Boston Bruins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, November 25, 1987 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 4–1 on Wednesday, November 25, 1987 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Bruins 25–22.
Kevin Hatcher scored twice. Ken Linseman, Mike Ridley and Greg Adams also scored.
Clint Malarchuk made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Rejean Lemelin stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Kevin Hatcher (3)Greg Adams (2), Dale Hunter (9)0–101:47 WSH
Ken Linseman (4)Geoff Courtnall (8)1–103:52 BOS
Mike Ridley (8)Kevin Hatcher (4)1–215:17 WSH ·
2nd period
Greg Adams (4)Dale Hunter (10), Bobby Gould (2)1–314:25 WSH
3rd period
- Kevin Hatcher (4)Dale Hunter (11), Scott Stevens (18)1–412:31 WSH ·
Team stats
BOSWSH
2225
0%0%
0/52/4
1517
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:49 into the first period
Ken Linseman · cross checking2 min - 8:43 into the first period
Dale Hunter · boarding2 min - 13:26 into the first periodBob Sweeney · holding2 min
- 3:36 into the second periodLarry Murphy · tripping2 min
- 5:33 into the second periodReed Larson · hooking2 min
- 6:59 into the second periodDale Hunter · hooking2 min
- 6:40 into the third periodKen Linseman · roughing2 min
- 6:40 into the third periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 12:19 into the third periodKen Linseman · tripping2 min
- 15:04 into the third periodScott Stevens · cross checking2 min
- 17:38 into the third periodJay Miller · fighting5 min
- 17:38 into the third periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min
- 18:43 into the third periodMichal Pivonka · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |