Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, March 22, 1987 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 4–3 on Sunday, March 22, 1987 at Capital Centre. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 30–29.
Gaetan Duchesne scored twice. Rick Middleton, Alan Haworth, Tom McCarthy, Greg Adams and Mike Milbury also scored.
Pete Peeters made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Doug Keans stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Middleton (28)Thomas Gradin (28), Mike Milbury (16)1–016:20 BOS · 
Alan Haworth (23)Greg Adams (30), Craig Laughlin (27)1–117:23 WSH
2nd period
Gaetan Duchesne (15)Bobby Gould (22)1–202:03 WSH
Tom McCarthy (26)Cam Neely (29), Dave Reid (2)2–212:56 BOS
3rd period
Greg Adams (10)Alan Haworth (11), Rod Langway (25)2–308:11 WSH
Mike Milbury (6)Rick Middleton (33), Thomas Gradin (29)3–316:22 BOS- Gaetan Duchesne (16)Larry Murphy (55), Bobby Gould (23)3–418:02 WSH
Team stats
BOSWSH
3029
0%0%
0/50/3
812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 15:22 into the first period
Geoff Courtnall · hooking2 min - 2:22 into the second period
Pete Peeters · delaying game2 min - 17:14 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · holding2 min
- 17:40 into the second periodMike Milbury · holding2 min
- 17:40 into the second periodGreg Adams · interference2 min
- 19:46 into the second periodKelly Miller · tripping2 min
- 3:30 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 4:17 into the third periodKeith Crowder · tripping2 min
- 11:37 into the third periodScott Stevens · cross checking2 min
- 19:55 into the third periodPete Peeters · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 10Thomas GradinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Tom McCarthyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Dave ReidL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
Washington Capitals
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – |