New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Saturday, April 30, 1988 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Saturday, April 30, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Devils 32–26.
Goals came from Kirk Muller, Claude Loiselle, Grant Ledyard, Garry Galley and John MacLean.
Sean Burke made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Kirk Muller (3)Aaron Broten (6), Pat Verbeek (6)1–000:14 NJD
Claude Loiselle (4)Bruce Driver (6), Joe Cirella (4)2–012:01 NJD
2nd period
Grant Ledyard (1)Kevin Hatcher (7), Greg Adams (5)2–115:21 WSH
Garry Galley (2)Unassisted2–219:54 WSH
3rd period
John MacLean (5)Craig Wolanin (3), Mark Johnson (7)3–213:49 NJD
Team stats
NJDWSH
2632
0%0%
0/30/5
1612
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:26 into the first period
Pat Conacher · hooking2 min - 7:01 into the first period
Dale Hunter · high sticking2 min - 10:15 into the first periodRandy Velischek · interference2 min
- 10:15 into the first periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 15:01 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · hooking2 min
- 18:41 into the first periodSean Burke · roughing2 min
- 19:37 into the first periodJoe Cirella · roughing2 min
- 4:43 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min
- 13:16 into the second periodTom Kurvers · cross checking2 min
- 16:23 into the second periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
- 18:24 into the second periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
- 18:24 into the second periodPatrik Sundstrom · roughing2 min
- 18:24 into the second periodGreg Adams · roughing2 min
- 18:24 into the second periodLarry Murphy · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Garry GalleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Grant LedyardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |