Detroit Red Wings vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Tuesday, February 24, 1987 · Capital Centre

2–8

34–30

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Detroit Red Wings 8–2 on Tuesday, February 24, 1987 at Capital Centre. The Red Wings outshot the Capitals 34–30.

David Jensen scored twice and Mike Gartner scored twice. Bobby Gould, Dave Christian, Mike Ridley, Alan Haworth, Tim Higgins and Brent Ashton also scored.

Pete Peeters made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Greg Stefan stopped 7 of 13.

Goals
DET	0	0	2	2	34
WSH	4	3	1	8	30

Scoring

1st period

Bobby Gould (18)Gaetan Duchesne (26), Larry Murphy (44)0–102:45 WSH
Dave Christian (17)Larry Murphy (45)0–205:48 WSH
Mike Ridley (26)Scott Stevens (30), Dave Christian (23)0–314:27 WSH ·
David Jensen (4)Craig Laughlin (20), Alan Haworth (9)0–418:29 WSH

2nd period

Mike Gartner (31)Mike Ridley (28)0–500:53 WSH
David Jensen (5)Rod Langway (17), Garry Galley (14)0–601:31 WSH
Alan Haworth (20)Michal Pivonka (24), Mike Gartner (24)0–719:00 WSH ·

3rd period

Tim Higgins (9)Darren Veitch (35), Petr Klima (16)1–700:30 DET
Brent Ashton (32)Shawn Burr (18), Gilbert Delorme (2)2–713:17 DET
Mike Gartner (32)Garry Galley (15), Rod Langway (18)2–816:33 WSH

Team stats

DETWSH

3430

0%0%

0/22/5

3320

Penalties

14:20 into the first periodSteve Yzerman · tripping2 min
3:13 into the second periodJoey Kocur · roughing2 min
3:13 into the second periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
3:57 into the second periodEd Kastelic · interference2 min
15:05 into the second periodGilbert Delorme · cross checking2 min
18:19 into the second periodShawn Burr · holding2 min
2:40 into the third periodRick Zombo · roughing double minor4 min
2:40 into the third periodRic Seiling · fighting5 min
2:40 into the third periodEd Kastelic · fighting5 min
2:40 into the third periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
4:13 into the third periodMike O'connell · roughing2 min
4:13 into the third periodMike O'connell · game misconduct10 min
4:13 into the third periodGlen Hanlon · slashing2 min
4:13 into the third periodMike Gartner · slashing2 min
4:13 into the third periodMike Gartner · high sticking5 min
11:27 into the third periodJoey Kocur · roughing2 min
11:27 into the third periodGaetan Duchesne · roughing2 min

Season series

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

11Shawn BurrL	0	1	1	+1	0	2	–	–
14Brent AshtonL	1	0	1	+1	4	0	–	–
20Tim HigginsR	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
85Petr KlimaR	0	1	1	0	3	0	–	–
5Darren VeitchD	0	1	1	−1	6	0	–	–
29Gilbert DelormeD	0	1	1	−2	3	2	–	–
8Mark LambC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
16Ric SeilingR	0	0	0	0	1	5	–	–
17Gerard GallantL	0	0	0	−3	1	0	–	–
19Steve YzermanC	0	0	0	−2	1	2	–	–
21Adam OatesC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
22Dave BarrR	0	0	0	−3	0	0	–	–
26Joey KocurR	0	0	0	−1	4	4	–	–
28Dale KrentzL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
2Mike O'connellD	0	0	0	−3	2	12	–	–
3Steve ChiassonD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
4Rick ZomboD	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	–
52Dave LewisD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie
1Glen HanlonG		17	15	2	.882	38:22
30Greg StefanG	L	13	7	6	.538	21:31

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

11Mike GartnerR	2	1	3	+2	5	7	–	–
9David JensenC	2	0	2	+2	3	0	–	–
15Alan HaworthC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	–	–
17Mike RidleyC	1	1	2	+2	2	0	–	–
27Dave ChristianR	1	1	2	+2	3	0	–	–
2Garry GalleyD	0	2	2	+2	2	0	–	–
5Rod LangwayD	0	2	2	+2	1	0	–	–
8Larry MurphyD	0	2	2	+2	2	0	–	–
14Gaetan DuchesneL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	–	–
18Craig LaughlinR	0	1	1	+2	0	0	–	–
20Michal PivonkaC	0	1	1	−1	1	0	–	–
23Bobby GouldR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–
3Scott StevensD	0	1	1	+2	1	4	–	–
10Kelly MillerL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
29Ed KastelicR	0	0	0	−1	1	7	–	–
32Lou FranceschettiL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
4Kevin HatcherD	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
19Greg SmithD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Pete PeetersG	W	34	32	2	.941	60:00
31Bob MasonG		0	0	0	–	00:00