Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, January 1, 1987 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 in overtime on Thursday, January 1, 1987 at Capital Centre. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 33–30.
Mike Gartner scored twice. Jim Johnson, Dave Hannan, Bobby Gould, Ville Siren and Gaetan Duchesne also scored.
Bob Mason made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Roberto Romano stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Jim Johnson (3)Craig Simpson (13), Ron Duguay (12)1–002:19 PIT
Dave Hannan (7)Jim Johnson (16), Randy Cunneyworth (7)2–016:57 PIT
Mike Gartner (8)Larry Murphy (23)2–119:12 WSH · 
Bobby Gould (9)Gaetan Duchesne (13), John Blum (6)2–219:23 WSH
3rd period
Ville Siren (4)Terry Ruskowski (26)3–216:50 PIT
Gaetan Duchesne (6)Mike Gartner (15), Lou Franceschetti (5)3–319:18 WSH
Overtime
- Mike Gartner (9)Scott Stevens (18)3–401:30 WSH
Team stats
PITWSH
3330
0%0%
0/41/4
3234
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:38 into the first period
Dan Frawley · slashing2 min - 1:38 into the first period
Scott Stevens · slashing2 min - 3:25 into the first periodGreg Adams · cross checking2 min
- 15:54 into the first periodDan Quinn · high sticking2 min
- 15:54 into the first periodJohn Blum · holding2 min
- 17:47 into the first periodVille Siren · holding2 min
- 19:45 into the first periodCraig Laughlin · slashing2 min
- 1:44 into the second periodDave Hannan · misconduct10 min
- 1:44 into the second periodGreg Adams · misconduct10 min
- 3:09 into the second periodJohn Blum · slashing2 min
- 3:33 into the second periodTerry Ruskowski · misconduct10 min
- 3:33 into the second periodBobby Gould · misconduct10 min
- 4:11 into the second periodDan Frawley · high sticking2 min
- 13:11 into the second periodGreg Adams · high sticking2 min
- 18:08 into the second periodJohn Blum · roughing2 min
- 18:50 into the second periodVille Siren · elbowing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodRandy Hillier · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17John BlumD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob MasonG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |