🐧 Away Penguins 26-50-3 before this game
3–7
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 52-25-2 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 0213
WSH 3317

Penguins at Capitals

Capitals beat Penguins 7–3 at Capital One Arena on April 7, 1985.

🗓 Sun, Apr 7, 1985 · 16:15 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1984-85 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 7–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Mike Gartner
2 G, 2 A
10 shots · +1
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Larry Murphy
1 G, 1 A
5 shots
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

10 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Bobby Carpenter PP Go-ahead 1st · 01:42
Assists: Mike Gartner, Mike McEwen · beat Brian Ford
0–1
🦅 Kevin Hatcher SH 1st · 06:07
Assists: Bobby Gould, Dave Christian · beat Brian Ford
0–2
🦅 Larry Murphy 1st · 08:44
Assists: Dave Christian, Craig Laughlin · beat Brian Ford
0–3
2nd period
🦅 Mike Gartner 2nd · 04:36
Assists: Lou Franceschetti · beat Brian Ford
0–4
🐧 Warren Young PP 2nd · 07:19
Assists: Doug Shedden, Mike Bullard · beat Pat Riggin
1–4
🦅 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson SH 2nd · 09:49
Unassisted · beat Brian Ford
1–5
🦅 Mike Gartner 2nd · 14:05
Assists: Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Lou Franceschetti · beat Brian Ford
1–6
🐧 Mario Lemieux 2nd · 16:08
Assists: Wayne Babych, Warren Young · beat Pat Riggin
2–6
3rd period
🦅 Scott Stevens PP 3rd · 15:42
Assists: Mike Gartner, Larry Murphy · beat Brian Ford
2–7
🐧 Wayne Babych 3rd · 17:25
Assists: Mitch Lamoureux, Wally Weir · beat Pat Riggin
3–7

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT WSH🦅
26 Shots on goal 52
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/2
33 Penalty minutes 47
PIT shooting 11.5% (3/26) WSH shooting 13.5% (7/52)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Brian Ford
0/7
.000 SV% · 7 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Pat Riggin
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 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 — 2–6
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 7–0 Full head-to-head →
Apr 6, 1985
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
7–4 · Capitals won
Mar 24, 1985
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
3–7 · Capitals won
Jan 17, 1985
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
2–6 · Capitals won
Jan 16, 1985
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
5–4 · Capitals won
Dec 2, 1984
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
1–9 · Capitals won

❓ PIT vs WSH, answered

Who won Penguins vs Capitals on April 7, 1985?

Capitals won 7–3.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Capitals?

The final score was Penguins 3, Capitals 7.

Who scored for Penguins?

Mario Lemieux, Warren Young, Wayne Babych.

Who scored for Capitals?

Mike Gartner (2), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Bobby Carpenter, Kevin Hatcher, Larry Murphy, Scott Stevens.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Brian Ford made 0 saves on 7 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Pat Riggin made 0 saves on 3 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 7–0 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
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 6
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
7–4 · WSH won
Next game · Oct 10
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
5–3 · MTL won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 6
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
7–4 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 10
🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH
3–4 · WSH won
Also on April 7, 1985
🍁TOR @ 🐻BOS
1–5 final
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
5–4 final
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
5–6 final
🐳HFD @ ⚜️QUE
1–4 final
🔔PHI @ 😈NJD
6–1 final
✈️WIN @ 🔥CGY
4–4 final
🗽NYR @ 🪶CHI
1–3 final
Penguins season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule