New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, February 5, 1988 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Friday, February 5, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 34–33.
Brad Lauer scored twice. Greg Gilbert, Dale Hunter, Bryan Trottier and Dave Christian also scored.
Billy Smith made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 29 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Gilbert (9)Unassisted1–002:29 NYI
Dale Hunter (16)Michal Pivonka (12), Scott Stevens (43)1–108:31 WSH · 
Bryan Trottier (18)Mikko Makela (24), Pat LaFontaine (28)2–117:04 NYI ·
2nd period
Brad Lauer (10)Steve Konroyd (12), Tomas Jonsson (30)3–106:00 NYI · 
Dave Christian (26)Dale Hunter (26), Scott Stevens (44)3–213:41 WSH
3rd period
- Brad Lauer (11)Denis Potvin (24)4–217:52 NYI
Team stats
NYIWSH
3334
0%0%
2/81/5
1925
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:12 into the first period
Greg Adams · slashing2 min - 7:26 into the first period
Tomas Jonsson · hooking2 min - 9:15 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min
- 12:21 into the first periodGord Dineen · holding2 min
- 13:09 into the first periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · tripping2 min
- 16:18 into the first periodPete Peeters · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:24 into the first periodBrent Sutter · slashing2 min
- 17:24 into the first periodBrent Sutter · fighting5 min
- 17:24 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · fighting5 min
- 5:08 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 7:56 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · cross checking2 min
- 10:35 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · slashing2 min
- 12:45 into the second periodBrent Sutter · high sticking2 min
- 12:45 into the second periodRod Langway · high sticking2 min
- 14:10 into the second periodMichal Pivonka · holding2 min
- 0:21 into the third periodDenis Potvin · holding2 min
- 8:40 into the third periodBob Bassen · roughing2 min
- 8:40 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · roughing2 min
- 10:48 into the third periodGreg Gilbert · interference2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 32Brad LauerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
Washington Capitals
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 34Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |