The Washington Capitals were defeated by the New York Rangers, 4 to 3, in overtime in Game 1 of the 1986 playoff series on April 17, 1986.

Final

Rangers

1-0-0

4

Capitals

0-1-0

3

Team

NYR

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

WSH

Dave Christian (EV) assisted by Larry Murphy and Rod Langway

Brian MacLellan (EV) assisted by Bob Brooke and Reijo Ruotsalainen

Bobby Gould (EV) assisted by Gaetan Duchesne and Rod Langway

2nd period

NYR

WSH

Alan Haworth (EV) assisted by Mike Gartner and Greg Smith

Mark Osborne (SH) assisted by Kelly Miller

3rd period

NYR

WSH

Mike Ridley (EV) assisted by Kelly Miller and Pierre Larouche

NYR

WSH

Brian MacLellan (EV) assisted by Tomas Sandstrom

Rangers

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Vanbiesbrouck (W) J. Vanbiesbrouck	1	0	0	27	24	.889	3	2.94	0	61

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Mike Allison M. Allison	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Brooke B. Brooke	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Willie Huber W. Huber	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Pierre Larouche P. Larouche	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian MacLellan B. MacLellan	2	0	2	+2	0	0	0	1	1	5	40.0
Don Maloney D. Maloney	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Larry Melnyk L. Melnyk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kelly Miller K. Miller	0	2	2	-1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0
Mark Osborne M. Osborne	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	0	1	100.0
Wilf Paiement W. Paiement	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
James Patrick J. Patrick	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Ridley M. Ridley	1	0	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Reijo Ruotsalainen R. Ruotsalainen	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Tomas Sandstrom T. Sandstrom	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Jim Wiemer J. Wiemer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Pete Peeters (L) P. Peeters	0	1	0	23	19	.826	4	3.92	0	61

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Greg Adams G. Adams	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0.0
John Barrett J. Barrett	0	0	0	-1	19	1	0.0
Bobby Carpenter B. Carpenter	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0.0
Dave Christian D. Christian	1	0	1	-1	0	3	33.3
Gaetan Duchesne G. Duchesne	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Lou Franceschetti L. Franceschetti	0	0	0	0	2	0
Mike Gartner M. Gartner	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0.0
Bobby Gould B. Gould	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Alan Haworth A. Haworth	1	0	1	+1	0	3	33.3
Rod Langway R. Langway	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0.0
Craig Laughlin C. Laughlin	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Stephen Leach S. Leach	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Larry Murphy L. Murphy	0	1	1	+1	2	0
Jorgen Pettersson J. Pettersson	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.0
Greg Smith G. Smith	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.0
Scott Stevens S. Stevens	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0.0