New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 8, 1987 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 4–3 on Wednesday, April 8, 1987 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 32–28.
Goals came from Mike Gartner, Gaetan Duchesne, Kelly Miller, Patrick Flatley, Mike Ridley, Mike Bossy and Bryan Trottier.
Pete Peeters made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Gartner (1)Dave Christian (1)0–100:15 WSH
Gaetan Duchesne (1)Bobby Gould (1), Kelly Miller (1)0–208:10 WSH
Kelly Miller (1)Bobby Gould (2)0–312:00 WSH
2nd period
Patrick Flatley (1)Randy Boyd (1), Pat LaFontaine (1)1–313:12 NYI
3rd period
Mike Ridley (1)Mike Gartner (1)1–408:30 WSH
Mike Bossy (1)Denis Potvin (1)2–410:47 NYI · 
Bryan Trottier (1)Denis Potvin (2), Mike Bossy (1)3–418:57 NYI
Team stats
NYIWSH
2832
0%0%
1/60/5
3535
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:45 into the first period
Duane Sutter · slashing2 min - 14:02 into the first period
Dave Christian · hooking2 min - 15:47 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · tripping2 min
- 9:44 into the second periodDave Christian · tripping2 min
- 10:21 into the second periodBryan Trottier · interference2 min
- 14:09 into the second periodDenis Potvin · roughing2 min
- 14:09 into the second periodDuane Sutter · misconduct10 min
- 14:09 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · slashing2 min
- 14:09 into the second periodGreg Adams · misconduct10 min
- 17:35 into the second periodGerald Diduck · roughing2 min
- 17:35 into the second periodGaetan Duchesne · roughing2 min
- 19:11 into the second periodAlan Kerr · interference2 min
- 19:58 into the second periodDenis Potvin · holding2 min
- 19:58 into the second periodMike Ridley · charging2 min
- 2:28 into the third periodPete Peeters · delaying game2 min
- 5:54 into the third periodBrian Curran · roughing2 min
- 5:54 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · roughing2 min
- 10:05 into the third periodGerald Diduck · fighting5 min
- 10:05 into the third periodGreg Smith · instigator2 min
- 10:05 into the third periodGreg Smith · fighting5 min
- 11:10 into the third periodGreg Adams · high sticking double minor4 min
- 12:25 into the third periodPatrick Flatley · roughing2 min
- 12:25 into the third periodRichard Kromm · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – |