Washington Capitals vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Wednesday, January 13, 1988 · The Forum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Los Angeles Kings 8–3 on Wednesday, January 13, 1988 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Capitals 37–35.
Yvon Corriveau scored twice. Greg Adams, Luc Robitaille, Kevin Hatcher, Dave Christian, Peter Sundstrom, Scott Stevens, Dave Taylor, Bryan Erickson and Mike Gartner also scored.
Clint Malarchuk made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Glenn Healy stopped 27 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Adams (10)Larry Murphy (34), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (21)1–001:21 WSH · 
Yvon Corriveau (2)Scott Stevens (36)2–011:26 WSH- Yvon Corriveau (3)Unassisted3–011:39 WSH
Luc Robitaille (26)Mike Allison (10), Jimmy Carson (30)3–113:45 LAK · 
Kevin Hatcher (11)Mike Ridley (11), Greg Adams (6)4–119:31 WSH ·
2nd period
Dave Christian (20)Larry Murphy (35), Scott Stevens (37)5–105:58 WSH · 
Peter Sundstrom (6)Lou Franceschetti (4), Bobby Gould (4)6–107:31 WSH
Scott Stevens (5)Kevin Hatcher (13)7–116:16 WSH ·
3rd period
Dave Taylor (13)Mark Hardy (17), Jimmy Carson (31)7–209:39 LAK · 
Bryan Erickson (6)Unassisted7–310:55 LAK
Mike Gartner (26)Yvon Corriveau (3), Kevin Hatcher (14)8–311:28 WSH
Team stats
WSHLAK
3537
0%0%
4/72/6
1228
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:26 into the first period
Dean Kennedy · high sticking2 min - 6:47 into the first period
Peter Sundstrom · tripping2 min - 12:29 into the first periodScott Stevens · slashing2 min
- 17:18 into the first periodKen Hammond · high sticking5 min
- 3:13 into the second periodBobby Gould · slashing2 min
- 4:35 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · slashing2 min
- 10:06 into the second periodDale Hunter · interference2 min
- 15:45 into the second periodLarry Playfair · boarding2 min
- 0:38 into the third periodBench · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 8:48 into the third periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · high sticking2 min
- 11:47 into the third periodPeter Sundstrom · holding2 min
- 16:33 into the third periodDave Taylor · spearing5 min
- 16:33 into the third periodDave Taylor · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 34Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 37 | 3 | .919 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 10Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bryan EricksonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Paul FentonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Paul GuayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Ken HammondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Wayne McbeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Glenn HealyG | L | 35 | 8 | .771 |