Quebec Nordiques vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, March 4, 1988 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Quebec Nordiques 6–2 on Friday, March 4, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Nordiques 32–28.
Mike Ridley scored twice. Ken Quinney, Michel Goulet, Scott Stevens, Mike Gartner, Kelly Miller and Grant Ledyard also scored.
Clint Malarchuk made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Mario Gosselin stopped 26 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Ken Quinney (2)Marc Fortier (4), Randy Moller (16)1–003:23 QUE
2nd period
Michel Goulet (37)Peter Stastny (57), Gaetan Duchesne (20)2–012:23 QUE · 
Mike Ridley (21)Scott Stevens (53), Greg Adams (9)2–118:07 WSH ·
3rd period
- Mike Ridley (22)Mike Gartner (27), Rod Langway (10)2–201:27 WSH
Scott Stevens (9)Dale Hunter (34), Yvon Corriveau (7)2–302:29 WSH
Mike Gartner (42)Mike Ridley (22), Dale Hunter (35)2–406:27 WSH · 
Kelly Miller (8)Greg Smith (6)2–510:54 WSH · 
Grant Ledyard (4)Mike Gartner (28), Kelly Miller (18)2–612:46 WSH
Team stats
QUEWSH
2832
0%0%
1/32/5
1713
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:48 into the first period
Gaetan Duchesne · high sticking2 min - 17:50 into the first periodJeff Jackson · roughing2 min
- 17:50 into the first period
Dale Hunter · roughing2 min - 7:37 into the second periodRandy Moller · cross checking2 min
- 11:01 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · holding2 min
- 12:13 into the second periodPeter Sundstrom · holding2 min
- 17:07 into the second periodSteven Finn · tripping2 min
- 5:27 into the third periodJeff Jackson · interference2 min
- 9:06 into the third periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 11:35 into the third periodAlan Haworth · fighting5 min
- 11:35 into the third periodDale Hunter · fighting5 min
- 14:08 into the third periodTommy Albelin · hooking2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 9Marc FortierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Ken QuinneyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Lane LambertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 25Jeff JacksonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27David LattaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Bobby DollasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Stephane GuerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Jeff BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mario BrunettaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Mario GosselinG | L | 32 | 6 | .813 |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Grant LedyardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 31Alain RaymondG | 0 | 0 | – |