New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 26, 1986 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 2–1 on Friday, December 26, 1986 at Capital Centre. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 30–24.
Goals came from Lou Franceschetti, Dave Christian and Bryan Trottier.
Bob Mason made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 22 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Lou Franceschetti (8)Gaetan Duchesne (11), Kevin Hatcher (8)0–106:41 WSH
2nd period
Dave Christian (9)Michal Pivonka (10), Greg Adams (21)0–204:14 WSH · 
Bryan Trottier (11)Mike Bossy (21), Tomas Jonsson (18)1–217:36 NYI ·
Team stats
NYIWSH
3024
0%0%
1/41/6
1612
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:05 into the first period
Alan Kerr · charging2 min - 6:53 into the first period
Lou Franceschetti · high sticking2 min - 7:33 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · tripping2 min
- 13:49 into the first periodDuane Sutter · slashing2 min
- 3:05 into the second periodDenis Potvin · cross checking2 min
- 5:06 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · cross checking2 min
- 9:23 into the second periodGreg Adams · holding2 min
- 17:22 into the second periodGord Dineen · roughing2 min
- 17:22 into the second periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 17:22 into the second periodJohn Barrett · roughing2 min
- 5:55 into the third periodDuane Sutter · roughing double minor4 min
- 5:55 into the third periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
- 6:22 into the third periodMike Gartner · penalty shot0 min
- 11:11 into the third periodDuane Sutter · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 24 | 2 | .917 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Paul CavalliniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | W | 30 | 1 | .967 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |