New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, March 12, 1988 · Capital Centre

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4–2

Final

SOG 34–28

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 on Saturday, March 12, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 34-28.

Goals came from James Patrick, Ulf Dahlen, Walt Poddubny, Dave Christian, Bobby Gould and Norm MacIver.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	1	2	1	4	34
WSH	0	0	2	2	28

Scoring

1st period

James Patrick (17)Walt Poddubny (47), Tomas Sandstrom (36)1–002:53 NYR · PPG

2nd period

Ulf Dahlen (25)Brian Mullen (26), John Ogrodnick (24)2–010:26 NYR
Walt Poddubny (36)Jan Erixon (13), Tomas Sandstrom (37)3–012:05 NYR

3rd period

Dave Christian (34)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (31), Kevin Hatcher (23)3–104:31 WSH
Bobby Gould (11)Kelly Miller (20)3–206:33 WSH
Norm MacIver (7)Tomas Sandstrom (38), Jan Erixon (14)4–219:23 NYR · EN

Team stats

NYRWSH

34Shots on goal28

0%Faceoff %0%

1/5Power play0/6

23Penalty minutes21

0Hits0

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 00:44Chris Nilan · cross checking2 min
1st 00:44Chris Nilan · fighting5 min
1st 00:44Greg Adams · slashing2 min
1st 00:44Greg Adams · fighting5 min
1st 01:38Kelly Miller · hooking2 min
1st 04:31Norm MacIver · holding2 min
1st 05:11Larry Murphy · hooking2 min
1st 12:34Chris Nilan · elbowing2 min
1st 16:30Don Maloney · holding2 min
1st 18:14Kevin Hatcher · holding2 min
2nd 03:32Lou Franceschetti · charging2 min
2nd 07:18David Shaw · holding2 min
2nd 13:20Kelly Kisio · holding2 min
2nd 13:20Yvon Corriveau · roughing2 min
2nd 13:49Michel Petit · tripping2 min
2nd 15:31Paul Cyr · roughing2 min
2nd 15:31Dale Hunter · roughing2 min
2nd 18:17Michel Petit · holding2 min
3rd 00:51Larry Murphy · slashing2 min

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