Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, March 7, 1987 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in overtime on Saturday, March 7, 1987 at Boston Garden. The Capitals outshot the Bruins 28–24.
Goals came from Geoff Courtnall, Rick Middleton, Lou Franceschetti, Gaetan Duchesne and Steve Kasper.
Doug Keans made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Geoff Courtnall (13)Michael Thelven (11)0–104:17 BOS
2nd period
Rick Middleton (22)Cam Neely (27), Thomas Gradin (22)0–206:39 BOS
3rd period
Lou Franceschetti (10)Rod Langway (22), Ed Kastelic (1)1–208:39 WSH
Gaetan Duchesne (13)Bobby Gould (21), Craig Laughlin (23)2–215:58 WSH
Overtime
Steve Kasper (17)Ray Bourque (63)2–301:26 BOS ·
Team stats
WSHBOS
2824
0%0%
0/51/5
2525
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:56 into the first period
Steve Kasper · high sticking2 min - 7:56 into the first periodSteve Kasper · roughing2 min
- 7:56 into the first period
Michal Pivonka · high sticking2 min - 7:56 into the first periodMichal Pivonka · roughing2 min
- 11:23 into the first periodAllen Pedersen · holding2 min
- 18:09 into the first periodNevin Markwart · high sticking2 min
- 19:42 into the first periodAllen Pedersen · cross checking2 min
- 19:42 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · charging2 min
- 0:40 into the second periodPete Peeters · delaying game2 min
- 4:25 into the second periodNevin Markwart · holding2 min
- 7:12 into the second periodWade Campbell · cross checking2 min
- 8:20 into the second periodRay Bourque · interference2 min
- 8:20 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · cross checking2 min
- 10:36 into the second periodJohn Blum · holding2 min
- 3:53 into the third periodNevin Markwart · slashing2 min
- 3:53 into the third periodLarry Murphy · slashing2 min
- 3:53 into the third periodLarry Murphy · slashing2 min
- 3:53 into the third periodLarry Murphy · slashing2 min
- 9:25 into the third periodKeith Crowder · holding2 min
- 11:39 into the third periodNevin Markwart · fighting5 min
- 11:39 into the third periodLarry Murphy · fighting5 min
- 1:22 into overtimeKevin Hatcher · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Thomas GradinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 38Wade CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |