Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Thursday, February 11, 1988 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Thursday, February 11, 1988 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 26–25.
Goals came from Mike Ridley, Dave Christian, Scott Stevens, Kelly Miller, Brian Mullen, James Patrick, Walt Poddubny and Lou Franceschetti.
Pete Peeters made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 8 of 12.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Ridley (16)Kelly Miller (11), Mike Gartner (22)1–000:27 WSH
Dave Christian (27)Garry Galley (17), Larry Murphy (42)2–014:06 WSH · 
Scott Stevens (6)Kelly Miller (12), Bobby Gould (6)3–019:37 WSH
2nd period
Kelly Miller (7)Unassisted4–000:52 WSH
Brian Mullen (22)Marcel Dionne (23)4–113:35 NYR
James Patrick (10)Walt Poddubny (35), Jari Gronstrand (10)4–215:49 NYR
Walt Poddubny (33)Tomas Sandstrom (29), Norm MacIver (11)4–317:10 NYR ·
3rd period
Lou Franceschetti (2)Bobby Gould (7), Dale Hunter (27)5–316:37 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYR
2625
0%0%
1/51/6
3233
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:45 into the first period
Ed Kastelic · interference2 min - 5:43 into the first periodMichal Pivonka · cross checking2 min
- 8:44 into the first period
Paul Cyr · slashing2 min - 8:44 into the first periodDavid Shaw · elbowing2 min
- 8:44 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · slashing2 min
- 10:52 into the first periodTomas Sandstrom · high sticking2 min
- 10:52 into the first periodScott Stevens · high sticking2 min
- 10:55 into the first periodJeff Brubaker · fighting5 min
- 10:55 into the first periodEd Kastelic · fighting5 min
- 12:58 into the first periodPaul Cyr · high sticking2 min
- 13:38 into the first periodJan Erixon · high sticking5 min
- 1:47 into the second periodDale Hunter · holding2 min
- 6:25 into the second periodJari Gronstrand · instigator2 min
- 6:25 into the second periodJari Gronstrand · fighting5 min
- 6:25 into the second periodYvon Corriveau · roughing2 min
- 6:25 into the second periodYvon Corriveau · slashing2 min
- 6:25 into the second periodYvon Corriveau · fighting5 min
- 9:50 into the second periodRudy Poeschek · interference2 min
- 16:19 into the second periodJari Gronstrand · roughing2 min
- 16:19 into the second periodDale Hunter · tripping2 min
- 16:23 into the second periodGarry Galley · charging2 min
- 3:28 into the third periodKelly Kisio · roughing2 min
- 3:28 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 5:45 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · cross checking2 min
- 10:45 into the third periodGreg Smith · kneeing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 41Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 14 | 1 | .929 | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 12 | 4 | .667 |