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1984-85 Washington Capitals Roster and Statistics

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Record: 46-25-9 (101 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bryan Murray (46-25-9)

Captain: Rod Langway

Primary Arena: Capital Centre

Goals For: 322 (8th of 21), Goals Against: 240 (2nd of 21)
SRS: 0.93 (3rd of 21), SOS: -0.10 (16th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Semi-Finals (3-2) to New York Islanders

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +500

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Washington Capitals	80	46	25	9	101	.631	322	240	0.93	-0.10	4.03	3.00	79	331	23.87	68	286	76.22	6	7	2554	12.6	2064	.884		4
League Average	80	35	35	10	80	.500	311	311					71	321	22.20	71	321	77.80	11	11	2447	12.7	2447	.873		2

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Washington Capitals
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Birth	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date
22	Greg Adams	ca CA	LW	24	6-1	190	L/-	4	May 31, 1960
19	Peter Andersson	se SE	D	22	6-3	194	-/-	1	March 2, 1962
17	Timo Blomqvist	fi FI	D	24	6-0	200	R/-	3	January 23, 1961
10	Bobby Carpenter	us US	C	21	6-0	200	L/-	3	July 13, 1963
27	Dave Christian	us US	C	25	5-11	175	R/-	5	May 12, 1959
12	Glen Currie	ca CA	C	26	6-2	180	L/-	5	July 18, 1958
14	Gaétan Duchesne	ca CA	LW	22	5-11	200	L/-	3	July 11, 1962
24	Bryan Erickson	us US	RW	24	5-9	175	R/-	1	March 7, 1960
28	Dean Evason	ca CA	C	20	5-10	180	R/-	1	August 22, 1964
32	Lou Franceschetti	ca CA	LW	26	6-0	200	L/-	2	March 28, 1958
30	Paul Gardner	ca CA	C	28	6-0	195	L/-	8	March 5, 1956
11	Mike Gartner	ca CA	RW	25	6-0	187	R/-	5	October 29, 1959
23	Bobby Gould	ca CA	RW	27	6-0	195	R/-	5	September 2, 1957
16	Bengt-Åke Gustafsson	se SE	LW	26	6-0	185	L/-	5	March 23, 1958
4	Kevin Hatcher	us US	D	18	6-3	230	R/-	R	September 9, 1966
15	Alan Haworth	ca CA	LW	24	5-10	190	R/-	4	September 1, 1960
21	Andre Hidi	ca CA	LW	24	6-2	205	L/-	1	June 5, 1960
25	Doug Jarvis	ca CA	C	29	5-9	170	L/-	9	March 24, 1955
35	Al Jensen	ca CA	G	26	5-10	180	-/L	4	November 27, 1958
5	Rod Langway (C)	tw TW	D	27	6-3	218	L/-	6	May 3, 1957
18	Craig Laughlin	ca CA	RW	27	6-0	190	R/-	3	September 14, 1957
34	Mikko Leinonen	fi FI	C	29	6-0	175	L/-	3	July 15, 1955
31	Bob Mason	us US	G	23	6-1	180	-/R	1	April 22, 1961
2	Mike McEwen	ca CA	D	28	6-1	185	L/-	8	August 10, 1956
34	Jim McGeough	ca CA	C	21	5-8	170	L/-	1	April 13, 1963
8	Larry Murphy	ca CA	D	23	6-2	210	R/-	4	March 8, 1961
1	Pat Riggin	ca CA	G	25	5-9	170	-/R	5	May 26, 1959
20	Gary Sampson	ca CA	C	25	6-0	190	L/-	1	August 24, 1959
26	Dave Shand	ca CA	D	28	6-2	200	R/-	7	August 11, 1956
3	Scott Stevens	ca CA	D	20	6-2	215	L/-	2	April 1, 1964
28	Mark Taylor	ca CA	C	27	6-0	190	L/-	3	January 26, 1958
6	Darren Veitch	ca CA	D	24	5-11	195	R/-	4	April 24, 1960

