Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, February 2, 1988 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in overtime on Tuesday, February 2, 1988 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 35–28.
Mario Lemieux scored twice. Dave Hunter, Yvon Corriveau and Dave Christian also scored.
Frank Pietrangelo made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Mario Lemieux (49)Ville Siren (12), Paul Coffey (23)0–110:55 PIT ·
3rd period
Dave Hunter (12)Unassisted0–202:14 PIT
Yvon Corriveau (5)Scott Stevens (42)1–217:19 WSH
Dave Christian (25)Michal Pivonka (11), Lou Franceschetti (5)2–219:25 WSH
Overtime
- Mario Lemieux (50)Lee Giffin (1), Paul Coffey (24)2–304:11 PIT
Team stats
WSHPIT
2835
0%0%
0/51/5
1414
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:31 into the first period
Mike Gartner · hooking2 min - 9:04 into the first periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 14:10 into the first period
Jim Johnson · hooking2 min - 17:08 into the first periodCharlie Simmer · high sticking2 min
- 17:08 into the first periodBobby Gould · high sticking2 min
- 19:46 into the first periodRod Langway · cross checking2 min
- 2:49 into the second periodDave Hunter · holding2 min
- 6:05 into the second periodDan Quinn · cross checking2 min
- 9:15 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · tripping2 min
- 12:16 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · slashing2 min
- 4:42 into the third periodTroy Loney · holding2 min
- 8:11 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · roughing2 min
- 8:11 into the third periodLarry Murphy · roughing2 min
- 12:34 into the third periodPeter Sundstrom · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 34Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Lee GiffinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave HunterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 13Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Steve GotaasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Wayne Van DorpL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mark KachowskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 36Jock CallanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |