Washington Capitals vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, January 17, 1987 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Hartford Whalers 6–1 on Saturday, January 17, 1987 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Capitals 29–22.
Kevin Hatcher scored twice and Dave Christian scored twice. Mike Gartner, Bobby Gould and Doug Jarvis also scored.
Bob Mason made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 7 of 12.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Gartner (11)Unassisted1–001:30 WSH
Kevin Hatcher (5)Mike Ridley (21)2–007:34 WSH
Dave Christian (11)Craig Laughlin (17), Scott Stevens (22)3–011:21 WSH
2nd period
- Kevin Hatcher (6)Unassisted4–001:56 WSH
Bobby Gould (11)Kelly Miller (16), Kevin Hatcher (11)5–004:31 WSH- Dave Christian (12)Larry Murphy (28)6–008:16 WSH
3rd period
Doug Jarvis (5)Dave Tippett (11), Scot Kleinendorst (6)6–115:08 HFD ·
Team stats
WSHHFD
2229
0%0%
0/50/7
2419
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:18 into the first period
Mike Gartner · holding2 min - 4:52 into the first periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
- 6:37 into the first period
John Anderson · roughing2 min - 6:37 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · slashing2 min
- 11:07 into the first periodDave Semenko · instigator2 min
- 11:07 into the first periodDave Semenko · fighting5 min
- 11:07 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · roughing double minor4 min
- 11:07 into the first periodMike Ridley · holding2 min
- 16:25 into the first periodDean Evason · high sticking2 min
- 16:25 into the first periodScott Stevens · high sticking2 min
- 12:19 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · cross checking2 min
- 13:25 into the second periodJohn Blum · delaying game2 min
- 19:22 into the second periodPaul Macdermid · roughing2 min
- 0:50 into the third periodScott Stevens · tripping2 min
- 1:51 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · holding2 min
- 6:09 into the third periodPaul Macdermid · kneeing2 min
- 14:08 into the third periodShane Churla · slashing2 min
- 16:09 into the third periodBobby Gould · tripping2 min
- 18:32 into the third periodDana Murzyn · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob MasonG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |
Hartford Whalers
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 72Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 12 | 5 | .583 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 10 | 1 | .900 |