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Mike Gartner*	25	RW	80	50	52	102	16	71	33	17	0	11	33	19	0	331	15.1			7.6	1.4	9.1
2	Bobby Carpenter	21	C	80	53	42	95	20	87	41	12	0	7	26	16	0	260	20.4			7.3	1.6	8.9
3	Dave Christian	25	C	80	26	43	69	21	14	21	5	0	2	31	11	1	152	17.1			3.6	1.6	5.2
4	Scott Stevens*	20	D	80	21	44	65	19	221	5	16	0	5	28	16	0	170	12.4			4.5	5.6	10.0
5	Larry Murphy*	23	D	79	14	42	56	21	51	11	3	0	0	22	19	1	153	9.2			3.2	5.6	8.8
6	Craig Laughlin	27	RW	78	16	34	50	10	38	11	5	0	3	23	11	0	104	15.4			1.6	1.3	2.9
7	Alan Haworth	24	LW	76	23	26	49	19	48	19	4	0	2	21	5	0	154	14.9			2.1	1.5	3.6
8	Bengt-Åke Gustafsson	26	LW	51	13	29	42	13	8	6	6	1	3	20	9	0	98	13.3			2.0	1.0	3.0
9	Gaétan Duchesne	22	LW	67	15	23	38	16	32	14	0	1	1	22	0	1	84	17.9			1.1	1.3	2.4
10	Mike McEwen	28	D	56	11	27	38	23	42	7	4	0	3	10	17	0	151	7.3			2.3	4.4	6.7
11	Doug Jarvis	29	C	80	9	28	37	19	32	7	1	1	1	26	1	1	104	8.7			0.1	1.5	1.7
12	Bobby Gould	27	RW	78	14	19	33	9	69	13	0	1	3	18	0	1	113	12.4			0.3	1.2	1.5
13	Bryan Erickson	24	RW	57	15	13	28	11	23	14	1	0	1	11	2	0	79	19.0			0.8	1.0	1.8
14	Rod Langway*	27	D	79	4	22	26	36	54	4	0	0	1	18	4	0	102	3.9			0.5	6.4	6.9
15	Gary Sampson	25	C	46	10	15	25	20	13	9	0	1	0	15	0	0	51	19.6			0.7	1.1	1.8
16	Darren Veitch	24	D	75	3	18	21	33	37	1	2	0	0	11	7	0	126	2.4			0.2	6.0	6.2
17	Greg Adams	24	LW	51	6	12	18	8	72	6	0	0	1	12	0	0	62	9.7			-0.3	0.9	0.6
18	Lou Franceschetti	26	LW	22	4	7	11	1	45	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	19	21.1			0.2	0.3	0.5
19	Peter Andersson	22	D	57	0	10	10	5	21	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	61	0.0			-0.4	3.5	3.1
20	Dean Evason	20	C	15	3	4	7	9	2	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	18	16.7			0.1	0.4	0.6
21	Paul Gardner	28	C	12	2	4	6	-2	6	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	17	11.8			0.1	0.1	0.2
22	Glen Currie	26	C	44	1	5	6	1	19	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	27	3.7			-1.2	0.6	-0.6
23	Timo Blomqvist	24	D	53	1	4	5	10	51	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	59	1.7			-0.7	3.5	2.9
24	Jim McGeough	21	C	11	3	0	3	1	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	13.6			0.0	0.2	0.2
25	Andre Hidi	24	LW	6	2	1	3	2	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	28.6			0.1	0.1	0.2
26	Dave Shand	28	D	13	1	1	2	1	34	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	7.7			-0.1	0.8	0.7
27	Mark Taylor	27	C	9	1	1	2	-2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	10.0			-0.1	0.1	-0.1
28	Kevin Hatcher	18	D	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3			0.1	0.2	0.3
29	Mikko Leinonen	29	C	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0.0			0.0	0.1	0.0
30	Bob Mason	23	G	12	0	1	1	0	0				0	1			0		660	55:00	0.0	0.0	2.0
31	Pat Riggin	25	G	57	0	1	1	0	2				0	1			0		3378	59:16	0.0	0.0	9.1
32	Al Jensen	26	G	14	0	0	0	0	6				0	0			0		802	57:17	0.0	0.0	1.8
	Team Total			80	322	529	851	342	1123	237	79	6	46	381	143	5	2555	12.6			35.9	53.2	102.0

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Pat Riggin	25	57		28	20	7	168	1472	1304	.886	2.98	2	3378				91	16.5	2.34	9.1
2	Al Jensen	26	14		10	3	1	34	294	260	.884	2.54	1	802						2.02	1.8
3	Bob Mason	23	12		8	2	1	31	291	260	.893	2.82	1	660						2.27	2.0
	Team Total				46	25	9	233	2057	1824	.887	2.89	4	4840				90	24.8	2.28	12.9