Washington Capitals vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, November 21, 1987 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Hartford Whalers 4–3 on Saturday, November 21, 1987 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Capitals 32–23.
Mike Gartner scored twice and Sylvain Turgeon scored twice. Dave Babych, Mike Ridley and Kevin Hatcher also scored.
Clint Malarchuk made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Babych (2)John Anderson (11)0–116:43 HFD · 
Mike Gartner (12)Greg Smith (2)1–118:50 WSH
2nd period
- Mike Gartner (13)Dale Hunter (8), Larry Murphy (16)2–101:17 WSH ·
Mike Ridley (7)Kevin Hatcher (3), Garry Galley (4)3–102:49 WSH · 
Sylvain Turgeon (6)Ray Ferraro (5), Paul Macdermid (2)3–211:21 HFD ·
3rd period
Kevin Hatcher (2)Unassisted4–209:16 WSH- Sylvain Turgeon (7)Kevin Dineen (6), Dave Babych (13)4–318:46 HFD
Team stats
WSHHFD
2332
0%0%
2/62/6
1818
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:44 into the first period
Stew Gavin · holding2 min - 2:58 into the first period
Larry Murphy · hooking2 min - 5:18 into the first periodJohn Anderson · slashing2 min
- 5:18 into the first periodPeter Sundstrom · slashing2 min
- 7:50 into the first periodRon Francis · hooking2 min
- 15:32 into the first periodDave Christian · hooking2 min
- 19:41 into the first periodBrent Peterson · roughing2 min
- 19:41 into the first periodBrent Peterson · roughing2 min
- 9:35 into the second periodMike Ridley · holding2 min
- 12:42 into the second periodPaul Macdermid · roughing2 min
- 12:42 into the second periodGreg Adams · hooking2 min
- 12:42 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 15:08 into the second periodDean Evason · roughing2 min
- 15:08 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · high sticking2 min
- 15:08 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 16:03 into the second periodLarry Murphy · holding2 min
- 6:54 into the third periodMichal Pivonka · hooking2 min
- 10:34 into the third periodDana Murzyn · elbowing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
Hartford Whalers
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 8Mike MillarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |