Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Wednesday, March 2, 1988 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 6–1 on Wednesday, March 2, 1988 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Capitals outshot the Devils 22–20.
Goals came from Mike Ridley, Dave Christian, Greg Adams, Yvon Corriveau, Mike Gartner, Kevin Hatcher and Mark Johnson.
Clint Malarchuk made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Alain Chevrier stopped 12 of 16.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Ridley (20)Scott Stevens (51), Larry Murphy (48)1–000:40 WSH
Dave Christian (31)Scott Stevens (52), Dale Hunter (31)2–009:54 WSH · 
Greg Adams (12)Lou Franceschetti (6), Peter Sundstrom (14)3–014:27 WSH
2nd period
Yvon Corriveau (8)Greg Smith (5), Dale Hunter (32)4–013:31 WSH
3rd period
Mike Gartner (41)Kelly Miller (17), Rod Langway (9)5–003:19 WSH
Kevin Hatcher (13)Yvon Corriveau (6), Dale Hunter (33)6–005:33 WSH
Mark Johnson (12)Unassisted6–115:45 NJD ·
Team stats
WSHNJD
2220
0%0%
1/50/3
1226
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:05 into the first period
Peter Sundstrom · holding2 min - 7:54 into the first period
Pat Conacher · holding2 min - 8:27 into the first periodCraig Wolanin · cross checking2 min
- 11:09 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · hooking2 min
- 13:08 into the first periodPat Verbeek · holding2 min
- 13:08 into the first periodBobby Gould · roughing2 min
- 4:12 into the second periodJohn MacLean · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:12 into the second periodScott Stevens · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:47 into the second periodRod Langway · hooking2 min
- 10:22 into the second periodJoe Cirella · tripping2 min
- 19:36 into the second periodPerry Anderson · cross checking2 min
- 8:46 into the third periodPerry Anderson · roughing2 min
- 8:46 into the third periodPerry Anderson · misconduct10 min
- 8:46 into the third periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 15:20 into the third periodJoe Cirella · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 20 | 1 | .950 |
| 31Alain RaymondG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 1 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 18Murray BrumwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | 6 | 2 | .667 | |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | L | 16 | 4 | .750 |