Philadelphia Flyers vs Washington Capitals

Playoffs · Thursday, April 7, 1988 · Capital Centre

4–5

35–28

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 on Thursday, April 7, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Flyers outshot the Capitals 35–28.

Goals came from Kevin Hatcher, Mark Howe, Dave Brown, Bobby Gould, Peter Zezel, Stephen Leach, Peter Sundstrom, Kelly Miller and Brian Propp.

Goals
PHI	2	1	1	4	35
WSH	2	2	1	5	28

Scoring

1st period

Kevin Hatcher (1)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1)0–100:47 WSH
Mark Howe (1)Murray Craven (1), Ron Hextall (1)1–105:32 PHI
Dave Brown (1)Dave Poulin (1), Pelle Eklund (1)2–107:59 PHI
Bobby Gould (1)Mike Gartner (1), Scott Stevens (2)2–218:36 WSH

2nd period

Peter Zezel (3)Kjell Samuelsson (2), Ilkka Sinisalo (2)3–210:49 PHI
Stephen Leach (1)Michal Pivonka (1), Kelly Miller (1)3–311:10 WSH
Peter Sundstrom (1)Kevin Hatcher (2), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2)3–418:06 WSH ·

3rd period

Kelly Miller (1)Stephen Leach (1), Michal Pivonka (2)3–506:12 WSH
Brian Propp (1)Pelle Eklund (2), Tim Kerr (1)4–515:55 PHI

Team stats

PHIWSH

3528

0%0%

0/50/4

3235

Penalties

1:50 into the first periodMike Ridley · hooking2 min
5:59 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · cross checking2 min
11:23 into the first periodBrad Marsh · tripping2 min
16:36 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · cross checking2 min
5:03 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · holding2 min
5:03 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · roughing2 min
5:03 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
5:03 into the second periodDale Hunter · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
5:26 into the second periodRon Sutter · high sticking2 min
5:26 into the second periodRon Sutter · fighting5 min
5:26 into the second periodScott Stevens · cross checking2 min
5:26 into the second periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min
6:46 into the second periodBrian Propp · holding2 min
10:06 into the second periodBrian Propp · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
10:06 into the second periodDale Hunter · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
14:12 into the second periodGrant Ledyard · high sticking5 min
15:54 into the second periodScott Mellanby · holding2 min
0:24 into the third periodDave Brown · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
0:24 into the third periodGreg Adams · charging2 min
0:24 into the third periodDale Hunter · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3:54 into the third periodScott Mellanby · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3:54 into the third periodScott Stevens · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
7:07 into the third periodDoug Crossman · holding2 min
11:40 into the third periodScott Mellanby · instigator2 min
11:40 into the third periodScott Mellanby · fighting5 min
11:40 into the third periodYvon Corriveau · fighting5 min

Game summary

Scoring

Team stats

Penalties

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