Philadelphia Flyers vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Saturday, April 16, 1988 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 in overtime on Saturday, April 16, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Flyers 40–33.
Dale Hunter scored twice. Tim Kerr, Brian Propp, Mark Howe, Garry Galley, Kelly Miller, Kevin Hatcher and Brad Marsh also scored.
Pete Peeters made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 35 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Tim Kerr (1)Murray Craven (5), Mark Howe (6)1–017:36 PHI ·
2nd period
Brian Propp (4)Kjell Samuelsson (5)2–001:35 PHI
Mark Howe (3)Tim Kerr (3)3–002:59 PHI
Garry Galley (1)Dale Hunter (2), Greg Adams (3)3–106:42 WSH
Kelly Miller (3)Mike Ridley (3)3–208:02 WSH
Kevin Hatcher (5)Unassisted3–317:54 WSH
3rd period
Dale Hunter (4)Garry Galley (4), Kevin Hatcher (4)3–405:19 WSH · 
Brad Marsh (1)Peter Zezel (2)4–406:21 PHI
Overtime
- Dale Hunter (5)Larry Murphy (1), Scott Stevens (5)4–505:57 WSH
Team stats
PHIWSH
3340
0%0%
1/51/8
1621
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:31 into the first period
Kjell Samuelsson · high sticking2 min - 9:24 into the first periodDoug Crossman · holding2 min
- 10:31 into the first periodRon Hextall · delaying game2 min
- 12:47 into the first periodRon Sutter · high sticking2 min
- 15:28 into the first period
Greg Adams · holding2 min - 17:14 into the first periodGrant Ledyard · spearing5 min
- 17:14 into the first periodGrant Ledyard · game misconduct10 min
- 0:50 into the second periodTim Kerr · roughing2 min
- 10:05 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · interference2 min
- 12:34 into the second periodRon Sutter · tripping2 min
- 2:26 into the third periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 5:13 into the third periodKjell Samuelsson · tripping2 min
- 1:12 into overtimeMark Howe · hooking2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 12Tim KerrR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Greg SmythD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | L | 40 | 5 | .875 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 32Dale HunterC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |