🦅 Away Capitals 44-16-2 before this game
5–4
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 23-27-10 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
WSH 1315
NYR 1214

Capitals at Rangers

Capitals beat Rangers 5–4 at Madison Square Garden on February 28, 1985.

🗓 Thu, Feb 28, 1985 · 18:30 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 1984-85 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 5–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Mike Gartner
2 G
7 shots · -1
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Scott Stevens
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +1
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson
1 G, 1 A
2 shots

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🗽 Willie Huber Go-ahead 1st · 07:48
Assists: Don Maloney, Mike Rogers · beat Pat Riggin
0–1
🦅 Scott Stevens Tying 1st · 13:47
Assists: Bobby Gould, Dean Evason · beat John Vanbiesbrouck
1–1
2nd period
🦅 Mike Gartner PP Go-ahead 2nd · 05:58
Assists: Scott Stevens, Craig Laughlin · beat John Vanbiesbrouck
2–1
🦅 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 2nd · 07:19
Unassisted · beat John Vanbiesbrouck
3–1
🗽 Ron Greschner PP 2nd · 13:04
Assists: Mark Pavelich, Reijo Ruotsalainen · beat Pat Riggin
3–2
🗽 Anders Hedberg Tying 2nd · 16:12
Assists: James Patrick · beat Pat Riggin
3–3
🦅 Mike McEwen PP Go-ahead 2nd · 18:05
Assists: Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Dave Christian · beat John Vanbiesbrouck
4–3
3rd period
🦅 Mike Gartner PP 3rd · 11:04
Assists: Larry Murphy, Bobby Carpenter · beat John Vanbiesbrouck
5–3
🗽 Mike Rogers 3rd · 17:39
Assists: George McPhee, Ron Greschner · beat Pat Riggin
5–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH NYR🗽
36 Shots on goal 27
3/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
8 Penalty minutes 10
WSH shooting 13.9% (5/36) NYR shooting 14.8% (4/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Pat Riggin
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
John Vanbiesbrouck
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 44-16-2 (71% win rate, 62 games)
Rangers
Rangers — tied after 1st: 23-27-10 (38% win rate, 60 games)
After 2nd — 4–3
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 5–2 Full head-to-head →
Jan 19, 1985
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
1–7 · Capitals won
Dec 16, 1984
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
6–3 · Capitals won
Dec 15, 1984
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · Capitals won
Nov 28, 1984
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
2–1 · Capitals won
Nov 7, 1984
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
3–4 · Rangers won

❓ WSH vs NYR, answered

Who won Capitals vs Rangers on February 28, 1985?

Capitals won 5–4.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Rangers?

The final score was Capitals 5, Rangers 4.

Who scored for Capitals?

Mike Gartner (2), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Mike McEwen, Scott Stevens.

Who scored for Rangers?

Anders Hedberg, Mike Rogers, Ron Greschner, Willie Huber.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Pat Riggin made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

John Vanbiesbrouck made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Rangers season series?

Capitals lead the season series 5–2 after 7 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 · Feb 26
🐋VAN @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · WSH won
Next game · Mar 2
⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH
4–0 · BUF won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Feb 25
✈️WIN @ 🗽NYR
12–5 · WIN won
Next game · Mar 2
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
4–5 · PIT won
Also on February 28, 1985
🔔PHI @ 🐻BOS
1–6 final
Capitals season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule