New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, January 8, 1988 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 8–4 on Friday, January 8, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 34–26.
Bobby Gould scored twice. Walt Poddubny, Larry Murphy, Greg Adams, Yvon Corriveau, Lucien DeBlois, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Kelly Kisio, Peter Sundstrom, Craig Laughlin and Ulf Dahlen also scored.
Clint Malarchuk made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 18 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Walt Poddubny (26)James Patrick (33), Jim Pavese (2)1–002:02 NYR
Bobby Gould (4)Kevin Hatcher (11), Peter Sundstrom (10)1–105:11 WSH
Larry Murphy (6)Scott Stevens (33), Mike Gartner (17)1–209:00 WSH · 
Greg Adams (9)Mike Gartner (18), Larry Murphy (32)1–317:02 WSH
2nd period
Yvon Corriveau (1)Dave Christian (8), Bill Houlder (2)1–407:20 WSH
Lucien DeBlois (7)Don Maloney (11), Jan Erixon (8)2–411:48 NYR
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (13)Unassisted2–514:24 WSH ·
3rd period
Kelly Kisio (14)Chris Jensen (1), Brian Mullen (18)3–504:00 NYR
Peter Sundstrom (4)Bobby Gould (3), Kelly Miller (7)3–604:44 WSH
Craig Laughlin (5)Dave Christian (9), Dale Hunter (19)3–717:03 WSH · 
Ulf Dahlen (12)Walt Poddubny (27), Tomas Sandstrom (23)4–718:34 NYR- Bobby Gould (5)Scott Stevens (34), Kelly Miller (8)4–818:46 WSH
Team stats
NYRWSH
3426
0%0%
0/42/3
1315
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:54 into the first period
Jan Erixon · holding2 min - 14:08 into the first period
Scott Stevens · slashing2 min - 18:14 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · slashing2 min
- 12:57 into the second periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
- 19:24 into the second periodJim Pavese · hooking2 min
- 7:18 into the third periodBrian Mullen · roughing2 min
- 7:18 into the third periodJim Pavese · fighting5 min
- 7:18 into the third periodGreg Adams · instigator2 min
- 7:18 into the third periodGreg Adams · fighting5 min
- 12:11 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · holding2 min
- 15:12 into the third periodJohn Vanbiesbrouck · delaying game2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Chris JensenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Jim PaveseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 26 | 8 | .692 |
Washington Capitals
| 23Bobby GouldR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Bill HoulderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 34 | 4 | .882 |