Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Playoffs · Thursday, April 28, 1988 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 7-2 on Thursday, April 28, 1988 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Capitals outshot the Devils 31-27.
Goals came from Claude Loiselle, Mike Ridley, Dale Hunter, Stephen Leach, Yvon Corriveau, Dave Christian, Kelly Miller, David Maley and Mike Gartner.
Pete Peeters made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 13 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Claude Loiselle (3)Unassisted0–100:18 NJD
Mike Ridley (6)Michal Pivonka (9), Larry Murphy (3)1–106:40 WSH
Dale Hunter (7)Scott Stevens (8), Dave Christian (6)2–113:07 WSH · PPG
Stephen Leach (2)Scott Stevens (9)3–117:03 WSH
2nd period
Yvon Corriveau (1)Unassisted4–110:43 WSH
Dave Christian (5)Mike Gartner (4)5–117:48 WSH
3rd period
Kelly Miller (4)Scott Stevens (10)6–105:25 WSH · SHG
David Maley (2)Jim Korn (2), Doug Sulliman (1)6–207:21 NJD
Mike Gartner (3)Scott Stevens (11), Larry Murphy (4)7–218:32 WSH · PPG
Team stats
WSHNJD
31Shots on goal27
0%Faceoff %0%
2/9Power play0/3
18Penalty minutes63
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 09:22
Greg Adams · tripping2 min - 1st 10:53
John MacLean · roughing2 min - 1st 10:53Larry Murphy · cross checking2 min
- 1st 12:29Jack O'Callahan · interference2 min
- 1st 19:50Joe Cirella · roughing2 min
- 1st 19:50Dale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 1st 19:59Pat Verbeek · slashing2 min
- 1st 19:59Kevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min
- 1st 20:00Jim Korn · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 03:37Kirk Muller · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 03:37Yvon Corriveau · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 03:56Grant Ledyard · interference2 min
- 2nd 16:48Ken Daneyko · roughing2 min
- 2nd 16:48Grant Ledyard · roughing2 min
- 3rd 02:50David Maley · slashing2 min
- 3rd 03:48Pete Peeters · delaying game2 min
- 3rd 08:29John MacLean · tripping2 min
- 3rd 12:17David Maley · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:43Claude Loiselle · elbowing2 min
- 3rd 15:48Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 16:28Ken Daneyko · elbowing2 min
- 3rd 18:02Pat Conacher · roughing2 min
- 3rd 18:02Jim Korn · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 18:02Jim Korn · fighting5 min
- 3rd 18:02Jim Korn · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 18:02Jim Korn · game misconduct10 min
- 3rd 18:02Grant Ledyard · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 60:00 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 8David MaleyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | – |
| 7Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 18 | 13 | 5 | .722 | 39:54 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 13 | 11 | 2 | .846 | 20:00 |