Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, March 24, 1987 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 3–1 on Tuesday, March 24, 1987 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 26–21.
Goals came from Mike Ridley, Craig Laughlin, Pat LaFontaine and Bobby Gould.
Bob Mason made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 18 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Ridley (30)Scott Stevens (44), Mike Gartner (31)1–018:36 WSH
2nd period
Craig Laughlin (21)Alan Haworth (12), Larry Murphy (56)2–011:48 WSH · 
Pat LaFontaine (35)Gerald Diduck (3), Mikko Makela (27)2–119:08 NYI
3rd period
Bobby Gould (21)John Blum (7), Kelly Miller (26)3–108:13 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYI
2126
0%0%
1/40/2
913
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:11 into the second period
Steve Konroyd · holding2 min - 5:06 into the second period
Greg Adams · interference2 min - 7:11 into the second periodKelly Hrudey · delaying game2 min
- 11:08 into the second periodGerald Diduck · high sticking2 min
- 14:03 into the second periodDuane Sutter · instigator2 min
- 14:03 into the second periodDuane Sutter · fighting5 min
- 14:03 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · fighting5 min
- 11:52 into the third periodKelly Miller · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob MasonG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |
New York Islanders
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Neal CoulterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Ari HaanpaaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 21 | 3 | .857 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |