Hartford Whalers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, October 16, 1987 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Hartford Whalers 6–2 on Friday, October 16, 1987 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Whalers 36–19.
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson scored twice and Kevin Dineen scored twice. Peter Sundstrom, Paul Cavallini, Dave Christian and Mike Gartner also scored.
Clint Malarchuk made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Peter Sidorkiewicz stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Sundstrom (1)Unassisted0–105:41 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2)Larry Murphy (3)0–207:49 WSH · 
Paul Cavallini (2)Michal Pivonka (2), Lou Franceschetti (1)0–310:32 WSH
2nd period
Dave Christian (2)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (3), Larry Murphy (4)0–404:40 WSH · 
Kevin Dineen (1)Ron Francis (4)1–414:14 HFD
3rd period
- Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (3)Garry Galley (1), Larry Murphy (5)1–503:18 WSH ·
- Kevin Dineen (2)Paul Lawless (1), Ulf Samuelsson (1)2–512:21 HFD ·
Mike Gartner (7)Unassisted2–614:17 WSH ·
Team stats
HFDWSH
1936
0%0%
1/83/9
7639
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:14 into the first period
Mark Reeds · boarding2 min - 6:47 into the first period
Lou Franceschetti · tripping2 min - 8:34 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 8:34 into the first periodMike Gartner · high sticking2 min
- 14:16 into the first periodShane Churla · roughing2 min
- 14:16 into the first periodShane Churla · fighting5 min
- 14:16 into the first periodScot Kleinendorst · roughing2 min
- 14:16 into the first periodRandy Ladouceur · roughing2 min
- 14:16 into the first periodDave Williams · fighting5 min
- 14:16 into the first periodDave Williams · game misconduct10 min
- 14:16 into the first periodPaul Cavallini · roughing2 min
- 14:16 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · fighting5 min
- 14:16 into the first periodEd Kastelic · roughing2 min
- 14:16 into the first periodEd Kastelic · fighting5 min
- 14:16 into the first periodLarry Murphy · roughing2 min
- 18:23 into the first periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 1:03 into the second periodScot Kleinendorst · tripping2 min
- 3:40 into the second periodShane Churla · butt ending2 min
- 3:40 into the second periodShane Churla · fighting5 min
- 3:40 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · fighting5 min
- 4:22 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · slashing2 min
- 4:22 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · game misconduct10 min
- 8:19 into the second periodStew Gavin · hooking2 min
- 10:33 into the second periodGreg Smith · holding2 min
- 10:48 into the second periodLarry Murphy · holding2 min
- 11:33 into the second periodRay Ferraro · tripping2 min
- 16:20 into the second periodMichal Pivonka · tripping2 min
- 19:43 into the second periodGreg Adams · holding2 min
- 2:07 into the third periodPaul Macdermid · high sticking5 min
- 11:15 into the third periodMichal Pivonka · boarding2 min
- 14:11 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · hooking2 min
- 14:17 into the third periodBrent Peterson · misconduct10 min
- 17:17 into the third periodKevin Dineen · roughing2 min
- 17:17 into the third periodDale Hunter · holding2 min
- 19:06 into the third periodRandy Ladouceur · roughing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 11Kevin DineenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | L | 36 | 6 | .833 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul CavalliniD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 19 | 2 | .895 |