Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Sunday, April 5, 1987 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 6–5 in overtime on Sunday, April 5, 1987 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Capitals outshot the Devils 25–24.
Greg Adams scored a hat trick. Craig Wolanin, Claude Loiselle, Alan Haworth, Aaron Broten, Larry Murphy, John Blum, Mike Gartner and Lou Franceschetti also scored.
Bob Mason made 19 saves on 24 shots for the win; Craig Billington stopped 19 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Craig Wolanin (4)Doug Sulliman (26), Mark Johnson (26)0–112:36 NJD
Claude Loiselle (16)Aaron Broten (53), Kirk Muller (50)0–215:56 NJD ·
2nd period
Alan Haworth (25)Scott Stevens (51), Mike Gartner (32)1–206:35 WSH · 
Aaron Broten (26)Claude Loiselle (24), Randy Velischek (16)1–307:43 NJD
Greg Adams (14)Alan Haworth (15), Craig Laughlin (29)2–315:25 WSH
3rd period
Greg Adams (19)Perry Anderson (9), Ken Daneyko (12)2–409:34 NJD
Larry Murphy (23)Craig Laughlin (30), Alan Haworth (16)3–412:26 WSH
John Blum (2)Bobby Gould (25), Gaetan Duchesne (33)4–412:53 WSH
Mike Gartner (41)Gaetan Duchesne (34), Bobby Gould (26)5–416:25 WSH- Greg Adams (20)John MacLean (36)5–516:58 NJD
Overtime
Lou Franceschetti (12)Gaetan Duchesne (35), Bobby Gould (27)6–500:12 WSH
Team stats
WSHNJD
2524
0%0%
1/51/7
5147
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:42 into the first period
Perry Anderson · slashing2 min - 9:40 into the first period
Scott Stevens · hooking2 min - 15:48 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · tripping2 min
- 0:42 into the second periodScott Stevens · slashing2 min
- 1:31 into the second periodJohn Blum · cross checking2 min
- 5:42 into the second periodJoe Cirella · high sticking2 min
- 5:42 into the second periodJoe Cirella · fighting5 min
- 5:42 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · fighting5 min
- 7:10 into the second periodGordon Mark · fighting5 min
- 7:10 into the second periodEd Kastelic · fighting5 min
- 8:03 into the second periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 8:03 into the second periodAllan Stewart · instigator2 min
- 8:03 into the second periodAllan Stewart · fighting5 min
- 8:03 into the second periodAllan Stewart · head butting10 min
- 8:03 into the second periodCraig Billington · misconduct10 min
- 8:03 into the second periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min
- 8:03 into the second periodScott Stevens · misconduct10 min
- 8:03 into the second periodScott Stevens · head butting10 min
- 17:29 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · cross checking2 min
- 17:53 into the second periodGreg Adams · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodGreg Smith · tripping2 min
- 6:43 into the third periodGreg Smith · hooking2 min
- 16:25 into the third periodCraig Wolanin · roughing2 min
- 16:25 into the third periodGaetan Duchesne · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob MasonG | W | 24 | 5 | .792 |
New Jersey Devils
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Richard ChernomazR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 14Allan StewartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Tim LenardonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | L | 25 | 6 | .760 |