Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Wednesday, December 30, 1987 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4–3 on Wednesday, December 30, 1987 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Capitals outshot the Devils 34–20.
Dale Hunter scored twice. Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Jim Korn, Patrik Sundstrom, Pat Verbeek and Kevin Hatcher also scored.
Clint Malarchuk made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 30 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Dale Hunter (12)Larry Murphy (26), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (15)1–004:51 WSH · 
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (11)Unassisted2–013:37 WSH · 
Jim Korn (4)Tom Kurvers (8), Joe Cirella (18)2–115:21 NJD
2nd period
Patrik Sundstrom (9)Doug Sulliman (9)2–207:05 NJD · 
Pat Verbeek (21)Kirk Muller (27), Aaron Broten (23)2–310:39 NJD · - Dale Hunter (13)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (16)3–313:29 WSH ·
3rd period
Kevin Hatcher (10)Peter Sundstrom (8), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (17)4–315:39 WSH
Team stats
WSHNJD
3420
0%0%
2/51/4
1214
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:23 into the first period
Craig Wolanin · cross checking2 min - 10:12 into the first periodKen Daneyko · holding2 min
- 13:21 into the first period
Bobby Gould · interference2 min - 0:17 into the second periodJoe Cirella · hooking2 min
- 3:36 into the second periodGreg Smith · hooking2 min
- 6:09 into the second periodJoe Cirella · hooking2 min
- 10:17 into the second periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 12:25 into the second periodDavid Maley · holding2 min
- 11:22 into the third periodPat Verbeek · high sticking2 min
- 11:22 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min
- 15:58 into the third periodKirk Muller · roughing2 min
- 15:58 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 15:58 into the third periodGreg Smith · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Michael RichardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 20 | 3 | .850 |
| 31Alain RaymondG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 34 | 4 | .882 |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – |