Washington Capitals
Eastern · Metropolitan
46-25101 pts1984-85
Team Stats
1984-85
- Goals / G
- 4.03
- Goals Against / G
- 3.00
- Power Play %
- 23.8
- Penalty Kill %
- 77.1
- Shots / G
- 31.9
- Shots Against / G
- 25.8
- Faceoff %
- —
Arena
- Arena
- —
- Conference
- Eastern
- Division
- Metropolitan
Leaders
| Stat | Player | Value |
|---|---|---|
| P | Mike Gartner | 102 |
| G | Bobby Carpenter | 53 |
| A | Mike Gartner | 52 |
Skaters
by points
| Player | Pos | # | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | S% | PPG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Gartner | R | — | 80 | 50 | 52 | 102 | +16 | 71 | 331 | 15.1 | 17 | — |
| Bobby Carpenter | C | — | 80 | 53 | 42 | 95 | +20 | 87 | 260 | 20.4 | 12 | — |
| Dave Christian | R | — | 80 | 26 | 43 | 69 | +21 | 14 | 152 | 17.1 | 5 | — |
| Scott Stevens | D | — | 80 | 21 | 44 | 65 | +19 | 221 | 170 | 12.4 | 16 | — |
| Larry Murphy | D | — | 79 | 14 | 42 | 56 | +21 | 51 | 153 | 9.1 | 3 | — |
| Craig Laughlin | R | — | 78 | 16 | 34 | 50 | +10 | 38 | 104 | 15.4 | 5 | — |
| Alan Haworth | C | — | 76 | 23 | 26 | 49 | +19 | 48 | 154 | 14.9 | 4 | — |
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | L | — | 51 | 13 | 29 | 42 | +13 | 8 | 98 | 13.3 | 6 | — |
| Gaetan Duchesne | L | — | 67 | 15 | 23 | 38 | +16 | 32 | 84 | 17.9 | 0 | — |
| Mike McEwen | D | — | 56 | 11 | 27 | 38 | +23 | 42 | 151 | 7.3 | 4 | — |
| Doug Jarvis | C | — | 80 | 9 | 28 | 37 | +19 | 32 | 104 | 8.7 | 1 | — |
| Bobby Gould | R | — | 78 | 14 | 19 | 33 | +9 | 69 | 113 | 12.4 | 0 | — |
| Bryan Erickson | C | — | 57 | 15 | 13 | 28 | +11 | 23 | 79 | 19.0 | 1 | — |
| Rod Langway | D | — | 79 | 4 | 22 | 26 | +36 | 54 | 102 | 3.9 | 0 | — |
| Gary Sampson | L | — | 46 | 10 | 15 | 25 | +20 | 13 | 51 | 19.6 | 0 | — |
| Darren Veitch | D | — | 75 | 3 | 18 | 21 | +33 | 37 | 126 | 2.4 | 2 | — |
| Mark Taylor | C | — | 56 | 8 | 11 | 19 | -6 | 21 | 55 | 14.5 | 0 | — |
| Greg Adams | L | — | 51 | 6 | 12 | 18 | +8 | 72 | 62 | 9.7 | 0 | — |
| Lou Franceschetti | L | — | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | +1 | 45 | 19 | 21.1 | 0 | — |
| Peter Andersson | D | — | 57 | 0 | 10 | 10 | +5 | 21 | 61 | 0.0 | 0 | — |
| Glen Currie | C | — | 44 | 1 | 5 | 6 | +1 | 19 | 27 | 3.7 | 0 | — |
| Paul Gardner | C | — | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 6 | 17 | 11.8 | 2 | — |
| Timo Blomqvist | D | — | 53 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +10 | 51 | 59 | 1.7 | 0 | — |
| Andre Hidi | L | — | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 9 | 7 | 28.6 | 1 | — |
| Dave Shand | D | — | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 34 | 13 | 7.7 | 0 | — |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | — |
| Mikko Leinonen | L | — | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | — |
Goalies
by wins
| Player | # | GP | GS | W | L | OTL | SV% | GAA | SO | SV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Riggin | — | 57 | 55 | 28 | 20 | — | .886 | 2.98 | 2 | 1304 |
