New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, December 9, 1986 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4–2 on Tuesday, December 9, 1986 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Devils 31–30.
Goals came from Michal Pivonka, Alan Haworth, Ken Daneyko, Craig Laughlin, Dave Christian and Andy Brickley.
Bob Mason made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Alain Chevrier stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Michal Pivonka (9)Larry Murphy (15), Bobby Gould (11)0–104:09 WSH
Alan Haworth (14)Rod Langway (9), Larry Murphy (16)0–205:21 WSH
Ken Daneyko (1)Kirk Muller (20), Mel Bridgman (14)1–207:08 NJD
Craig Laughlin (10)Scott Stevens (16), Greg Adams (20)1–318:16 WSH
3rd period
Dave Christian (7)Larry Murphy (17), Rod Langway (10)1–409:12 WSH · 
Andy Brickley (3)Claude Loiselle (6), Mel Bridgman (15)2–418:28 NJD
Team stats
NJDWSH
3031
0%0%
0/41/3
1820
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:32 into the first period
Uli Hiemer · elbowing2 min - 18:56 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 18:56 into the first period
Michal Pivonka · roughing2 min - 6:05 into the second periodJohn Blum · tripping2 min
- 8:29 into the second periodScott Stevens · tripping2 min
- 11:22 into the second periodSteve Richmond · holding2 min
- 17:15 into the second periodJoe Cirella · fighting5 min
- 17:15 into the second periodJeff Greenlaw · fighting5 min
- 7:18 into the third periodJohn MacLean · instigator2 min
- 7:18 into the third periodJohn MacLean · fighting5 min
- 7:18 into the third periodYves Beaudoin · fighting5 min
- 9:55 into the third periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
- 15:05 into the third periodCraig Laughlin · holding2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Steve RichmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 35Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Jeff GreenlawL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Grant MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 38Yves BeaudoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob MasonG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |