New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Tuesday, April 26, 1988 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 3–1 on Tuesday, April 26, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Devils outshot the Capitals 31–29.
Kirk Muller scored twice. Tom Kurvers and Mike Ridley also scored.
Bob Sauve made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Kirk Muller (1)Unassisted1–016:36 NJD
2nd period
Tom Kurvers (3)Kirk Muller (7), Pat Verbeek (4)2–006:54 NJD ·
3rd period
Mike Ridley (5)Unassisted2–110:24 WSH- Kirk Muller (2)Pat Verbeek (5)3–113:26 NJD
Team stats
NJDWSH
3129
0%0%
1/50/6
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:19 into the first period
Tom Kurvers · holding2 min - 10:14 into the first periodKirk Muller · holding2 min
- 14:32 into the first periodPerry Anderson · roughing2 min
- 16:46 into the first period
Mike Ridley · hooking2 min - 19:59 into the first periodKirk Muller · holding2 min
- 2:08 into the second periodGrant Ledyard · holding2 min
- 5:53 into the second periodScott Stevens · slashing2 min
- 7:46 into the second periodClaude Loiselle · hooking2 min
- 9:20 into the second periodLarry Murphy · cross checking2 min
- 17:25 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · holding2 min
- 19:49 into the second periodRandy Velischek · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodClaude Loiselle · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodMike Gartner · high sticking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |
Washington Capitals
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 31Alain RaymondG | 0 | 0 | – |