Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, March 23, 1988 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 7–1 on Wednesday, March 23, 1988 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 28–23.
Rob Brown scored twice. Steve Gotaas, Bob Errey, Dan Quinn, Kevin Stevens, Mario Lemieux and Greg Adams also scored.
Steve Guenette made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 17 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Rob Brown (22)Dan Quinn (36), Mario Lemieux (88)0–103:53 PIT · 
Steve Gotaas (5)Dave Hunter (20)0–217:42 PIT
2nd period
Bob Errey (3)Mario Lemieux (89), Doug Bodger (24)0–300:53 PIT
Dan Quinn (35)Randy Cunneyworth (36), Lee Giffin (2)0–412:29 PIT- Rob Brown (23)Dan Quinn (37), Zarley Zalapski (7)0–514:22 PIT ·
3rd period
Kevin Stevens (4)Steve Gotaas (6), Perry Ganchar (5)0–607:30 PIT
Mario Lemieux (61)Paul Coffey (47), Doug Bodger (25)0–708:07 PIT · 
Greg Adams (15)Mike Ridley (29), Mike Gartner (33)1–719:29 WSH
Team stats
WSHPIT
2328
0%0%
0/73/8
4240
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:38 into the first period
Grant Ledyard · hooking2 min - 6:00 into the first period
Steve Gotaas · slashing2 min - 7:31 into the first periodRod Buskas · cross checking2 min
- 10:09 into the first periodBobby Gould · hooking2 min
- 10:34 into the first periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
- 2:16 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · slashing2 min
- 2:16 into the second periodBobby Gould · slashing2 min
- 3:56 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · cross checking2 min
- 7:41 into the second periodDave Hunter · slashing2 min
- 7:41 into the second periodEd Kastelic · cross checking2 min
- 9:19 into the second periodKelly Miller · holding2 min
- 11:50 into the second periodJim Johnson · roughing2 min
- 11:50 into the second periodBobby Gould · roughing2 min
- 13:04 into the second periodYvon Corriveau · roughing2 min
- 14:12 into the second periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 14:48 into the second periodKevin Stevens · holding2 min
- 18:09 into the second periodTroy Loney · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:09 into the second periodGreg Adams · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:09 into the second periodRod Buskas · high sticking double minor4 min
- 19:09 into the second periodRod Buskas · slashing2 min
- 19:09 into the second periodYvon Corriveau · slashing2 min
- 19:09 into the second periodYvon Corriveau · slashing2 min
- 4:57 into the third periodSteve Gotaas · holding2 min
- 7:40 into the third periodPerry Ganchar · slashing2 min
- 7:40 into the third periodRandy Hillier · roughing2 min
- 7:40 into the third periodYvon Corriveau · roughing2 min
- 7:40 into the third periodEd Kastelic · roughing2 min
- 7:40 into the third periodRod Langway · roughing2 min
- 10:35 into the third periodRandy Hillier · misconduct10 min
- 10:35 into the third periodYvon Corriveau · misconduct10 min
- 11:36 into the third periodEd Kastelic · interference2 min
- 14:30 into the third periodJim Johnson · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 22 | 5 | .773 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 6 | 2 | .667 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Dan QuinnC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Steve GotaasC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Perry GancharR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Lee GiffinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 33Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Steve GuenetteG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | 0 | 0 | – |