St. Louis Blues vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, March 22, 1988 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Tuesday, March 22, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Blues 46–25.
Brian Sutter scored twice and Gino Cavallini scored twice. Mike Gartner, Dave Christian, Greg Paslawski and Scott Stevens also scored.
Greg Millen made 43 saves on 46 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Gartner (46)Greg Adams (12), Grant Ledyard (9)0–104:58 WSH
Dave Christian (35)Scott Stevens (59), Larry Murphy (49)0–210:10 WSH · 
Brian Sutter (13)Unassisted1–219:40 STL
2nd period
Gino Cavallini (14)Doug Gilmour (48), Brett Hull (28)2–216:04 STL
Greg Paslawski (1)Tony McKegney (36), Brian Benning (28)3–217:37 STL
3rd period
- Brian Sutter (14)Brett Hull (29)4–201:32 STL
- Gino Cavallini (15)Brett Hull (30)5–209:20 STL
Scott Stevens (11)Unassisted5–313:50 WSH
Team stats
STLWSH
2546
0%0%
0/31/5
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:38 into the first period
Herb Raglan · tripping2 min - 11:04 into the first periodGaston Gingras · holding2 min
- 11:49 into the first period
Greg Adams · tripping2 min - 16:48 into the first periodBobby Gould · hooking2 min
- 5:31 into the second periodEd Kastelic · holding2 min
- 8:16 into the second periodRobert Nordmark · hooking2 min
- 5:44 into the third periodRick Meagher · tripping2 min
- 17:54 into the third periodGino Cavallini · holding2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 16Brett HullR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Gino CavalliniL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Doug GilmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Greg PaslawskiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 2Brian BenningD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 18Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Herb RaglanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 14Paul CavalliniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Robert NordmarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Darrell MayG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 46 | 3 | .935 |
Washington Capitals
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 28Grant LedyardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |