Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, October 13, 1986 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 7–6 in overtime on Monday, October 13, 1986 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 45–34.
Willie Huber scored twice and Mike Gartner scored twice. Don Maloney, Walt Poddubny, Bobby Carpenter, Michal Pivonka, Pierre Larouche, Yvon Corriveau, Craig Laughlin, Dave Christian and Mike Ridley also scored.
Al Jensen made 39 saves on 45 shots for the win; Doug Soetaert stopped 27 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Willie Huber (1)James Patrick (3), Pierre Larouche (4)0–102:10 NYR · 
Don Maloney (1)James Patrick (4), Lucien DeBlois (1)0–206:18 NYR ·
2nd period
Walt Poddubny (2)Tomas Sandstrom (3), Kjell Samuelsson (2)0–303:09 NYR
Bobby Carpenter (1)Larry Murphy (1)1–306:32 WSH · 
Michal Pivonka (1)Mike Gartner (2), Greg Smith (1)2–309:31 WSH
Pierre Larouche (1)Don Maloney (1), Mike Ridley (1)2–418:44 NYR ·
3rd period
Yvon Corriveau (1)Larry Murphy (2), Dave Christian (2)3–408:17 WSH
Mike Gartner (1)Larry Murphy (3), Kevin Hatcher (1)4–410:33 WSH
Craig Laughlin (1)Kevin Hatcher (2), Bobby Carpenter (1)5–413:12 WSH · 
Dave Christian (3)Gaetan Duchesne (2), Kevin Hatcher (3)6–414:23 WSH
Mike Ridley (3)James Patrick (5), Pierre Larouche (5)6–517:29 NYR · - Willie Huber (2)Pierre Larouche (6)6–619:24 NYR
Overtime
- Mike Gartner (2)Michal Pivonka (1), John Blum (1)7–603:20 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYR
3445
0%0%
2/63/8
3735
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:50 into the first period
Gaetan Duchesne · high sticking2 min - 3:52 into the first period
Dave Gagner · high sticking2 min - 5:57 into the first periodTom Laidlaw · interference2 min
- 6:50 into the first periodBobby Carpenter · slashing2 min
- 10:19 into the first periodJeff Greenlaw · high sticking double minor4 min
- 11:04 into the first periodMark Osborne · holding2 min
- 16:22 into the first periodTomas Sandstrom · slashing2 min
- 6:23 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 10:33 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · holding2 min
- 12:53 into the second periodDave Gagner · high sticking2 min
- 14:57 into the second periodBob Brooke · high sticking2 min
- 14:57 into the second periodAlan Haworth · high sticking2 min
- 17:53 into the second periodMichal Pivonka · holding2 min
- 4:40 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · roughing2 min
- 9:20 into the third periodMark Osborne · roughing2 min
- 9:20 into the third periodDon Jackson · fighting5 min
- 9:20 into the third periodDon Jackson · misconduct10 min
- 9:20 into the third periodYvon Corriveau · roughing2 min
- 9:20 into the third periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min
- 9:20 into the third periodScott Stevens · misconduct10 min
- 11:18 into the third periodBob Brooke · cross checking2 min
- 16:59 into the third periodCraig Laughlin · holding2 min
- 18:18 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 18:18 into the third periodLarry Murphy · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 10 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17John BlumD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Jeff GreenlawL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | W | 45 | 6 | .867 |
New York Rangers
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 10 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 15Chris JensenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 40Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | L | 34 | 7 | .794 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |