Edmonton Oilers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, January 2, 1988 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 2–0 on Saturday, January 2, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Oilers 29–28.
Goals came from Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Kelly Miller.
Clint Malarchuk made 28 saves on 28 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 27 of 28.
Scoring
2nd period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (12)Dale Hunter (18), Larry Murphy (30)0–117:00 WSH ·
3rd period
Kelly Miller (5)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (19), Rod Langway (7)0–219:49 WSH ·
Team stats
EDMWSH
2829
0%0%
0/41/4
2515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:56 into the first period
Steve Graves · hooking2 min - 5:37 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · hooking2 min
- 6:45 into the first period
Scott Stevens · hooking2 min - 16:08 into the first periodGlenn Anderson · roughing2 min
- 16:08 into the first periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 18:40 into the first periodYvon Corriveau · hooking2 min
- 6:10 into the second periodKevin Lowe · hooking2 min
- 7:41 into the second periodClint Malarchuk · holding2 min
- 16:44 into the second periodMoe Mantha · hooking2 min
- 19:49 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · hooking2 min
- 7:23 into the third periodMarty McSorley · fighting5 min
- 7:23 into the third periodMarty McSorley · misconduct10 min
- 7:23 into the third periodGreg Adams · fighting5 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Steve GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Moe LemayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Daryl ReaughG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 28 | 1 | .964 |
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Michael RichardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 28 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 31Alain RaymondG | 0 | 0 | – |