New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, February 7, 1987 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 in overtime on Saturday, February 7, 1987 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 41–28.
Tony McKegney scored twice, Craig Laughlin scored twice and Tomas Sandstrom scored twice. Mike Ridley, Ron Duguay and Kelly Miller also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 37 saves on 41 shots for the win; Bob Mason stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
2nd period
Mike Ridley (22)Larry Murphy (35), Michal Pivonka (21)0–105:53 WSH
Tony McKegney (22)Pierre Larouche (26), Brad Maxwell (10)1–107:17 NYR- Tony McKegney (23)Curt Giles (15), Willie Huber (17)2–112:49 NYR
Craig Laughlin (17)Dave Christian (17), Larry Murphy (36)2–214:05 WSH- Craig Laughlin (18)Larry Murphy (37), Michal Pivonka (22)2–317:54 WSH ·
3rd period
Ron Duguay (7)Bobby Carpenter (11), James Patrick (30)3–305:44 NYR
Tomas Sandstrom (29)Walt Poddubny (34), Jan Erixon (13)4–305:59 NYR
Kelly Miller (10)Larry Murphy (38)4–408:23 WSH ·
Overtime
- Tomas Sandstrom (30)Larry Melnyk (8), Pierre Larouche (27)5–404:20 NYR
Team stats
NYRWSH
2841
0%0%
0/02/4
146
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:03 into the first period
Ron Duguay · tripping2 min - 17:06 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · hooking2 min
- 19:24 into the second periodRon Greschner · slashing2 min
- 19:24 into the second period
Gaetan Duchesne · high sticking2 min - 8:07 into the third periodJames Patrick · high sticking2 min
- 15:00 into the third periodJames Patrick · roughing2 min
- 15:00 into the third periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
- 15:12 into the third periodRon Greschner · high sticking2 min
- 15:12 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · slashing2 min
- 18:18 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 35Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 41 | 4 | .902 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Gary SampsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob MasonG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |