Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, April 1, 1987 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5–1 on Wednesday, April 1, 1987 at Madison Square Garden.
Kelly Miller scored twice. Mike Gartner, Gaetan Duchesne, Greg Adams and Tomas Sandstrom also scored.
Pete Peeters made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Bob Froese stopped 17 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Kelly Miller (15)Alan Haworth (13), Larry Murphy (58)1–016:34 WSH · 
Mike Gartner (39)John Blum (8)2–017:38 WSH
2nd period
Gaetan Duchesne (17)Bobby Gould (24), Scott Stevens (48)3–010:30 WSH
Greg Adams (13)Scott Stevens (49)4–015:55 WSH- Kelly Miller (16)Gaetan Duchesne (32), Scott Stevens (50)5–018:37 WSH
3rd period
Tomas Sandstrom (40)Larry Melnyk (12)5–119:59 NYR
Team stats
WSHNYR
3030
0%0%
1/50/5
1919
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:42 into the first period
Tomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min - 3:42 into the first period
Lou Franceschetti · roughing double minor4 min - 10:16 into the first periodLarry Melnyk · tripping2 min
- 11:16 into the first periodScott Stevens · tripping2 min
- 15:17 into the first periodLucien DeBlois · cross checking2 min
- 4:59 into the second periodJay Caufield · high sticking2 min
- 8:14 into the second periodBobby Gould · tripping2 min
- 1:54 into the third periodGreg Adams · hooking2 min
- 3:31 into the third periodJeff Jackson · elbowing2 min
- 3:31 into the third periodGaetan Duchesne · slashing2 min
- 7:25 into the third periodLucien DeBlois · cross checking2 min
- 10:28 into the third periodLarry Melnyk · high sticking2 min
- 11:21 into the third periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 16:18 into the third periodPat Price · fighting5 min
- 16:18 into the third periodEd Kastelic · fighting5 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 30 | 1 | .967 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Jeff JacksonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Jay CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 47Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | L | 22 | 5 | .773 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 8 | 0 | 1.000 |