Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers
Playoffs · Thursday, April 14, 1988 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 7–2 on Thursday, April 14, 1988 at Spectrum. The Capitals outshot the Flyers 28–26.
Goals came from Mike Ridley, Dave Christian, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Kevin Hatcher, Ilkka Sinisalo, Michal Pivonka, Rick Tocchet, Bobby Gould and Kelly Miller.
Pete Peeters made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 21 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Ridley (2)Unassisted1–005:12 WSH ·
2nd period
Dave Christian (1)Michal Pivonka (5), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (6)2–000:25 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (4)Michal Pivonka (6), Scott Stevens (4)3–002:39 WSH · 
Kevin Hatcher (4)Garry Galley (3), Dale Hunter (1)4–003:17 WSH · 
Ilkka Sinisalo (4)Mark Howe (5), Pelle Eklund (3)4–112:44 PHI
Michal Pivonka (4)Dave Christian (5)5–116:10 WSH · 
Rick Tocchet (1)Brian Propp (2), Tim Kerr (2)5–217:17 PHI ·
3rd period
Bobby Gould (3)Unassisted6–202:37 WSH · 
Kelly Miller (2)Mike Ridley (2), Mike Gartner (2)7–210:02 WSH
Team stats
WSHPHI
2826
0%0%
4/91/8
4950
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:52 into the first period
Michal Pivonka · holding2 min - 3:40 into the first period
Rick Tocchet · holding2 min - 7:06 into the first periodDale Hunter · holding2 min
- 11:38 into the first periodDave Poulin · hooking2 min
- 15:20 into the first periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 0:36 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · fighting5 min
- 0:36 into the second periodRick Tocchet · roughing2 min
- 0:36 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · roughing2 min
- 0:36 into the second periodKelly Miller · fighting5 min
- 1:17 into the second periodDave Brown · fighting5 min
- 4:32 into the second periodDave Poulin · cross checking2 min
- 6:27 into the second periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
- 10:38 into the second periodRod Langway · interference2 min
- 13:07 into the second periodDave Brown · slashing2 min
- 15:10 into the second periodRick Tocchet · cross checking2 min
- 17:12 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · tripping2 min
- 1:36 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · cross checking2 min
- 12:25 into the third periodGreg Smyth · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:25 into the third periodGreg Smyth · fighting5 min
- 12:25 into the third periodGreg Smyth · gross misconduct10 min
- 12:25 into the third periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
- 12:25 into the third periodGreg Adams · fighting5 min
- 12:25 into the third periodGreg Adams · misconduct10 min
- 13:48 into the third periodGrant Ledyard · interference2 min
- 17:20 into the third periodDave Brown · high sticking2 min
- 17:20 into the third periodDave Brown · slashing2 min
- 17:20 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min
- 17:20 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · slashing2 min
- 19:03 into the third periodRick Tocchet · roughing2 min
- 19:03 into the third periodRick Tocchet · fighting5 min
- 19:03 into the third periodDale Hunter · fighting5 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Greg SmythD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | L | 28 | 7 | .750 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |