Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, February 27, 1988 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 3–0 on Saturday, February 27, 1988 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 30–28.
Goals came from Rod Langway, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Michal Pivonka.
Clint Malarchuk made 28 saves on 28 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Rod Langway (3)Mike Gartner (26), Mike Ridley (20)1–003:27 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (15)Scott Stevens (49), Dale Hunter (29)2–008:20 WSH ·
2nd period
Michal Pivonka (8)Dave Christian (15), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (29)3–012:52 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYI
3028
0%0%
1/30/6
1715
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:56 into the first period
Clint Malarchuk · delaying game2 min - 3:27 into the first period
Mick Vukota · roughing2 min - 3:27 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · roughing2 min
- 7:10 into the first periodBrad Dalgarno · holding2 min
- 15:54 into the first periodMick Vukota · elbowing2 min
- 8:57 into the second periodBrad Dalgarno · fighting5 min
- 8:57 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · slashing2 min
- 8:57 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · fighting5 min
- 15:21 into the second periodGrant Ledyard · hooking2 min
- 16:01 into the second periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
- 16:05 into the second periodMike Ridley · slashing2 min
- 5:57 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · slashing2 min
- 7:25 into the third periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 28 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 31Alain RaymondG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 37Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |