Washington Capitals vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Monday, January 11, 1988 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Monday, January 11, 1988 at Northlands Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Oilers 27–23.
Goals came from Charlie Huddy, Kevin Lowe, Mike Gartner, Mark Messier and Peter Sundstrom.
Grant Fuhr made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Charlie Huddy (7)Mark Messier (35), Esa Tikkanen (31)0–105:57 EDM · 
Kevin Lowe (3)Mike Krushelnyski (14), Steve Graves (4)0–216:15 EDM
2nd period
Mike Gartner (25)Larry Murphy (33), Scott Stevens (35)1–200:58 WSH ·
3rd period
Mark Messier (26)Glenn Anderson (28), Jeff Beukeboom (14)1–304:17 EDM · 
Peter Sundstrom (5)Greg Adams (5), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (20)2–310:44 WSH
Team stats
WSHEDM
2723
0%0%
1/62/4
1718
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:44 into the first period
Dale Hunter · holding2 min - 14:53 into the first period
Steve Smith · roughing2 min - 14:53 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · roughing2 min
- 18:05 into the first periodMark Messier · roughing2 min
- 18:05 into the first periodMark Messier · roughing2 min
- 18:05 into the first periodBobby Gould · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodBench · delaying game2 min
- 3:19 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · high sticking5 min
- 12:18 into the second periodCraig Muni · holding2 min
- 14:26 into the second periodMoe Mantha · hooking2 min
- 19:49 into the second periodMarty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 19:49 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 3:40 into the third periodKelly Miller · hooking2 min
- 7:08 into the third periodCraig Muni · hooking2 min
- 8:32 into the third periodGreg Adams · hooking2 min
- 17:07 into the third periodMark Messier · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Steve GravesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |