Washington Capitals vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Tuesday, December 15, 1987 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Tuesday, December 15, 1987 at Maple Leaf Gardens.
Russ Courtnall scored twice. Dale Hunter, Peter Ihnacak, Miroslav Frycer, Dave Christian, Mike Gartner and Eddie Olczyk also scored.
Allan Bester made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Russ Courtnall (16)Al Secord (8), Al Iafrate (12)0–101:50 TOR- Russ Courtnall (17)Al Secord (9), Rick Lanz (10)0–206:49 TOR ·
Dale Hunter (11)Garry Galley (11), Mike Gartner (12)1–208:16 WSH · 
Peter Ihnacak (4)Mark Osborne (12), Gary Leeman (12)1–317:51 TOR
2nd period
Miroslav Frycer (10)Tom Fergus (13), Luke Richardson (2)1–401:49 TOR
3rd period
Dave Christian (14)Garry Galley (12), Larry Murphy (24)2–406:21 WSH · 
Mike Gartner (18)Mike Ridley (10), Scott Stevens (27)3–419:08 WSH
Eddie Olczyk (12)Al Iafrate (13), Tom Fergus (14)3–519:51 TOR ·
Team stats
WSHTOR
2727
0%0%
2/81/2
1527
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:05 into the first period
Mark Osborne · roughing2 min - 5:05 into the first period
Kevin Hatcher · roughing2 min - 5:36 into the first periodBobby Gould · interference2 min
- 7:44 into the first periodTodd Gill · holding2 min
- 12:38 into the first periodTodd Gill · holding2 min
- 19:21 into the first periodAl Secord · roughing2 min
- 19:21 into the first periodAl Secord · roughing2 min
- 19:21 into the first periodBobby Gould · roughing2 min
- 3:51 into the second periodPeter Ihnacak · hooking2 min
- 12:23 into the second periodEd Kastelic · cross checking2 min
- 1:06 into the third periodTom Fergus · holding2 min
- 4:43 into the third periodTodd Gill · fighting5 min
- 4:43 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · fighting5 min
- 5:59 into the third periodMiroslav Frycer · high sticking2 min
- 5:59 into the third periodMiroslav Frycer · high sticking2 min
- 13:10 into the third periodAl Secord · roughing2 min
- 13:10 into the third periodAl Secord · slashing2 min
- 13:10 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 34Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Tom FergusC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Al IafrateD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Gary LeemanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Miroslav FrycerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Dale DegrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Allan BesterG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – |