Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, February 4, 1987 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Wednesday, February 4, 1987 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 26–22.
Goals came from Tomas Sandstrom, Michal Pivonka, Don Maloney, Mike Ridley and Walt Poddubny.
Bob Froese made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Bob Mason stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Tomas Sandstrom (28)James Patrick (28), Brad Maxwell (9)0–103:31 NYR · 
Michal Pivonka (12)Kelly Miller (22)1–105:59 WSH ·
2nd period
Don Maloney (13)Kelly Kisio (28), James Patrick (29)1–219:40 NYR ·
3rd period
Mike Ridley (21)Unassisted2–204:17 WSH
Walt Poddubny (29)Mark Osborne (14), Tony McKegney (13)2–318:23 NYR
Team stats
WSHNYR
2226
0%0%
1/32/3
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:03 into the first period
David Jensen · holding2 min - 4:16 into the first period
Jan Erixon · interference2 min - 7:56 into the first periodWalt Poddubny · hooking2 min
- 9:35 into the first periodGreg Adams · high sticking2 min
- 12:01 into the first periodBrad Maxwell · holding2 min
- 19:24 into the second periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 14:13 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · slashing2 min
- 14:13 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob MasonG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |
New York Rangers
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Kelly KisioC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 35Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |