Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Wednesday, February 17, 1988 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4–3 on Wednesday, February 17, 1988 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Capitals 33–28.
Aaron Broten scored twice. Mike Ridley, Mike Gartner, Greg Adams, Dave Christian and Pat Verbeek also scored.
Clint Malarchuk made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Aaron Broten (20)Unassisted0–108:04 NJD
Mike Ridley (18)Kevin Hatcher (18), Kelly Miller (15)1–111:07 WSH
Mike Gartner (36)Yvon Corriveau (4), Larry Murphy (44)2–115:07 WSH
2nd period
Greg Adams (11)Mike Ridley (17), Dave Christian (14)3–114:37 WSH- Aaron Broten (21)Pat Verbeek (24)3–219:27 NJD
3rd period
Dave Christian (30)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (27), Michal Pivonka (15)4–208:24 WSH
Pat Verbeek (31)Aaron Broten (40), Kirk Muller (38)4–312:30 NJD
Team stats
WSHNJD
2833
0%0%
0/10/4
126
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:29 into the first period
Dave Christian · hooking2 min - 10:30 into the first period
John MacLean · high sticking2 min - 10:30 into the first periodRod Langway · roughing2 min
- 3:40 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · hooking2 min
- 4:09 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · cross checking2 min
- 8:22 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · cross checking2 min
- 6:14 into the third periodJohn MacLean · high sticking2 min
- 6:14 into the third periodGrant Ledyard · roughing2 min
- 18:30 into the third periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · illegal stick2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 8 | 1 | .875 | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
New Jersey Devils
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – |