Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Thursday, March 31, 1988 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

3–7

38–18

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 7–3 on Thursday, March 31, 1988 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 38–18.

Goals came from Mikko Makela, Greg Gilbert, Bryan Trottier, Pat LaFontaine, Scott Stevens, Bobby Gould, Tomas Jonsson, Alan Kerr, Dave Christian and Derek King.

Kelly Hrudey made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 8 of 13.

Goals
WSH	0	2	1	3	38
NYI	2	3	2	7	18

Scoring

1st period

Mikko Makela (36)Derek King (24), Jeff Norton (4)0–102:05 NYI
Greg Gilbert (17)Mikko Makela (38), Gerald Diduck (12)0–202:35 NYI

2nd period

Bryan Trottier (30)Pat LaFontaine (45), Mikko Makela (39)0–302:01 NYI ·
Pat LaFontaine (47)Bob Bassen (15), Tomas Jonsson (41)0–408:20 NYI ·
Scott Stevens (12)Dale Hunter (37), Larry Murphy (50)1–411:21 WSH ·
Bobby Gould (12)Michal Pivonka (22)2–414:15 WSH
Tomas Jonsson (6)Mikko Makela (40), Bryan Trottier (50)2–515:46 NYI ·

3rd period

Alan Kerr (22)Bryan Trottier (51), Jeff Norton (5)2–605:03 NYI ·
Dave Christian (37)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (35)3–608:06 WSH
Derek King (12)Alan Kerr (34)3–711:44 NYI

Team stats

WSHNYI

3818

0%0%

1/84/7

1618

Penalties

3:12 into the first periodAlan Kerr · slashing2 min
8:04 into the first periodKen Morrow · interference2 min
11:07 into the first periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
0:45 into the second periodMike Gartner · high sticking2 min
1:15 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min
1:45 into the second periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
3:14 into the second periodAlan Kerr · slashing2 min
6:23 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · roughing2 min
9:30 into the second periodAlan Kerr · interference2 min
10:47 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
15:21 into the second periodBob Bassen · roughing2 min
15:21 into the second periodGreg Smith · roughing2 min
15:30 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · holding2 min
0:52 into the third periodDenis Potvin · high sticking2 min
3:14 into the third periodGarry Galley · holding2 min
8:57 into the third periodKen Morrow · cross checking2 min
18:00 into the third periodLarry Murphy · slashing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	0	1	1	0	0	2	–	–
20Michal PivonkaC	0	1	1	0	4	0	–	–
23Bobby GouldR	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	–
27Dave ChristianR	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	–
32Dale HunterC	0	1	1	−1	2	2	–	–
3Scott StevensD	1	0	1	−1	4	0	–	–
8Larry MurphyD	0	1	1	0	4	2	–	–
10Kelly MillerL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
11Mike GartnerR	0	0	0	−1	4	2	–	–
12Peter SundstromL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
17Mike RidleyC	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
22Greg AdamsL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
26Yvon CorriveauL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
2Garry GalleyD	0	0	0	−1	2	2	–	–
4Kevin HatcherD	0	0	0	0	5	4	–	–
5Rod LangwayD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
19Greg SmithD	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
28Grant LedyardD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Pete PeetersG	L	13	8	5	.615	40:00
30Clint MalarchukG		5	3	2	.600	20:00

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

24Mikko MakelaR	1	3	4	+2	1	0	–	–
19Bryan TrottierC	1	2	3	0	2	0	–	–
10Alan KerrR	1	1	2	0	4	6	–	–
16Pat LaFontaineC	1	1	2	−1	1	0	–	–
27Derek KingL	1	1	2	+1	2	0	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	1	1	2	−1	2	0	–	–
8Jeff NortonD	0	2	2	+2	2	0	–	–
7Greg GilbertL	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
28Bob BassenL	0	1	1	+2	0	2	–	–
4Gerald DiduckD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
11Randy WoodR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
20Dale HenryL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
21Brent SutterC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
32Brad LauerR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
35Richard KrommL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	–
33Steve KonroydD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Kelly HrudeyG	W	38	35	3	.921	60:00
31Billy SmithG		0	0	0	–	–