Washington Capitals vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Tuesday, December 22, 1987 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Quebec Nordiques 2–1 on Tuesday, December 22, 1987 at Le Colisée. The Capitals outshot the Nordiques 26–25.
Mike Gartner scored twice. Gord Donnelly also scored.
Pete Peeters made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mario Gosselin stopped 24 of 26.
Scoring
2nd period
Gord Donnelly (2)Trevor Stienburg (1), Terry Carkner (13)0–104:34 QUE
3rd period
Mike Gartner (19)Dale Hunter (13), Garry Galley (13)1–103:34 WSH- Mike Gartner (20)Dale Hunter (14), Garry Galley (14)2–106:41 WSH
Team stats
WSHQUE
2625
0%0%
0/40/4
1917
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:12 into the first period
Gord Donnelly · hooking2 min - 7:12 into the first periodRobert Picard · roughing2 min
- 7:12 into the first period
Dale Hunter · cross checking2 min - 7:12 into the first periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 14:09 into the first periodMichal Pivonka · tripping2 min
- 14:37 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · hooking2 min
- 1:02 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · hooking2 min
- 4:38 into the second periodTerry Carkner · fighting5 min
- 4:38 into the second periodEd Kastelic · fighting5 min
- 8:04 into the second periodGaetan Duchesne · holding2 min
- 13:23 into the second periodAlan Haworth · roughing2 min
- 13:23 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 15:34 into the second periodJeff Jackson · tripping2 min
- 1:13 into the third periodSteven Finn · roughing2 min
- 1:29 into the third periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Yves BeaudoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |
Quebec Nordiques
| 17Trevor StienburgR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Terry CarknerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Gord DonnellyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Jeff JacksonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Jeff BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mario BrunettaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Mario GosselinG | L | 26 | 2 | .923 |