New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, October 17, 1987 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4–3 on Saturday, October 17, 1987 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 31–29.
Dale Hunter scored twice. Peter Sundstrom, Marcel Dionne, Kelly Kisio, David Shaw and Rod Langway also scored.
Clint Malarchuk made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Bob Froese stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Sundstrom (2)Unassisted0–110:17 WSH
Marcel Dionne (5)Walt Poddubny (4), Tomas Sandstrom (3)1–113:21 NYR · 
Dale Hunter (1)Larry Murphy (6)1–216:51 WSH · 
Kelly Kisio (2)Don Maloney (2), Lucien DeBlois (1)2–219:09 NYR
2nd period
David Shaw (1)Tomas Sandstrom (4), Walt Poddubny (5)3–201:33 NYR ·
3rd period
Rod Langway (1)Unassisted3–317:18 WSH- Dale Hunter (2)Larry Murphy (7), Scott Stevens (3)3–418:06 WSH
Team stats
NYRWSH
2931
0%0%
2/71/5
1216
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:17 into the first period
Mike Gartner · hooking2 min - 10:54 into the first period
Lucien DeBlois · hooking2 min - 12:41 into the first periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 15:53 into the first periodMarcel Dionne · hooking2 min
- 19:57 into the first periodRod Langway · hooking2 min
- 5:17 into the second periodMarcel Dionne · interference2 min
- 5:17 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · high sticking2 min
- 5:17 into the second periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 8:06 into the second periodGreg Smith · cross checking2 min
- 10:23 into the second periodKelly Kisio · cross checking2 min
- 12:14 into the second periodGarry Galley · holding2 min
- 14:00 into the second periodPaul Cavallini · high sticking2 min
- 1:36 into the third periodRon Duguay · holding2 min
- 2:56 into the third periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Gord WalkerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 32Dale HunterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul CavalliniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |