Chicago Blackhawks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 12, 1987 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2–1 on Saturday, December 12, 1987 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Blackhawks 32–27.
Goals came from Kevin Hatcher, Denis Savard and Mike Gartner.
Pete Peeters made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Darren Pang stopped 30 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Kevin Hatcher (9)Mike Gartner (11), Greg Smith (3)0–108:38 WSH
Denis Savard (15)Steve Larmer (13)1–112:31 CHI ·
2nd period
Mike Gartner (17)Garry Galley (10), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (13)1–200:25 WSH ·
Team stats
CHIWSH
2732
0%0%
0/41/4
2222
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:18 into the first period
Rick Vaive · hooking2 min - 4:58 into the first period
Kevin Hatcher · hooking2 min - 11:56 into the first periodBob Mcgill · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodDavid Mackey · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the first periodDenis Savard · tripping2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · fighting5 min
- 7:59 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · hooking2 min
- 10:34 into the second periodDavid Mackey · slashing2 min
- 10:34 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · slashing2 min
- 19:59 into the second periodPete Peeters · tripping2 min
- 6:34 into the third periodDavid Mackey · tripping2 min
- 12:45 into the third periodPete Peeters · delaying game2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodRick Vaive · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodRick Vaive · slashing5 min
- 20:00 into the third periodScott Stevens · instigator2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Brian NoonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Dan VinceletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Mike StapletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Mark LavarreR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Troy MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26David MackeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Gary NylundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Behn WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Bob McgillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 37Jim PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 44Rik WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Darren PangG | L | 32 | 2 | .938 |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |