅WSH

2–3 · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs DET, answered

Who won Capitals vs Red Wings on January 29, 1985?

Red Wings won 4–3.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Red Wings?

The final score was Capitals 3, Red Wings 4.

Who scored for Capitals?

Bobby Carpenter, Gaetan Duchesne, Mike McEwen.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Dwight Foster (2), Danny Gare, Reed Larson.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Bob Mason made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Corrado Micalef made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Red Wings season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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 · Jan 27

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Jan 26

Also on January 29, 1985

Capitals season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule