Washington Capitals vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Friday, February 20, 1987 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 6–3 on Friday, February 20, 1987 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Capitals 31–28.
Mike Gartner scored 4 goals. Garth Butcher, Gaetan Duchesne, Mike Ridley, Steve Tambellini and Jim Sandlak also scored.
Pete Peeters made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Frank Caprice stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Garth Butcher (4)Doug Lidster (38)0–101:01 VAN
2nd period
Gaetan Duchesne (12)Mike Gartner (22), Pete Peeters (4)1–106:52 WSH · 
Mike Gartner (26)Unassisted2–110:12 WSH · 
Mike Ridley (24)Mike Gartner (23), John Barrett (2)3–116:02 WSH
3rd period
- Mike Gartner (27)Mike Ridley (27), Larry Murphy (40)4–101:02 WSH
Steve Tambellini (15)Moe Lemay (14)4–204:55 VAN
Jim Sandlak (12)Unassisted4–311:44 VAN- Mike Gartner (28)Dave Christian (21), Larry Murphy (41)5–313:44 WSH
- Mike Gartner (29)Gaetan Duchesne (25)6–319:08 WSH · ·
Team stats
WSHVAN
2831
0%0%
0/30/8
2717
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:19 into the first period
Ed Kastelic · roughing2 min - 11:16 into the first period
Jim Sandlak · tripping2 min - 13:02 into the first periodBrent Peterson · high sticking2 min
- 13:02 into the first periodBrent Peterson · fighting5 min
- 13:02 into the first periodAlan Haworth · high sticking2 min
- 13:02 into the first periodAlan Haworth · fighting5 min
- 14:19 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3:27 into the second periodScott Stevens · holding2 min
- 3:27 into the second periodScott Stevens · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 7:45 into the second periodDavid Bruce · hooking2 min
- 9:37 into the second periodGarry Galley · tripping2 min
- 18:12 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · tripping2 min
- 5:27 into the third periodDave Richter · roughing2 min
- 8:38 into the third periodGreg Smith · hooking2 min
- 17:48 into the third periodDave Richter · high sticking2 min
- 17:48 into the third periodDave Richter · roughing2 min
- 17:48 into the third periodScott Stevens · roughing double minor4 min
- 18:42 into the third periodRod Langway · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 4 | 2 | 6 | +4 | 7 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Vancouver Canucks
| 14Moe LemayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 16Dan HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Marc CrawfordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25David BruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 32Robin BartelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | – |