Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, January 7, 1987 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Wednesday, January 7, 1987 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 26–24.
Goals came from Gaetan Duchesne, Bob Errey, Randy Hillier, John Chabot, Moe Mantha, Randy Cunneyworth and Mike Ridley.
Gilles Meloche made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Bob Mason stopped 12 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Gaetan Duchesne (7)Kelly Miller (15), Bobby Gould (16)1–002:42 WSH
Bob Errey (9)Dave Hannan (12), John Chabot (11)1–112:26 PIT
Randy Hillier (2)Ron Duguay (13), James McGeough (1)1–213:34 PIT
John Chabot (12)Bob Errey (11), Ville Siren (13)1–315:58 PIT
2nd period
Moe Mantha (3)Unassisted1–406:26 PIT · 
Randy Cunneyworth (13)Randy Hillier (3)1–511:11 PIT · 
Mike Ridley (17)Mike Gartner (16), Craig Laughlin (15)2–519:33 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHPIT
2426
0%0%
1/41/5
1215
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:36 into the first period
Doug Bodger · holding2 min - 6:37 into the first period
Larry Murphy · holding2 min - 17:49 into the first periodRandy Cunneyworth · roughing double minor4 min
- 17:49 into the first periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 4:50 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · tripping2 min
- 10:05 into the second periodJim Johnson · hooking2 min
- 14:13 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · slashing2 min
- 14:41 into the second periodGreg Smith · roughing2 min
- 18:02 into the second periodVille Siren · hooking2 min
- 3:07 into the third periodRod Buskas · high sticking5 min
- 8:22 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 31Bob MasonG | L | 17 | 5 | .706 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9John ChabotC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22James McGeoughC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 0 | 0 | – |