Washington Capitals vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Saturday, October 31, 1987 · Met Center
Scoring
1st period
Mike Ridley (4)Scott Stevens (8), Larry Murphy (9)1–011:16 WSH ·
2nd period
Keith Acton (3)Basil Mcrae (3)1–102:22 MNS
3rd period
- Keith Acton (4)Brian MacLellan (2), Gordie Roberts (5)1–202:21 MNS
Scott Stevens (1)Unassisted2–211:09 WSH · 
Dale Hunter (5)Larry Murphy (10), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (4)3–213:00 WSH · 
Neal Broten (4)Craig Hartsburg (10), Brian Bellows (2)3–316:12 MNS ·
Team stats
WSHMNS
3924
0%0%
3/51/4
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:08 into the first period
Bob Rouse · cross checking2 min - 10:36 into the first periodKeith Acton · hooking2 min
- 15:51 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 3:53 into the second periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 15:57 into the second periodKeith Acton · high sticking2 min
- 15:57 into the second periodBobby Gould · high sticking2 min
- 4:37 into the third periodFrantisek Musil · holding2 min
- 7:06 into the third periodBobby Gould · hooking2 min
- 9:59 into the third periodFrantisek Musil · holding2 min
- 12:28 into the third periodNeal Broten · high sticking2 min
- 15:09 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | T | 24 | 3 | .875 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 12Keith ActonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Ron WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | T | 39 | 3 | .923 |