Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, October 22, 1987 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 on Thursday, October 22, 1987 at Spectrum. The Capitals outshot the Flyers 32–22.
Greg Adams scored twice. Doug Crossman, Kelly Miller and Dave Christian also scored.
Clint Malarchuk made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Wendell Young stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Adams (1)Unassisted1–018:12 WSH
2nd period
Doug Crossman (2)Murray Craven (3), Brian Propp (6)1–104:26 PHI · 
Kelly Miller (1)Mike Ridley (3), Paul Cavallini (2)2–114:36 WSH
Dave Christian (4)Craig Laughlin (1), Dale Hunter (4)3–119:16 WSH
3rd period
- Greg Adams (2)Greg Smith (1)4–108:23 WSH
Team stats
WSHPHI
3222
0%0%
0/61/4
1618
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:26 into the first period
Rick Tocchet · slashing2 min - 0:26 into the first periodPeter Zezel · charging2 min
- 0:26 into the first period
Dale Hunter · slashing2 min - 2:40 into the first periodGreg Adams · interference2 min
- 8:34 into the first periodBrian Propp · interference2 min
- 3:10 into the second periodPaul Cavallini · hooking2 min
- 7:53 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · hooking2 min
- 13:55 into the second periodPeter Zezel · high sticking2 min
- 13:55 into the second periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 0:41 into the third periodKerry Huffman · holding2 min
- 4:04 into the third periodRick Tocchet · high sticking2 min
- 4:04 into the third periodRick Tocchet · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:23 into the third periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · interference2 min
- 5:58 into the third periodKerry Huffman · holding2 min
- 11:42 into the third periodLindsay Carson · roughing2 min
- 11:42 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · high sticking2 min
- 11:42 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 22Greg AdamsL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul CavalliniD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 9David JensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Wendell YoungG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |