Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, October 19, 1987 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4–2 on Monday, October 19, 1987 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 28–22.
Goals came from Walt Poddubny, Kelly Kisio, Mike Ridley, Garry Galley, Dave Christian and Bengt-Ake Gustafsson.
Clint Malarchuk made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Walt Poddubny (4)Brian Mullen (2), Pierre Larouche (6)0–105:17 NYR · 
Kelly Kisio (3)Unassisted0–211:27 NYR ·
2nd period
Mike Ridley (2)Rod Langway (2), Peter Sundstrom (2)1–210:39 WSH
3rd period
Garry Galley (2)Dave Christian (2)2–204:20 WSH
Dave Christian (3)Michal Pivonka (3), Scott Stevens (4)3–213:32 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (4)Peter Sundstrom (3), Scott Stevens (5)4–219:17 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHNYR
2822
0%0%
0/41/6
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:40 into the first period
Garry Galley · holding2 min - 6:37 into the first period
David Shaw · holding2 min - 9:42 into the first periodWillie Huber · high sticking2 min
- 0:44 into the second periodDale Hunter · interference2 min
- 7:34 into the second periodJames Patrick · holding2 min
- 13:44 into the second periodLarry Murphy · holding2 min
- 17:16 into the second periodMike Gartner · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodPaul Cavallini · holding2 min
- 3:05 into the third periodScott Stevens · high sticking2 min
- 4:03 into the third periodPierre Larouche · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul CavalliniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
New York Rangers
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Gord WalkerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Bruce BellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |