New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, December 14, 1986 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 3–1 on Sunday, December 14, 1986 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 41–25.
Tony McKegney scored twice. Lou Franceschetti and Mike Ridley also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 40 saves on 41 shots for the win; Bob Mason stopped 22 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Tony McKegney (15)Tomas Sandstrom (17), Kelly Kisio (10)1–005:29 NYR
Lou Franceschetti (7)Jeff Greenlaw (3), Gary Sampson (2)1–106:44 WSH
3rd period
- Tony McKegney (16)James Patrick (14)2–118:31 NYR ·
Mike Ridley (12)Kelly Kisio (11)3–119:54 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRWSH
2541
0%0%
0/40/6
1814
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:54 into the first period
Willie Huber · interference2 min - 8:43 into the first periodCurt Giles · delaying game2 min
- 16:10 into the first periodTom Laidlaw · tripping2 min
- 17:10 into the first period
Mike Gartner · tripping2 min - 19:39 into the first periodRon Greschner · hooking2 min
- 4:12 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · hooking2 min
- 7:44 into the second periodBob Crawford · slashing2 min
- 12:58 into the second periodBench · late on ice2 min
- 6:21 into the third periodMark Osborne · slashing2 min
- 6:21 into the third periodLarry Murphy · slashing2 min
- 12:10 into the third periodTony McKegney · slashing2 min
- 12:10 into the third periodGaetan Duchesne · elbowing2 min
- 12:10 into the third periodRod Langway · roughing2 min
- 13:28 into the third periodTerry Carkner · roughing2 min
- 13:28 into the third periodBobby Gould · roughing2 min
- 17:01 into the third periodRon Greschner · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 16Kelly KisioC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Lane LambertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Chris JensenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 40Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 38Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 41 | 1 | .976 |
Washington Capitals
| 24Jeff GreenlawL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Gary SampsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 8 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 8 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob MasonG | L | 24 | 2 | .917 |