New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, January 20, 1987 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 6–3 on Tuesday, January 20, 1987 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Devils 32–28.
Goals came from Lou Franceschetti, Scott Stevens, Kirk Muller, Pat Verbeek, Mike Gartner, Bobby Gould, David Jensen, Bruce Driver and Larry Murphy.
Bob Mason made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Craig Billington stopped 26 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Lou Franceschetti (9)Mike Gartner (17), Greg Smith (3)0–104:22 WSH
Scott Stevens (7)Dave Christian (13), Mike Ridley (23)0–205:53 WSH · 
Kirk Muller (17)Craig Wolanin (6), Claude Loiselle (10)1–210:44 NJD
2nd period
Pat Verbeek (21)Kirk Muller (27), Aaron Broten (34)2–202:15 NJD · 
Mike Gartner (14)Gaetan Duchesne (17), Larry Murphy (29)2–303:08 WSH · 
Bobby Gould (13)Kelly Miller (18)2–408:36 WSH
3rd period
David Jensen (3)Greg Adams (25), Rod Langway (15)2–509:34 WSH
Bruce Driver (4)Peter McNab (6), Mel Bridgman (25)3–511:09 NJD
Larry Murphy (16)David Jensen (3), Lou Franceschetti (7)3–615:55 WSH
Team stats
NJDWSH
2832
0%0%
1/31/4
2423
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:41 into the first period
Ken Daneyko · fighting5 min - 1:41 into the first period
Greg Adams · fighting5 min - 2:19 into the first periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 2:19 into the first periodGaetan Duchesne · roughing2 min
- 5:17 into the first periodSteve Richmond · holding2 min
- 17:48 into the first periodJan Ludvig · instigator2 min
- 17:48 into the first periodJan Ludvig · fighting5 min
- 17:48 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · fighting5 min
- 19:17 into the first periodScott Stevens · charging5 min
- 3:41 into the second periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 3:41 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min
- 15:38 into the second periodGaetan Duchesne · boarding2 min
- 3:00 into the third periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
- 3:00 into the third periodCraig Wolanin · elbowing2 min
- 3:00 into the third periodGreg Adams · cross checking2 min
- 7:08 into the third periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Steve RichmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | L | 32 | 6 | .813 |
Washington Capitals
| 9David JensenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob MasonG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |