Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, March 5, 1987 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Thursday, March 5, 1987 at Spectrum. The Capitals outshot the Flyers 26–21.
Goals came from Brad McCrimmon, Mark Howe, Tim Kerr, Dave Christian, Michal Pivonka and Peter Zezel.
Ron Hextall made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 17 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Brad McCrimmon (9)Dave Poulin (38)0–112:18 PHI
Mark Howe (11)Derrick Smith (18), Ilkka Sinisalo (15)0–213:10 PHI ·
2nd period
Tim Kerr (46)Pelle Eklund (37), Brad McCrimmon (17)0–311:37 PHI · 
Dave Christian (19)Scott Stevens (35), Mike Gartner (26)1–315:34 WSH
Michal Pivonka (17)Scott Stevens (36), Larry Murphy (49)2–316:57 WSH ·
3rd period
Peter Zezel (32)Brad McCrimmon (18), Doug Crossman (29)2–404:51 PHI
Team stats
WSHPHI
2621
0%0%
1/71/3
4743
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:37 into the first period
Dave Brown · misconduct10 min - 3:37 into the first periodKjell Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 3:37 into the first period
Lou Franceschetti · misconduct10 min - 11:01 into the first periodJohn Blum · interference2 min
- 11:44 into the first periodMurray Craven · hooking2 min
- 16:31 into the first periodRod Langway · hooking2 min
- 2:43 into the second periodDave Brown · fighting5 min
- 2:43 into the second periodDave Brown · misconduct10 min
- 2:43 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 2:43 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 2:43 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · high sticking2 min
- 2:43 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · roughing2 min
- 2:43 into the second periodEd Kastelic · fighting5 min
- 2:43 into the second periodEd Kastelic · misconduct10 min
- 2:43 into the second periodEd Kastelic · misconduct10 min
- 5:46 into the second periodBrad McCrimmon · slashing2 min
- 9:51 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · tripping2 min
- 16:22 into the second periodBrad McCrimmon · high sticking2 min
- 5:16 into the third periodPeter Zezel · hooking2 min
- 7:25 into the third periodMurray Craven · hooking2 min
- 9:55 into the third periodJohn Blum · cross checking2 min
- 10:20 into the third periodMark Howe · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 21 | 4 | .809 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 33Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – |