Philadelphia Flyers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 1987 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Saturday, December 26, 1987 at Capital Centre.
Goals came from Mike Gartner, Greg Adams, Scott Mellanby, Murray Craven and Ilkka Sinisalo.
Ron Hextall made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Gartner (21)Dale Hunter (15), Lou Franceschetti (3)0–101:14 WSH
2nd period
Greg Adams (7)Craig Laughlin (3)0–205:35 WSH
Scott Mellanby (13)Peter Zezel (7), Brad Marsh (7)1–211:42 PHI
3rd period
Murray Craven (12)Mark Howe (18), Scott Mellanby (8)2–205:11 PHI
Ilkka Sinisalo (12)Mark Howe (19), Kjell Samuelsson (12)3–217:35 PHI
Team stats
PHIWSH
3131
0%0%
0/40/3
2022
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:33 into the first period
Kevin Hatcher · cross checking2 min - 6:21 into the first period
Magnus Roupe · hooking2 min - 9:29 into the first periodMark Howe · tripping2 min
- 10:25 into the first periodRon Hextall · slashing2 min
- 14:35 into the first periodDave Brown · fighting5 min
- 14:35 into the first periodGarry Galley · interference2 min
- 14:35 into the first periodEd Kastelic · fighting5 min
- 7:52 into the second periodRod Langway · cross checking2 min
- 11:42 into the second periodGreg Smyth · instigator2 min
- 11:42 into the second periodGreg Smyth · fighting5 min
- 11:42 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · slashing2 min
- 11:42 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · fighting5 min
- 13:17 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodKjell Samuelsson · cross checking2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodMike Gartner · slashing2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Magnus RoupeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 40Greg SmythD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 22 | 3 | .864 |