Edmonton Oilers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, December 1, 1987 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–2 on Tuesday, December 1, 1987 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Oilers 26–23.
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson scored twice. Jari Kurri, Mike Ridley, Mike Gartner and Craig Simpson also scored.
Clint Malarchuk made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Jari Kurri (13)Chris Joseph (7), Craig Simpson (16)1–012:18 EDM
2nd period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (5)Larry Murphy (17)1–102:14 WSH
Mike Ridley (10)Michal Pivonka (5)1–207:22 WSH · 
Mike Gartner (16)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (7), Scott Stevens (19)1–308:47 WSH- Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (6)Mike Gartner (3), Scott Stevens (20)1–411:03 WSH ·
3rd period
Craig Simpson (15)Craig MacTavish (5)2–403:20 EDM
Team stats
EDMWSH
2326
0%0%
0/22/7
146
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:42 into the first period
Normand Lacombe · high sticking double minor4 min - 2:30 into the first period
Scott Stevens · hooking2 min - 3:32 into the first periodKevin Lowe · hooking2 min
- 3:32 into the first periodKevin Lowe · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:49 into the second periodKelly Buchberger · cross checking2 min
- 9:46 into the second periodCharlie Huddy · hooking2 min
- 12:26 into the second periodChris Joseph · tripping2 min
- 18:42 into the second periodBill Houlder · hooking2 min
- 14:04 into the third periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Chris JosephD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Steve GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Daryl ReaughG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 31Alain RaymondG | 0 | 0 | – |