Hartford Whalers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, December 30, 1986 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Washington Capitals 3–1 on Tuesday, December 30, 1986 at Capital Centre. The Whalers outshot the Capitals 42–27.
Goals came from Dean Evason, Ron Francis, Kevin Dineen and Craig Laughlin.
Mike Liut made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Bob Mason stopped 39 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Dean Evason (9)Paul Lawless (10), Ulf Samuelsson (15)1–018:30 HFD
2nd period
Ron Francis (10)Kevin Dineen (14), Dana Murzyn (6)2–008:04 HFD
3rd period
Kevin Dineen (18)John Anderson (17), Ron Francis (27)3–006:13 HFD
Craig Laughlin (11)Scott Stevens (17), Michal Pivonka (12)3–110:25 WSH ·
Team stats
HFDWSH
4227
0%0%
0/31/3
1515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:12 into the first period
Dave Barr · instigator2 min - 3:12 into the first periodDave Barr · fighting5 min
- 3:12 into the first period
John Blum · cross checking2 min - 3:12 into the first periodJohn Blum · fighting5 min
- 11:47 into the first periodGreg Adams · hooking2 min
- 5:31 into the second periodStew Gavin · holding2 min
- 14:19 into the second periodScott Stevens · slashing2 min
- 9:36 into the third periodSylvain Cote · tripping2 min
- 10:05 into the third periodScot Kleinendorst · roughing2 min
- 10:05 into the third periodGreg Adams · charging2 min
- 12:21 into the third periodPaul Macdermid · holding2 min
- 15:15 into the third periodGary Sampson · tripping2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Dave BarrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 72Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 24Jeff GreenlawL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 37Jim ThomsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Paul CavalliniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | L | 42 | 3 | .929 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |