Washington Capitals vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, October 8, 1987 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 on Thursday, October 8, 1987 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Capitals 34–26.
Mike Gartner scored twice and Bob Sweeney scored twice. Willi Plett, Greg Smith and Cam Neely also scored.
Rejean Lemelin made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 30 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Gartner (1)Greg Adams (1), Dale Hunter (1)1–000:48 WSH
Willi Plett (1)Glen Wesley (1)1–119:09 BOS ·
2nd period
Bob Sweeney (1)Rick Middleton (1)1–201:44 BOS
Greg Smith (1)Peter Sundstrom (1), Kelly Miller (1)2–214:21 WSH
3rd period
- Bob Sweeney (2)Keith Crowder (1), Geoff Courtnall (1)2–309:39 BOS
- Mike Gartner (2)Rod Langway (1), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1)3–312:55 WSH
Cam Neely (1)Geoff Courtnall (2), Ray Bourque (1)3–417:55 BOS
Team stats
WSHBOS
2634
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0/31/4
2015
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00
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00
Penalties
- 5:04 into the first period
Willi Plett · roughing2 min - 6:01 into the first period
Mike Gartner · interference2 min - 7:18 into the first periodCam Neely · charging2 min
- 10:09 into the first periodJay Miller · fighting5 min
- 10:09 into the first periodEd Kastelic · fighting5 min
- 13:51 into the first periodMichael Thelven · holding2 min
- 16:36 into the first periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
- 16:36 into the first periodGreg Smith · roughing2 min
- 17:19 into the first periodNevin Markwart · roughing2 min
- 17:19 into the first periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 18:07 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · interference2 min
- 5:46 into the second periodGreg Smith · holding2 min
- 18:16 into the third periodScott Stevens · high sticking5 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul CavalliniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 34 | 4 | .882 |
Boston Bruins
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 38Kraig NienhuisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |