Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, October 10, 1987 · Capital Centre

4–6

29–33

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6–4 on Saturday, October 10, 1987 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Blackhawks 33–29.

Mike Gartner scored a hat trick, Rick Vaive scored twice and Craig Laughlin scored twice. Keith Brown, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Duane Sutter also scored.

Clint Malarchuk made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Darren Pang stopped 27 of 33.

Goals
CHI	2	1	1	4	29
WSH	4	2	0	6	33

Scoring

1st period

Mike Gartner (3)Dale Hunter (2), Scott Stevens (1)0–101:11 WSH
Rick Vaive (1)Troy Murray (3)1–101:44 CHI
Mike Gartner (4)Larry Murphy (1), Mike Ridley (1)1–205:49 WSH
Keith Brown (1)Wayne Presley (1), Dave Manson (1)2–212:19 CHI
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1)Unassisted2–318:48 WSH ·
Craig Laughlin (1)Kelly Miller (2)2–419:50 WSH

2nd period

Craig Laughlin (2)Mike Gartner (1), Scott Stevens (2)2–511:52 WSH ·
Mike Gartner (5)Michal Pivonka (1), Dale Hunter (3)2–613:31 WSH ·
Duane Sutter (2)Denis Savard (2), Troy Murray (4)3–617:32 CHI ·

3rd period

Rick Vaive (2)Denis Savard (3)4–604:11 CHI

Team stats

CHIWSH

2933

0%0%

1/72/5

2125

Penalties

2:41 into the first periodMichal Pivonka · interference2 min
3:07 into the first periodTroy Murray · hooking2 min
9:59 into the first periodGlen Cochrane · cross checking2 min
9:59 into the first periodDale Hunter · cross checking2 min
12:45 into the first periodSteve Ludzik · holding2 min
14:30 into the first periodBob Mcgill · roughing2 min
17:30 into the first periodDave Manson · fighting5 min
17:30 into the first periodPaul Cavallini · instigator2 min
17:30 into the first periodPaul Cavallini · fighting5 min
4:56 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
11:08 into the second periodGlen Cochrane · high sticking2 min
11:08 into the second periodGlen Cochrane · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
14:56 into the second periodPaul Cavallini · high sticking2 min
17:18 into the second periodScott Stevens · tripping2 min
6:21 into the third periodRick Vaive · roughing2 min
6:21 into the third periodPaul Cavallini · roughing2 min
9:48 into the third periodMike Gartner · cross checking2 min
13:31 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
16:16 into the third periodWayne Presley · roughing2 min
16:16 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min

Season series

Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks skaters

18Denis SavardC	0	2	2	0	5	0	–	–
19Troy MurrayC	0	2	2	−1	0	2	–	–
27Rick VaiveR	2	0	2	−1	3	2	–	–
16Duane SutterR	1	0	1	−1	3	0	–	–
17Wayne PresleyR	0	1	1	0	3	2	–	–
3Dave MansonD	0	1	1	0	0	5	–	–
4Keith BrownD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
7Everett SanipassL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
10Brian NoonanR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
11Dan VinceletteL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
12Mike StapletonC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
28Steve LarmerR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
29Steve LudzikC	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
5Glen CochraneD	0	0	0	0	0	6	–	–
6Bob MurrayD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
22Gary NylundD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
24Doug WilsonD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
25Bob McgillD	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–

Chicago Blackhawks goalies
Goalie
31Bob MasonG		0	0	0	–	–
40Darren PangG	L	33	27	6	.818	60:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

11Mike GartnerR	3	1	4	+1	8	2	–	–
18Craig LaughlinR	2	0	2	0	3	0	–	–
32Dale HunterC	0	2	2	+1	3	6	–	–
3Scott StevensD	0	2	2	−1	0	2	–	–
10Kelly MillerL	0	1	1	+1	5	0	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	1	0	1	−1	2	0	–	–
17Mike RidleyC	0	1	1	−2	2	0	–	–
20Michal PivonkaC	0	1	1	0	1	2	–	–
8Larry MurphyD	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	–
12Peter SundstromL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
22Greg AdamsL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
25Lou FranceschettiL	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
27Dave ChristianR	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
29Ed KastelicR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
2Garry GalleyD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
5Rod LangwayD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	–	–
19Greg SmithD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	–	–
28Paul CavalliniD	0	0	0	+1	1	11	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Pete PeetersG		0	0	0	–	–
30Clint MalarchukG	W	29	25	4	.862	60:00