Washington Capitals vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Monday, January 5, 1987 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the St. Louis Blues 6–4 on Monday, January 5, 1987 at St. Louis Arena. The Capitals outshot the Blues 29–24.
Goals came from John Barrett, Brian Benning, Craig Laughlin, Dave Christian, Mark Hunter, Greg Paslawski, Kelly Miller, Bruce Bell, Mike Gartner and Bobby Gould.
Pete Peeters made 20 saves on 24 shots for the win; Rick Wamsley stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
John Barrett (2)Unassisted1–006:18 WSH
Brian Benning (8)Doug Gilmour (33), Greg Paslawski (14)1–107:30 STL
Craig Laughlin (12)Greg Adams (23)2–108:00 WSH
Dave Christian (10)Michal Pivonka (13), Scott Stevens (19)3–109:41 WSH ·
2nd period
Mark Hunter (20)Bruce Bell (5), Mark Reeds (3)3–200:44 STL
Greg Paslawski (12)Doug Gilmour (34), Doug Evans (7)3–300:56 STL
Kelly Miller (7)Bobby Gould (15), Gaetan Duchesne (14)4–303:31 WSH
Bruce Bell (3)Bernie Federko (27), Doug Gilmour (35)4–405:49 STL · 
Mike Gartner (10)David Jensen (2)5–415:37 WSH
3rd period
Bobby Gould (10)Unassisted6–419:53 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHSTL
2924
0%0%
1/21/3
2836
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:20 into the first period
Bruce Bell · slashing2 min - 11:51 into the first periodDoug Evans · roughing2 min
- 11:51 into the first period
John Blum · high sticking2 min - 15:44 into the first periodMark Hunter · slashing2 min
- 15:44 into the first periodGaetan Duchesne · high sticking2 min
- 19:35 into the first periodRob Ramage · high sticking2 min
- 19:35 into the first periodRob Ramage · roughing2 min
- 19:35 into the first periodRick Meagher · roughing2 min
- 19:35 into the first periodRick Meagher · game misconduct10 min
- 19:35 into the first periodJim Pavese · roughing2 min
- 19:35 into the first periodJim Pavese · misconduct10 min
- 19:35 into the first periodMichal Pivonka · high sticking2 min
- 19:35 into the first periodMichal Pivonka · roughing2 min
- 19:35 into the first periodScott Stevens · charging2 min
- 19:35 into the first periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 19:35 into the first periodScott Stevens · misconduct10 min
- 3:51 into the second periodMike Gartner · tripping2 min
- 10:21 into the second periodRob Ramage · slashing2 min
- 12:24 into the third periodJohn Blum · holding2 min
- 15:16 into the third periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 35Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – |
St. Louis Blues
| 9Doug GilmourC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Greg PaslawskiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Bruce BellD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Mark ReedsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Doug EvansL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian BenningD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Gino CavalliniL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Herb RaglanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Michael DarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Ric NattressD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 35Jim PaveseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Rick WamsleyG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |