Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, January 27, 1987 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 7–5 on Tuesday, January 27, 1987 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 35–29.
Goals came from John Chabot, Kevin Hatcher, Kelly Miller, Bob Errey, Mike Gartner, Doug Bodger, Mario Lemieux, James McGeough, Jim Johnson, Michal Pivonka, Mike Ridley and Randy Cunneyworth.
Gilles Meloche made 24 saves on 29 shots for the win; Bob Mason stopped 21 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
John Chabot (13)Willy Lindstrom (8), Rod Buskas (7)0–110:27 PIT
2nd period
Kevin Hatcher (7)Gaetan Duchesne (19), Bobby Gould (18)1–100:38 WSH
Kelly Miller (9)Greg Adams (26), Michal Pivonka (18)2–102:28 WSH · 
Bob Errey (12)John Chabot (14), Doug Bodger (23)2–205:14 PIT
Mike Gartner (17)Kevin Hatcher (12)3–208:39 WSH · 
Doug Bodger (8)Dan Quinn (17), James McGeough (4)3–310:05 PIT
Mario Lemieux (32)Unassisted3–415:58 PIT
3rd period
James McGeough (1)Dan Quinn (18), Doug Bodger (24)3–508:34 PIT
Jim Johnson (4)John Chabot (15), Willy Lindstrom (9)3–609:36 PIT
Michal Pivonka (11)Mike Gartner (19), David Jensen (4)4–613:49 WSH
Mike Ridley (20)Michal Pivonka (19), Dave Christian (15)5–616:41 WSH · 
Randy Cunneyworth (16)Dan Quinn (19), Moe Mantha (25)5–718:58 PIT ·
Team stats
WSHPIT
2935
0%0%
2/50/3
5438
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:55 into the first period
James McGeough · interference2 min - 8:55 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · charging2 min
- 8:55 into the first period
Kevin Hatcher · roughing2 min - 11:37 into the first periodMario Lemieux · tripping2 min
- 12:24 into the first periodDoug Bodger · high sticking2 min
- 12:24 into the first periodScott Stevens · high sticking2 min
- 12:24 into the first periodScott Stevens · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:24 into the first periodScott Stevens · misconduct10 min
- 1:56 into the second periodChris Kontos · cross checking2 min
- 7:35 into the second periodGreg Smith · slashing2 min
- 9:55 into the second periodPhil Bourque · high sticking2 min
- 9:55 into the second periodScott Stevens · high sticking2 min
- 13:26 into the second periodDan Quinn · cross checking2 min
- 4:29 into the third periodDave Christian · tripping2 min
- 15:38 into the third periodRod Buskas · charging2 min
- 15:38 into the third periodCraig Simpson · instigator2 min
- 15:38 into the third periodCraig Simpson · fighting5 min
- 15:38 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · fighting5 min
- 15:38 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · game misconduct10 min
- 15:38 into the third periodJohn Blum · fighting5 min
- 15:38 into the third periodScott Stevens · charging2 min
- 15:38 into the third periodScott Stevens · game misconduct10 min
- 15:38 into the third periodCraig Laughlin · fighting5 min
- 15:38 into the third periodCraig Laughlin · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 5 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 31Bob MasonG | L | 27 | 6 | .778 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9John ChabotC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 22James McGeoughC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 29 | 5 | .828 |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | 0 | 0 | – |