St. Louis Blues vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 1986 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 5–3 on Saturday, December 20, 1986 at Capital Centre. The Blues outshot the Capitals 30–27.
Goals came from Alan Haworth, Greg Paslawski, Rod Langway, Michal Pivonka, Doug Evans, Larry Murphy, Greg Adams and Mark Hunter.
Bob Mason made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Alan Haworth (15)Larry Murphy (19)0–108:10 WSH · 
Greg Paslawski (10)Doug Gilmour (27), Ric Nattress (14)1–111:07 STL ·
2nd period
Rod Langway (2)Alan Haworth (7), Craig Laughlin (14)1–200:44 WSH
Michal Pivonka (10)Larry Murphy (20), Paul Cavallini (1)1–302:58 WSH
Doug Evans (2)Unassisted2–304:13 STL
Larry Murphy (12)Michal Pivonka (9), Mike Gartner (14)2–404:44 WSH · 
Greg Adams (4)Larry Murphy (21), Alan Haworth (8)2–510:13 WSH
3rd period
Mark Hunter (15)Bernie Federko (19)3–508:10 STL
Team stats
STLWSH
3027
0%0%
1/42/3
1416
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:36 into the first period
Gaetan Duchesne · hooking2 min - 7:25 into the first period
Greg Millen · tripping2 min - 10:06 into the first periodRon Flockhart · high sticking2 min
- 10:06 into the first periodPaul Cavallini · elbowing2 min
- 10:06 into the first periodPaul Cavallini · roughing2 min
- 10:10 into the first periodMark Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 10:10 into the first periodMark Hunter · slashing2 min
- 10:10 into the first periodRod Langway · high sticking2 min
- 10:10 into the first periodRod Langway · slashing2 min
- 12:38 into the first periodDoug Wickenheiser · holding2 min
- 4:20 into the second periodHerb Raglan · tripping2 min
- 11:32 into the third periodMark Hunter · roughing2 min
- 11:32 into the third periodRod Langway · roughing2 min
- 14:51 into the third periodDavid Jensen · hooking2 min
- 19:56 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · roughing2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 9Doug GilmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Greg PaslawskiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 32Doug EvansL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Ric NattressD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Gino CavalliniL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Herb RaglanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Charlie BourgeoisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Bruce BellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Michael DarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 30Rick WamsleyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 30Paul CavalliniD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 38Yves BeaudoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |