Belt game 4,519 · December 9, 1984
Washington Capitals take the belt
Washington Capitals beat Detroit Red Wings 4–0 at home to start reign 1,692 of the NHL belt, the 11th for the franchise.
Detroit Red Wings had held it since December 7, 1984, with 0 defenses over 2 days.
Washington Capitals held it for 14 days and 7 defenses, then lost it to Philadelphia Flyers on December 23, 1984.
1,692Reign number
11Team's reign
7Defenses
14Days held
Box score
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaetan Duchesne | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Larry Murphy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Alan Haworth | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Gould | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Erickson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Doug Jarvis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Stevens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Darren Veitch | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Gartner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Gary Sampson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Greg Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Christian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dean Evason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike McEwen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Rod Langway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Timo Blomqvist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Pat Riggin | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Mason | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 24 | 24 |
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Duguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ivan Boldirev | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Lane Lambert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Kelly Kisio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Danny Gare | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Steve Yzerman | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Frantisek Cernik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Pierre Aubry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| John Ogrodnick | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Darryl Sittler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| John Barrett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Greg Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Milan Chalupa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Park | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Bob Manno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Reed Larson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Randy Ladouceur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Corrado Micalef | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 11 | 11 |
| Greg Stefan | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 19 | 23 |
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