New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals

Playoffs · Monday, April 18, 1988 · Capital Centre

New JerseyDevilsAway

1–3

34–31

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 3–1 on Monday, April 18, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Devils outshot the Capitals 34–31.

Goals came from Mike Ridley, Larry Murphy, Scott Stevens and Tom Kurvers.

Goals
NJD	0	0	1	1	34
WSH	1	2	0	3	31

Scoring

1st period

Mike Ridley (3)Unassisted0–107:18 WSH

2nd period

Larry Murphy (1)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (7)0–203:29 WSH ·
Scott Stevens (1)Larry Murphy (2), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (8)0–316:48 WSH

3rd period

Tom Kurvers (1)Pat Verbeek (2), Aaron Broten (4)1–309:49 NJD

Team stats

NJDWSH

3431

0%0%

0/41/3

1820

00

00

00

00

Penalties

9:05 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · hooking2 min
12:31 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · cross checking2 min
2:06 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · roughing2 min
2:06 into the second periodRod Langway · roughing2 min
2:55 into the second periodJoe Cirella · high sticking2 min
3:38 into the second periodJoe Cirella · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3:38 into the second periodYvon Corriveau · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
6:28 into the second periodDavid Maley · high sticking2 min
6:28 into the second periodMike Gartner · high sticking2 min
7:23 into the second periodRod Langway · tripping2 min
14:19 into the second periodDale Hunter · tripping2 min
18:09 into the second periodJohn MacLean · holding2 min
0:27 into the third periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
0:27 into the third periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
0:27 into the third periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
0:27 into the third periodGarry Galley · roughing2 min
0:27 into the third periodMike Gartner · roughing2 min
0:27 into the third periodMike Ridley · roughing2 min
2:45 into the third periodBobby Gould · hooking2 min

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