Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 16, 1988 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 8–4 on Wednesday, March 16, 1988 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 26–23.
Goals came from Mike Gartner, Norm MacIver, Ulf Dahlen, Mike Ridley, Chris Nilan, Greg Adams, Scott Stevens, Lou Franceschetti, Don Maloney, Kevin Hatcher, Dale Hunter and Yvon Corriveau.
Pete Peeters made 19 saves on 23 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 18 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Gartner (45)Mike Ridley (27), Kevin Hatcher (24)1–003:12 WSH · 
Norm MacIver (9)Ulf Dahlen (17), Marcel Dionne (32)1–119:20 NYR ·
2nd period
Ulf Dahlen (26)Jan Erixon (15), Tomas Sandstrom (39)1–206:27 NYR
Mike Ridley (25)Kelly Miller (21), Mike Gartner (31)2–206:59 WSH
Chris Nilan (10)Mark Hardy (24), Paul Cyr (11)2–312:26 NYR
Greg Adams (14)Lou Franceschetti (8), Bobby Gould (12)3–314:47 WSH
Scott Stevens (10)Unassisted4–315:50 WSH
Lou Franceschetti (4)Greg Adams (11), Scott Stevens (57)5–317:13 WSH
3rd period
Don Maloney (9)Chris Nilan (9), Paul Cyr (12)5–400:22 NYR
Kevin Hatcher (14)Rod Langway (12), Kelly Miller (22)6–408:48 WSH
Dale Hunter (19)Bobby Gould (13), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (32)7–418:49 WSH · 
Yvon Corriveau (10)Stephen Leach (1), Michal Pivonka (20)8–419:09 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYR
2623
0%0%
1/51/5
1616
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:42 into the first period
Joe Paterson · elbowing2 min - 2:26 into the first periodMichel Petit · slashing2 min
- 8:32 into the first period
Mike Gartner · hooking2 min - 10:16 into the first periodMark Hardy · holding2 min
- 13:47 into the first periodDale Hunter · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:59 into the first periodMarcel Dionne · hooking2 min
- 18:21 into the first periodMike Ridley · interference2 min
- 6:47 into the second periodMark Hardy · roughing2 min
- 6:47 into the second periodJohn Vanbiesbrouck · roughing2 min
- 6:47 into the second periodYvon Corriveau · roughing2 min
- 6:47 into the second periodDale Hunter · charging2 min
- 7:14 into the second periodMike Gartner · roughing2 min
- 8:31 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · slashing2 min
- 14:20 into the second periodMichel Petit · roughing2 min
- 14:20 into the second periodStephen Leach · roughing2 min
- 2:03 into the third periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 23 | 4 | .826 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Paul CyrL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 25 | 7 | .720 |