New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 4, 1987 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 6–4 on Friday, December 4, 1987 at Capital Centre. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 36–35.
Mikko Makela scored a hat trick. Michal Pivonka, Brent Sutter, Gerald Diduck, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Dale Hunter, Patrick Flatley and Greg Adams also scored.
Billy Smith made 31 saves on 35 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Michal Pivonka (2)Paul Cavallini (3)0–102:24 WSH
Brent Sutter (10)Richard Kromm (4)1–107:58 NYI · 
Mikko Makela (12)Pat LaFontaine (17), Denis Potvin (11)2–111:46 NYI · 
Gerald Diduck (1)Pat LaFontaine (18), Brent Sutter (15)3–112:10 NYI · 
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (7)Garry Galley (7), Mike Gartner (4)3–219:13 WSH ·
3rd period
Dale Hunter (8)Mike Gartner (5), Larry Murphy (18)3–300:56 WSH · 
Patrick Flatley (4)Brent Sutter (16), Gerald Diduck (2)4–304:03 NYI- Mikko Makela (13)Bryan Trottier (19), Greg Gilbert (11)5–305:11 NYI
- Mikko Makela (14)Alan Kerr (15), Tomas Jonsson (17)6–307:21 NYI ·
Greg Adams (5)Unassisted6–417:52 WSH
Team stats
NYIWSH
3635
0%0%
3/62/7
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:48 into the first period
Billy Smith · interference2 min - 10:20 into the first period
Scott Stevens · hooking2 min - 10:55 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · slashing2 min
- 18:08 into the first periodBrad Lauer · holding2 min
- 1:39 into the second periodRandy Wood · hooking2 min
- 6:48 into the second periodDenis Potvin · holding2 min
- 9:42 into the second periodMike Gartner · tripping2 min
- 15:03 into the second periodBobby Gould · cross checking2 min
- 15:44 into the second periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
- 19:10 into the second periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
- 6:35 into the third periodGarry Galley · holding2 min
- 7:57 into the third periodGreg Adams · cross checking2 min
- 12:42 into the third periodTomas Jonsson · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 35 | 4 | .886 |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Paul CavalliniD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 36 | 6 | .833 |
| 31Alain RaymondG | 0 | 0 | – |