Edmonton Oilers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, February 27, 1987 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 5–2 on Friday, February 27, 1987 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Oilers 38–17.
Goals came from Kelly Miller, Glenn Anderson, Michal Pivonka, Mike Gartner, Dave Christian, Mike Krushelnyski and Mike Ridley.
Pete Peeters made 15 saves on 17 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 33 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Kelly Miller (12)Gaetan Duchesne (27), Mike Ridley (29)0–107:48 WSH
2nd period
Glenn Anderson (27)Unassisted1–100:21 EDM
Michal Pivonka (13)Rod Langway (19)1–208:48 WSH
Mike Gartner (33)Unassisted1–311:58 WSH · 
Dave Christian (18)Scott Stevens (31)1–419:30 WSH
3rd period
Mike Krushelnyski (13)Esa Tikkanen (36), Kevin Lowe (24)2–414:46 EDM
Mike Ridley (27)Dave Christian (24), Rod Langway (20)2–515:39 WSH
Team stats
EDMWSH
1738
0%0%
0/40/6
2632
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:28 into the first period
Mike Gartner · hooking2 min - 8:00 into the first period
Craig Muni · tripping2 min - 17:05 into the first periodMarty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 6:25 into the second periodRandy Gregg · holding2 min
- 10:59 into the second periodPete Peeters · delaying game2 min
- 13:29 into the second periodMichal Pivonka · hooking2 min
- 14:03 into the second periodMarty McSorley · interference2 min
- 6:46 into the third periodMike Krushelnyski · fighting5 min
- 6:46 into the third periodSteve Smith · interference2 min
- 6:46 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · fighting5 min
- 9:06 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · high sticking2 min
- 9:06 into the third periodScott Stevens · high sticking2 min
- 9:06 into the third periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 10:36 into the third periodPaul Coffey · hooking2 min
- 16:44 into the third periodMarty McSorley · instigator2 min
- 16:44 into the third periodMarty McSorley · fighting5 min
- 16:44 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · fighting5 min
- 16:44 into the third periodEd Kastelic · roughing2 min
- 16:44 into the third periodEd Kastelic · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Jaroslav PouzarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Raimo SummanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 38 | 5 | .868 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 17 | 2 | .882 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – |