Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 17, 1986 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 6–1 on Wednesday, December 17, 1986 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 35–33.
Mike Ridley scored a hat trick and Kelly Miller scored twice. Larry Murphy and Tomas Sandstrom also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Bob Mason stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Ridley (13)Ron Greschner (11), John Vanbiesbrouck (1)0–100:43 NYR- Mike Ridley (14)Ron Greschner (12), James Patrick (15)0–211:25 NYR ·
2nd period
Larry Murphy (11)Rod Langway (12), Alan Haworth (4)1–205:14 WSH
Tomas Sandstrom (6)Curt Giles (6), Walt Poddubny (16)1–307:43 NYR
Kelly Miller (4)Kelly Kisio (12), Ron Greschner (13)1–416:53 NYR- Mike Ridley (15)Pierre Larouche (18), Tony McKegney (9)1–517:47 NYR
3rd period
- Kelly Miller (5)Don Maloney (14), Walt Poddubny (17)1–601:00 NYR
Team stats
WSHNYR
3533
0%0%
0/31/4
3432
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:19 into the first period
Tony McKegney · misconduct10 min - 7:19 into the first periodLarry Melnyk · roughing2 min
- 7:19 into the first period
Jeff Greenlaw · roughing2 min - 7:19 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · misconduct10 min
- 9:31 into the first periodAlan Haworth · hooking2 min
- 15:00 into the first periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 15:51 into the first periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 16:51 into the first periodJames Patrick · elbowing2 min
- 16:51 into the first periodJames Patrick · fighting5 min
- 16:51 into the first periodBobby Gould · slashing2 min
- 16:51 into the first periodBobby Gould · fighting5 min
- 18:53 into the first periodDon Maloney · elbowing2 min
- 11:29 into the second periodJohn Blum · high sticking2 min
- 15:49 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · cross checking2 min
- 15:49 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · tripping2 min
- 1:43 into the third periodGreg Adams · slashing2 min
- 13:00 into the third periodMark Osborne · instigator2 min
- 13:00 into the third periodMark Osborne · fighting5 min
- 13:00 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · fighting5 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Jeff GreenlawL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 28Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 38Yves BeaudoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |
| 35Al JensenG | 9 | 1 | .889 |
New York Rangers
| 18Mike RidleyC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 40Kelly MillerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly KisioC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Lane LambertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Chris JensenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 35 | 1 | .971 |