| Al Jensen | — | 14 | 13 | 10 | 3 | — | .884 | 2.54 | 1 | 260 |
| Bob Mason | — | 12 | 12 | 8 | 2 | — | .893 | 2.82 | 1 | 260 |
Team Profile
84-85 · percentile vs league
GF
4.0371
GA
3.0088
PP%
23.871
PK%
77.147
SF
31.982
SA
25.882
PlayerMedian (50th)percentile vs league
Advanced
| Power Play % | 23.8 |
| Penalty Kill % | 77.1 |
| Shots For / G | 31.9 |
| Shots Against / G | 25.8 |
| Faceoff % | — |
| Goal Differential | +82 |
Scoring Trend
last 20 · GF / GA
Season History
51 seasons
| Season | Record | PTS | GF/G | GA/G | DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-26 | 43-30-9 | 95 | 3.18 | 2.90 | +23 |
| 24-25 | 51-22-9 | 111 | 3.49 | 2.79 | +57 |
| 23-24 | 40-31-11 | 91 | 2.63 | 3.07 | -36 |
| 22-23 | 35-37-10 | 80 | 3.09 | 3.18 | -8 |
| 21-22 | 44-26-12 | 100 | 3.29 | 2.95 | +28 |
| 20-21 | 36-15-5 | 77 | 3.36 | 2.88 | +27 |
| 19-20 | 41-20-8 | 90 | 3.42 | 3.07 | +24 |
| 18-19 | 48-26-8 | 104 | 3.34 | 3.02 | +26 |
| 17-18 | 49-26-7 | 105 | 3.12 | 2.90 | +18 |
| 16-17 | 55-19-8 | 118 | 3.18 | 2.16 | +84 |
| 15-16 | 56-18-8 | 120 | 3.02 | 2.33 | +57 |
| 14-15 | 45-26-11 | 101 | 2.89 | 2.43 | +38 |
| 13-14 | 38-30-14 | 90 | 2.74 | 2.79 | -4 |
| 12-13 | 27-18-3 | 57 | 3.04 | 2.71 | +16 |
| 11-12 | 42-32-8 | 92 | 2.66 | 2.76 | -8 |
| 10-11 | 48-23-11 | 107 | 2.67 | 2.33 | +28 |
| 09-10 | 54-15-13 | 121 | 3.82 | 2.77 | +86 |
| 08-09 | 50-24-8 | 108 | 3.27 | 2.93 | +28 |
| 07-08 | 43-31-8 | 94 | 2.90 | 2.77 | +11 |
| 06-07 | 28-40-14 | 70 | 2.85 | 3.35 | -41 |
| 05-06 | 29-41-12 | 70 | 2.80 | 3.66 | -70 |
| 03-04 | 23-46-3 | 59 | 2.27 | 3.09 | -67 |
| 02-03 | 39-29-6 | 92 | 2.73 | 2.68 | +4 |
| 01-02 | 36-33-2 | 85 | 2.78 | 2.93 | -12 |
| 00-01 | 41-27-4 | 96 | 2.84 | 2.57 | +22 |
| 99-00 | 44-24-2 | 102 | 2.77 | 2.37 | +33 |
| 98-99 | 31-45 | 68 | 2.44 | 2.66 | -18 |
| 97-98 | 40-30 | 92 | 2.67 | 2.46 | +17 |
| 96-97 | 33-40 | 75 | 2.61 | 2.82 | -17 |
| 95-96 | 39-32 | 89 | 2.85 | 2.49 | +30 |
| 94-95 | 22-18 | 52 | 2.83 | 2.50 | +16 |
| 93-94 | 39-35 | 88 | 3.30 | 3.13 | +14 |
| 92-93 | 43-34 | 93 | 3.87 | 3.40 | +39 |
| 91-92 | 45-27 | 98 | 4.12 | 3.44 | +55 |
| 90-91 | 37-36 | 81 | 3.23 | 3.23 | 0 |
| 89-90 | 36-38 | 78 | 3.55 | 3.44 | +9 |
| 88-89 | 41-29 | 92 | 3.81 | 3.24 | +46 |
| 87-88 | 38-33 | 85 | 3.51 | 3.11 | +32 |
| 86-87 | 38-32 | 86 | 3.56 | 3.48 | +7 |
| 85-86 | 50-23 | 107 | 3.94 | 3.40 | +43 |
| 84-85 | 46-25 | 101 | 4.03 | 3.00 | +82 |
| 83-84 | 48-27 | 101 | 3.85 | 2.83 | +82 |
| 82-83 | 39-25 | 94 | 3.83 | 3.54 | +23 |
| 81-82 | 26-41 | 65 | 3.99 | 4.22 | -19 |
| 80-81 | 26-36 | 70 | 3.58 | 3.96 | -31 |
| 79-80 | 27-40 | 67 | 3.26 | 3.66 | -32 |
| 78-79 | 24-41 | 63 | 3.41 | 4.22 | -65 |
| 77-78 | 17-49 | 48 | 2.44 | 4.01 | -126 |
| 76-77 | 24-42 | 62 | 2.76 | 3.84 | -86 |
| 75-76 | 11-59 | 32 | 2.80 | 4.92 | -170 |
| 74-75 | 8-67 | 21 | 2.26 | 5.58 | -265 |
Recent results
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WSH News
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