Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Sunday, January 18, 1987 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 6–1 on Sunday, January 18, 1987 at Brendan Byrne Arena.
Dave Christian scored twice and Mike Gartner scored twice. Bobby Gould, Larry Murphy and Andy Brickley also scored.
Bob Mason made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Alain Chevrier stopped 15 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Christian (13)Mike Ridley (22), Greg Adams (24)1–014:55 WSH
Mike Gartner (12)Craig Laughlin (18)2–016:15 WSH
2nd period
Bobby Gould (12)Kelly Miller (17), Gaetan Duchesne (15)3–002:27 WSH
Larry Murphy (15)Dave Christian (12), Michal Pivonka (16)4–006:36 WSH · - Dave Christian (14)Gaetan Duchesne (16), Greg Smith (2)5–018:03 WSH
3rd period
Andy Brickley (7)Randy Velischek (8)5–100:29 NJD- Mike Gartner (13)Unassisted6–100:56 WSH
Team stats
WSHNJD
2424
0%0%
1/40/4
2727
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 17:34 into the first period
Scott Stevens · hooking2 min - 19:31 into the first period
Pat Verbeek · interference2 min - 1:15 into the second periodMel Bridgman · roughing2 min
- 1:15 into the second periodMike Ridley · roughing2 min
- 6:01 into the second periodBruce Driver · tripping2 min
- 8:10 into the second periodGreg Adams · holding2 min
- 13:27 into the second periodKen Daneyko · instigator2 min
- 13:27 into the second periodKen Daneyko · fighting5 min
- 13:27 into the second periodKen Daneyko · misconduct10 min
- 13:27 into the second periodGreg Adams · fighting5 min
- 13:27 into the second periodGreg Adams · misconduct10 min
- 19:02 into the second periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 19:02 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · roughing2 min
- 1:33 into the third periodAaron Broten · hooking2 min
- 6:11 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · interference2 min
- 10:48 into the third periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 27Dave ChristianR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob MasonG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
New Jersey Devils
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | L | 21 | 6 | .714 |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |