Los Angeles Kings vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, March 17, 1987 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 on Tuesday, March 17, 1987 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Kings 35–27.
Greg Adams scored a hat trick and Bernie Nicholls scored a hat trick. Kelly Miller, Grant Ledyard and Dave Williams also scored.
Roland Melanson made 31 saves on 35 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 3 of 4.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Adams (7)Garry Galley (19), Rod Langway (24)0–106:59 WSH · 
Kelly Miller (14)Larry Murphy (53), Gaetan Duchesne (28)0–211:59 WSH
Bernie Nicholls (25)Mark Hardy (20)1–216:02 LAK
2nd period
- Greg Adams (8)Greg Smith (8), Craig Laughlin (25)1–313:51 WSH
3rd period
Grant Ledyard (13)Bernie Nicholls (43), Jim Fox (34)2–303:04 LAK
Dave Williams (15)Bernie Nicholls (44), Jim Fox (35)3–303:23 LAK- Bernie Nicholls (26)Unassisted4–303:54 LAK
- Greg Adams (9)Larry Murphy (54)4–405:29 WSH
- Bernie Nicholls (27)Dave Williams (15), Mark Hardy (21)5–406:27 LAK
Team stats
LAKWSH
2735
0%0%
0/41/2
89
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:01 into the first period
Mark Hardy · cross checking2 min - 14:02 into the first period
David Jensen · interference2 min - 18:32 into the first periodSteve Duchesne · hooking2 min
- 9:19 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · cross checking2 min
- 15:45 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · roughing2 min
- 15:45 into the second periodGreg Smith · fighting5 min
- 18:12 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 3 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 7 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Grant LedyardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Roland MelansonG | W | 35 | 4 | .886 |
Washington Capitals
| 22Greg AdamsL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Jim ThomsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 4 | 1 | .750 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 23 | 4 | .826 |