Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Saturday, November 7, 1987 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 4–1 on Saturday, November 7, 1987 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Capitals outshot the Devils 23–22.
Goals came from Patrik Sundstrom, Kevin Hatcher, Pat Verbeek, Doug Brown and Mark Johnson.
Bob Sauve made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 18 of 22.
Scoring
2nd period
Patrik Sundstrom (5)Mark Johnson (2), Tom Kurvers (5)0–113:25 NJD · 
Kevin Hatcher (1)Unassisted1–118:56 WSH · 
Pat Verbeek (12)Ken Daneyko (1), Kirk Muller (13)1–219:28 NJD
3rd period
Doug Brown (3)Claude Loiselle (1), Gordon Mark (1)1–301:57 NJD
Mark Johnson (1)Kirk Muller (14), Pat Verbeek (5)1–404:50 NJD ·
Team stats
WSHNJD
2322
0%0%
1/32/5
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:26 into the first period
Dale Hunter · roughing2 min - 18:50 into the first period
Craig Wolanin · boarding2 min - 11:59 into the second periodDale Hunter · charging2 min
- 13:34 into the second periodPeter Sundstrom · interference2 min
- 17:22 into the second periodJim Korn · interference2 min
- 4:31 into the third periodPaul Cavallini · slashing2 min
- 8:18 into the third periodGreg Smith · interference2 min
- 14:56 into the third periodTom Kurvers · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul CavalliniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 22 | 4 | .818 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – |