New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, March 3, 1987 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 3–2 on Tuesday, March 3, 1987 at Capital Centre. The Devils outshot the Capitals 34–24.
Goals came from John Blum, Mike Gartner, Michal Pivonka, Aaron Broten and Doug Sulliman.
Pete Peeters made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Craig Billington stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
John Blum (1)Michal Pivonka (25), Lou Franceschetti (9)0–104:38 WSH
Mike Gartner (35)Larry Murphy (48), Scott Stevens (33)0–211:54 WSH
2nd period
Michal Pivonka (16)Scott Stevens (34), Craig Laughlin (22)0–319:42 WSH
3rd period
Aaron Broten (18)Kirk Muller (34), Pat Verbeek (21)1–312:25 NJD
Doug Sulliman (24)Mark Johnson (16)2–313:47 NJD
Team stats
NJDWSH
3424
0%0%
0/40/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:22 into the first period
Gordon Mark · holding2 min - 9:05 into the first periodPat Verbeek · hooking2 min
- 10:36 into the first period
Garry Galley · hooking2 min - 19:47 into the first periodGaetan Duchesne · hooking2 min
- 5:33 into the second periodJoe Cirella · hooking2 min
- 5:51 into the third periodBobby Gould · tripping2 min
- 8:59 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 15:11 into the third periodPat Verbeek · high sticking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Richard ChernomazR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Steve RichmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
Washington Capitals
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – |