Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers

Regular season · Tuesday, January 5, 1988 · Spectrum

WashingtonCapitalsAway

3–1

28–24

PhiladelphiaFlyersHome

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3–1 on Tuesday, January 5, 1988 at Spectrum. The Capitals outshot the Flyers 28–24.

Goals came from Dave Christian, Mike Gartner, Mike Ridley and Mark Howe.

Goals
WSH	2	1	0	3	28
PHI	0	1	0	1	24

Scoring

1st period

Dave Christian (18)Craig Laughlin (4), Larry Murphy (31)1–003:20 WSH
Mike Gartner (24)Kevin Hatcher (10)2–008:56 WSH

2nd period

Mike Ridley (14)Michal Pivonka (9), Bill Houlder (1)3–004:45 WSH
Mark Howe (7)Unassisted3–108:51 PHI

Team stats

WSHPHI

2824

0%0%

0/80/7

2226

00

00

00

00

Penalties

1:11 into the first periodKerry Huffman · interference2 min
2:27 into the first periodBrad Marsh · roughing2 min
2:27 into the first periodGreg Smyth · roughing2 min
2:27 into the first periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
2:27 into the first periodMike Ridley · roughing2 min
9:27 into the first periodPeter Zezel · roughing2 min
9:27 into the first periodDave Christian · hooking2 min
9:27 into the first periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
11:25 into the first periodDoug Crossman · hooking2 min
12:55 into the first periodKjell Samuelsson · tripping2 min
13:21 into the first periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
16:17 into the first periodMagnus Roupe · interference2 min
17:08 into the first periodRick Tocchet · slashing2 min
17:08 into the first periodGreg Adams · high sticking2 min
5:39 into the second periodDave Brown · cross checking2 min
7:39 into the second periodRick Tocchet · interference2 min
8:15 into the second periodScott Stevens · tripping2 min
14:35 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · hooking2 min
5:22 into the third periodBobby Gould · tripping2 min
5:52 into the third periodKjell Samuelsson · hooking2 min
7:59 into the third periodGreg Smyth · high sticking2 min
9:40 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · slashing2 min
12:47 into the third periodKerry Huffman · tripping2 min
16:40 into the third periodRod Langway · holding2 min

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