Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Playoffs · Friday, April 22, 1988 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 10–4 on Friday, April 22, 1988 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Capitals outshot the Devils 32–31.
Mark Johnson scored 4 goals, Patrik Sundstrom scored a hat trick and Larry Murphy scored twice. Dave Christian, Claude Loiselle, Mike Gartner, Anders Carlsson and Doug Brown also scored.
Sean Burke made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 7 of 10.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Johnson (5)Ken Daneyko (2), Patrik Sundstrom (5)0–110:37 NJD · - Mark Johnson (6)Patrik Sundstrom (6), John MacLean (8)0–215:07 NJD ·
Dave Christian (2)Greg Adams (4), Scott Stevens (7)1–218:22 WSH ·
2nd period
Patrik Sundstrom (4)Claude Loiselle (4)1–300:57 NJD
Claude Loiselle (2)Randy Velischek (1)1–402:01 NJD · 
Larry Murphy (3)Michal Pivonka (7), Dale Hunter (4)2–406:51 WSH
Mike Gartner (2)Unassisted3–409:50 WSH
Anders Carlsson (1)Patrik Sundstrom (7)3–511:39 NJD- Larry Murphy (4)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (9)4–513:57 WSH
Doug Brown (3)Ken Daneyko (3)4–615:33 NJD- Patrik Sundstrom (5)Joe Cirella (3), Ken Daneyko (4)4–719:45 NJD
3rd period
- Mark Johnson (7)Patrik Sundstrom (8)4–802:59 NJD
- Mark Johnson (8)Patrik Sundstrom (9), John MacLean (9)4–909:47 NJD ·
- Patrik Sundstrom (6)Ken Daneyko (5)4–1014:14 NJD
Team stats
WSHNJD
3231
0%0%
1/113/7
123108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:08 into the first period
Ken Daneyko · roughing2 min - 2:49 into the first period
Greg Adams · interference2 min - 8:48 into the first periodJeff Greenlaw · slashing2 min
- 13:50 into the first periodKirk Muller · roughing2 min
- 13:50 into the first periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · interference2 min
- 13:50 into the first periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 17:18 into the first periodRandy Velischek · holding2 min
- 18:05 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 18:05 into the first periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 0:57 into the second periodDavid Maley · fighting5 min
- 0:57 into the second periodGreg Adams · fighting5 min
- 1:10 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · fighting5 min
- 1:10 into the second periodJeff Greenlaw · fighting5 min
- 1:32 into the second periodJohn MacLean · cross checking2 min
- 1:32 into the second periodJohn MacLean · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1:32 into the second periodBrendan Shanahan · attempt to injure10 min
- 1:32 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1:32 into the second periodGreg Smith · attempt to injure10 min
- 2:38 into the second periodPatrik Sundstrom · roughing2 min
- 2:38 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 3:42 into the second periodLarry Murphy · slashing2 min
- 7:42 into the second periodKen Daneyko · holding2 min
- 8:31 into the second periodJoe Cirella · roughing2 min
- 8:31 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 11:08 into the second periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 11:08 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · roughing2 min
- 13:11 into the second periodTom Kurvers · roughing2 min
- 13:11 into the second periodJeff Greenlaw · roughing2 min
- 16:52 into the second periodRandy Velischek · roughing2 min
- 16:52 into the second periodRandy Velischek · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 16:52 into the second periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
- 16:52 into the second periodGreg Adams · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:41 into the second periodBruce Driver · holding2 min
- 0:48 into the third periodDoug Brown · holding2 min
- 4:40 into the third periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
- 4:40 into the third periodKen Daneyko · fighting5 min
- 4:40 into the third periodDavid Maley · roughing2 min
- 4:40 into the third periodDavid Maley · fighting5 min
- 4:40 into the third periodDavid Maley · game misconduct10 min
- 4:40 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · fighting5 min
- 4:40 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · fighting5 min
- 4:40 into the third periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 4:40 into the third periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min
- 4:40 into the third periodScott Stevens · misconduct10 min
- 6:06 into the third periodTom Kurvers · tripping2 min
- 9:47 into the third periodAaron Broten · slashing2 min
- 9:57 into the third periodDale Hunter · slashing2 min
- 9:57 into the third periodDale Hunter · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:57 into the third periodDale Hunter · game misconduct10 min
- 9:57 into the third periodDale Hunter · gross misconduct10 min
- 11:02 into the third periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 14:21 into the third periodPat Conacher · misconduct10 min
- 14:21 into the third periodKen Daneyko · misconduct10 min
- 14:21 into the third periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 14:21 into the third periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 14:21 into the third periodGarry Galley · roughing2 min
- 14:21 into the third periodJeff Greenlaw · misconduct10 min
- 14:21 into the third periodLarry Murphy · misconduct10 min
- 15:26 into the third periodClint Malarchuk · interference2 min
- 16:45 into the third periodRandy Velischek · holding2 min
- 19:08 into the third periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 19:08 into the third periodGarry Galley · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Larry MurphyD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Jeff GreenlawL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 10 | 3 | .700 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 21 | 7 | .667 |
New Jersey Devils
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 3 | 5 | 8 | +5 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 4 | 0 | 4 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |