New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, March 1, 1988 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5–3 on Tuesday, March 1, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Devils 28–26.
Bobby Gould scored twice. Patrik Sundstrom, Mike Gartner, Mark Johnson, Peter Sundstrom, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Aaron Broten also scored.
Clint Malarchuk made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
2nd period
Bobby Gould (9)Unassisted0–103:18 WSH- Bobby Gould (10)Kevin Hatcher (22), Dale Hunter (30)0–203:34 WSH
Patrik Sundstrom (11)Andy Brickley (13), John MacLean (14)1–204:27 NJD
Mike Gartner (40)Mike Ridley (21), Larry Murphy (47)1–310:35 WSH
Mark Johnson (11)Doug Sulliman (13), Ken Daneyko (6)2–314:44 NJD · 
Peter Sundstrom (7)Greg Adams (8), Scott Stevens (50)2–417:09 WSH
3rd period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (16)Michal Pivonka (16)2–515:45 WSH
Aaron Broten (22)Kirk Muller (42), Craig Wolanin (20)3–517:45 NJD
Team stats
NJDWSH
2628
0%0%
0/50/5
1616
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:54 into the first period
Joe Cirella · cross checking2 min - 12:44 into the first periodBrendan Shanahan · hooking2 min
- 17:36 into the first period
Greg Adams · interference2 min - 19:59 into the first periodKelly Miller · holding2 min
- 8:02 into the second periodDale Hunter · cross checking2 min
- 13:44 into the second periodPat Conacher · holding2 min
- 6:51 into the third periodGreg Adams · tripping2 min
- 10:00 into the third periodJoe Cirella · roughing2 min
- 14:47 into the third periodAndy Brickley · roughing2 min
- 14:47 into the third periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
- 14:47 into the third periodYvon Corriveau · roughing2 min
- 14:47 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 15:09 into the third periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 15:09 into the third periodMike Ridley · cross checking2 min
- 18:25 into the third periodDave Christian · interference2 min
- 19:48 into the third periodPat Verbeek · slashing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 23Bobby GouldR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 31Alain RaymondG | 0 | 0 | – |