Washington Capitals vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Tuesday, October 27, 1987 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 3–2 on Tuesday, October 27, 1987 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Capitals 33–18.
Goals came from Peter Sundstrom, Greg Adams, Mike Ridley, Rich Sutter and Steve Tambellini.
Pete Peeters made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 15 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Sundstrom (3)Kelly Miller (3), Rod Langway (4)1–008:34 WSH · 
Greg Adams (3)Bobby Gould (1), Scott Stevens (6)2–019:37 WSH
2nd period
Mike Ridley (3)Rod Langway (5), Garry Galley (2)3–012:58 WSH · 
Rich Sutter (2)Barry Pederson (4), Dave Lowry (1)3–118:53 VAN
3rd period
Steve Tambellini (1)Dave Lowry (2), Greg Adams (3)3–203:24 VAN ·
Team stats
WSHVAN
1833
0%0%
1/61/7
3331
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:33 into the first period
Jim Benning · interference2 min - 5:01 into the first period
Peter Sundstrom · interference2 min - 7:48 into the first periodGreg Adams · high sticking2 min
- 10:41 into the first periodGarth Butcher · high sticking2 min
- 15:32 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · hooking2 min
- 7:33 into the second periodDave Richter · instigator2 min
- 7:33 into the second periodDave Richter · fighting5 min
- 7:33 into the second periodDave Richter · game misconduct10 min
- 7:33 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · fighting5 min
- 7:33 into the second periodDale Hunter · game misconduct10 min
- 9:43 into the second periodGarry Galley · holding2 min
- 11:14 into the second periodStan Smyl · roughing2 min
- 11:14 into the second periodPaul Cavallini · roughing2 min
- 12:45 into the second periodMichel Petit · hooking2 min
- 15:51 into the second periodPaul Cavallini · slashing2 min
- 0:14 into the third periodCraig Coxe · holding2 min
- 2:55 into the third periodPeter Sundstrom · roughing2 min
- 7:49 into the third periodLarry Murphy · roughing2 min
- 14:32 into the third periodGreg Adams · holding2 min
- 14:32 into the third periodStan Smyl · roughing2 min
- 14:32 into the third periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul CavalliniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 9 | 1 | .889 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 22Dave LowryL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Raimo SummanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Craig CoxeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25David BruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 18 | 3 | .833 |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | – |