Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Thursday, January 15, 1987 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

3–2

32–38

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 3–2 on Thursday, January 15, 1987 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 38–32.

Gaetan Duchesne scored twice. Mike Ridley, Alan Kerr and Brent Sutter also scored.

Bob Mason made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 29 of 32.

Goals
WSH	2	0	1	3	32
NYI	1	1	0	2	38

Scoring

1st period

Mike Ridley (19)Larry Murphy (26), Scott Stevens (21)1–000:27 WSH
Alan Kerr (3)Pat LaFontaine (17), Brad Lauer (7)1–110:41 NYI
Gaetan Duchesne (8)Larry Murphy (27)2–110:56 WSH

2nd period

Brent Sutter (22)Tomas Jonsson (21), Denis Potvin (27)2–203:00 NYI ·

3rd period

Gaetan Duchesne (9)Bobby Gould (17)3–213:08 WSH

Team stats

WSHNYI

3238

0%0%

0/31/3

Penalties

17:52 into the first periodDave Christian · holding2 min
2:30 into the second periodGaetan Duchesne · tripping2 min
4:48 into the second periodBryan Trottier · hooking2 min
13:41 into the second periodKen Morrow · interference2 min
16:14 into the second periodGreg Adams · hooking2 min
18:33 into the second periodPat LaFontaine · hooking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

14Gaetan DuchesneL	2	0	2	+2	3	2	–	–
8Larry MurphyD	0	2	2	+2	3	0	–	–
17Mike RidleyC	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
23Bobby GouldR	0	1	1	+2	2	0	–	–
3Scott StevensD	0	1	1	0	2	0	–	–
9David JensenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
10Kelly MillerL	0	0	0	+2	0	0	–	–
11Mike GartnerR	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
18Craig LaughlinR	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
20Michal PivonkaC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
22Greg AdamsL	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
25Bob CrawfordR	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
27Dave ChristianR	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
32Lou FranceschettiL	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
4Kevin HatcherD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
5Rod LangwayD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	–	–
6John BarrettD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
19Greg SmithD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Pete PeetersG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Bob MasonG	W	38	36	2	.947	60:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

10Alan KerrR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
16Pat LaFontaineC	0	1	1	+1	2	2	–	–
21Brent SutterC	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	–
32Brad LauerR	0	1	1	+1	4	0	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	0	1	1	−2	1	0	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	0	1	1	0	4	0	–	–
7Greg GilbertL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
12Duane SutterR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
19Bryan TrottierC	0	0	0	−3	5	2	–	–
22Mike BossyR	0	0	0	−3	2	0	–	–
24Mikko MakelaR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
26Patrick FlatleyR	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
28Bob BassenL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
35Richard KrommL	0	0	0	−3	2	0	–	–
2Gord DineenD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
29Ken LeiterD	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	–
33Steve KonroydD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Kelly HrudeyG	L	32	29	3	.906	59:29
31Billy SmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00