Philadelphia Flyers vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Tuesday, April 12, 1988 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–2 on Tuesday, April 12, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Flyers outshot the Capitals 33–32.
Goals came from Mike Ridley, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Ilkka Sinisalo, Kevin Hatcher, Bobby Gould, Doug Crossman and Michal Pivonka.
Pete Peeters made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Ridley (1)Greg Adams (2), Garry Galley (2)0–110:50 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (3)Dave Christian (3)0–211:26 WSH
Ilkka Sinisalo (3)Dave Poulin (6), Peter Zezel (1)1–214:09 PHI
2nd period
Kevin Hatcher (3)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (4), Michal Pivonka (4)1–305:19 WSH
Bobby Gould (2)Kelly Miller (3)1–409:00 WSH · 
Doug Crossman (1)Brian Propp (1), Murray Craven (4)2–410:48 PHI · 
Michal Pivonka (3)Dave Christian (4), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (5)2–517:10 WSH
Team stats
PHIWSH
3332
0%0%
1/80/8
6339
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:35 into the first period
Ron Sutter · high sticking2 min - 0:35 into the first periodRick Tocchet · fighting5 min
- 0:35 into the first period
Dale Hunter · fighting5 min - 11:17 into the first periodDerrick Smith · high sticking2 min
- 11:17 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · roughing2 min
- 12:02 into the first periodMichal Pivonka · holding2 min
- 15:47 into the first periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 16:04 into the first periodRick Tocchet · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodGreg Smyth · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodPeter Zezel · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the first periodKelly Miller · fighting5 min
- 3:19 into the second periodTim Kerr · tripping2 min
- 7:34 into the second periodLarry Murphy · elbowing2 min
- 10:12 into the second periodDale Hunter · interference2 min
- 10:43 into the second periodPete Peeters · illegal stick2 min
- 13:44 into the second periodMurray Craven · slashing2 min
- 16:20 into the second periodDoug Crossman · boarding2 min
- 16:20 into the second periodGreg Adams · charging2 min
- 3:08 into the third periodGreg Adams · high sticking2 min
- 5:27 into the third periodRick Tocchet · roughing2 min
- 5:27 into the third periodPeter Sundstrom · roughing2 min
- 8:58 into the third periodKjell Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 8:58 into the third periodGreg Smith · high sticking2 min
- 11:43 into the third periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 13:06 into the third periodGreg Smith · hooking2 min
- 13:08 into the third periodKjell Samuelsson · interference2 min
- 18:37 into the third periodBrad Marsh · slashing2 min
- 18:59 into the third periodMark Laforest · game misconduct10 min
- 18:59 into the third periodGreg Smyth · cross checking2 min
- 18:59 into the third periodGreg Smyth · instigator2 min
- 18:59 into the third periodGreg Smyth · fighting5 min
- 18:59 into the third periodGreg Smyth · misconduct10 min
- 18:59 into the third periodGreg Adams · fighting5 min
- 19:49 into the third periodRon Hextall · high sticking2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Greg SmythD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 8 | 1 | .875 |
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |