👑 Away Kings 31-19-4 before this game
1–6
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 39-13-2 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
LAK 0011
WSH 2316

Kings at Capitals

Capitals beat Kings 6–1 at Capital One Arena on February 8, 1985.

🗓 Fri, Feb 8, 1985 · 19:00 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
Bobby Carpenter
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · +3
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Scott Stevens
3 A
+3
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson
2 G
5 shots · +3

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Bobby Carpenter Go-ahead 1st · 05:21
Assists: Scott Stevens, Mike Gartner · beat Bob Janecyk
0–1
🦅 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson PP 1st · 09:04
Assists: Dave Christian, Darren Veitch · beat Bob Janecyk
0–2
2nd period
🦅 Larry Murphy 2nd · 03:43
Assists: Greg Adams · beat Bob Janecyk
0–3
🦅 Bobby Carpenter 2nd · 08:39
Assists: Scott Stevens · beat Bob Janecyk
0–4
🦅 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 2nd · 12:57
Assists: Scott Stevens, Bobby Carpenter · beat Bob Janecyk
0–5
3rd period
🦅 Dave Christian 3rd · 12:08
Assists: Bobby Gould, Gaetan Duchesne · beat Bob Janecyk
0–6
👑 Dave Taylor 3rd · 16:32
Unassisted · beat Pat Riggin
1–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
👑LAK WSH🦅
27 Shots on goal 32
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2
38 Penalty minutes 31
LAK shooting 3.7% (1/27) WSH shooting 18.8% (6/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
👑Kings
Bob Janecyk
0/6
.000 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Pat Riggin
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Kings
Kings: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 0–5
Kings
Kings: 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 →
Oct 16, 1984
👑LAK @ 🦅WSH
3–5 · Capitals won
Feb 16, 1984
🦅WSH @ 👑LAK
4–2 · Capitals won
Jan 11, 1984
🦅WSH @ 👑LAK
4–2 · Capitals won
Dec 18, 1983
👑LAK @ 🦅WSH
0–5 · Capitals won
Feb 19, 1983
🦅WSH @ 👑LAK
3–3 · Capitals won

❓ LAK vs WSH, answered

Who won Kings vs Capitals on February 8, 1985?

Capitals won 6–1.

What was the final score of Kings vs Capitals?

The final score was Kings 1, Capitals 6.

Who scored for Kings?

Dave Taylor.

Who scored for Capitals?

Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2), Bobby Carpenter (2), Dave Christian, Larry Murphy.

How did the Kings goalie play?

Bob Janecyk made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Pat Riggin made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Kings vs Capitals played?

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

What is the Kings 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
👑Kings
Previous game · Feb 7
👑LAK @ 🔔PHI
4–4 · LAK won
Next game · Feb 10
👑LAK @ 🐧PIT
4–3 · LAK won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Feb 5
🦅WSH @ 🍁TOR
4–1 · WSH won
Next game · Feb 9
🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
5–4 · PHI won
Also on February 8, 1985
🛢️EDM @ 🌌MNS
5–3 final
🐋VAN @ ✈️WIN
5–5 final
Kings season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule