1987–88 Washington Capitals season

1987–88 Washington Capitals
Division	2nd Patrick
1987–88 record	38–33–9
Goals for	281
Goals against	249
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Bryan Murray
Captain	Rod Langway
Team leaders
Goals	Mike Gartner (48)
Assists	Scott Stevens (60)
Points	Mike Gartner (81)
Penalty minutes	Dale Hunter (240)
Wins	Clint Malarchuk (24)
Goals against average	Pete Peeters (2.78)

The 1987–88 Washington Capitals season was the 14th in the franchise's history. The Capitals finished 2nd in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Finals to the New Jersey Devils 4 games to 3.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Islanders	80	39	31	10	308	267	88
Philadelphia Flyers	80	38	33	9	292	292	85
Washington Capitals	80	38	33	9	281	249	85
New Jersey Devils	80	38	36	6	295	296	82
New York Rangers	80	36	34	10	300	283	82
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	36	35	9	319	316	81

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 8, 1987	3–4	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88)	0–1–0
2	W	October 10, 1987	6–4	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	1–1–0
3	L	October 11, 1987	5–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	1–2–0
4	W	October 16, 1987	6–2	Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	2–2–0
5	W	October 17, 1987	4–3	New York Rangers (1987–88)	3–2–0
6	W	October 19, 1987	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1987–88)	4–2–0
7	W	October 22, 1987	4–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	5–2–0
8	L	October 24, 1987	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	5–3–0
9	W	October 27, 1987	3–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	6–3–0
10	L	October 30, 1987	2–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	6–4–0
11	T	October 31, 1987	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	6–4–1
12	W	November 3, 1987	3–2	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	7–4–1
13	L	November 6, 1987	1–4	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	7–5–1
14	L	November 7, 1987	1–4	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	7–6–1
15	L	November 10, 1987	3–4 OT	@ New York Islanders (1987–88)	7–7–1
16	L	November 11, 1987	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	7–8–1
17	W	November 14, 1987	4–1	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	8–8–1
18	L	November 17, 1987	0–1	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	8–9–1
19	L	November 20, 1987	3–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	8–10–1
20	W	November 21, 1987	4–3	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	9–10–1
21	W	November 25, 1987	4–1	Boston Bruins (1987–88)	10–10–1
22	L	November 27, 1987	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	10–11–1
23	T	November 28, 1987	5–5 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	10–11–2
24	W	December 1, 1987	4–2	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	11–11–2
25	L	December 4, 1987	4–6	New York Islanders (1987–88)	11–12–2
26	W	December 6, 1987	10–3	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	12–12–2
27	L	December 8, 1987	4–5	Calgary Flames (1987–88)	12–13–2
28	L	December 9, 1987	4–5	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88)	12–14–2
29	W	December 12, 1987	2–1	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	13–14–2
30	L	December 15, 1987	3–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	13–15–2
31	L	December 16, 1987	1–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	13–16–2
32	W	December 18, 1987	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	14–16–2
33	T	December 20, 1987	1–1 OT	St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	14–16–3
34	W	December 22, 1987	2–1	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	15–16–3
35	T	December 23, 1987	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	15–16–4
36	L	December 26, 1987	2–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	15–17–4
37	T	December 28, 1987	4–4 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)	15–17–5
38	W	December 30, 1987	4–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	16–17–5
39	W	January 1, 1988	5–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	17–17–5
40	W	January 2, 1988	2–0	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	18–17–5
41	W	January 5, 1988	3–1	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	19–17–5
42	W	January 8, 1988	8–4	New York Rangers (1987–88)	20–17–5
43	L	January 10, 1988	2–8	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88)	20–18–5
44	L	January 11, 1988	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)	20–19–5
45	W	January 13, 1988	8–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	21–19–5
46	L	January 16, 1988	1–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	21–20–5
47	L	January 17, 1988	4–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)	21–21–5
48	W	January 19, 1988	6–4	New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	22–21–5
49	T	January 23, 1988	3–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)	22–21–6
50	L	January 26, 1988	2–3	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	22–22–6
51	W	January 29, 1988	4–3	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)	23–22–6
52	W	January 31, 1988	1–0 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	24–22–6
53	L	February 2, 1988	2–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	24–23–6
54	L	February 5, 1988	2–4	New York Islanders (1987–88)	24–24–6
55	L	February 6, 1988	0–3	New York Rangers (1987–88)	24–25–6
56	W	February 11, 1988	5–3	@ New York Rangers (1987–88)	25–25–6
57	W	February 12, 1988	6–2	New York Islanders (1987–88)	26–25–6
58	W	February 14, 1988	5–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1987–88)	27–25–6
59	W	February 17, 1988	4–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	28–25–6
60	W	February 19, 1988	6–0	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)	29–25–6
61	W	February 20, 1988	3–0	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	30–25–6
62	L	February 24, 1988	3–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)	30–26–6
63	W	February 27, 1988	3–0	@ New York Islanders (1987–88)	31–26–6
64	W	March 1, 1988	5–3	New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	32–26–6
65	W	March 2, 1988	6–1	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	33–26–6
66	W	March 4, 1988	6–2	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)	34–26–6
67	W	March 6, 1988	7–2	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)	35–26–6
68	L	March 10, 1988	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	35–27–6
69	L	March 12, 1988	2–4	New York Rangers (1987–88)	35–28–6
70	W	March 13, 1988	3–0	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88)	36–28–6
71	W	March 16, 1988	8–4	@ New York Rangers (1987–88)	37–28–6
72	T	March 18, 1988	3–3 OT	New York Islanders (1987–88)	37–28–7
73	L	March 20, 1988	2–4	New Jersey Devils (1987–88)	37–29–7
74	L	March 22, 1988	3–5	St. Louis Blues (1987–88)	37–30–7
75	L	March 23, 1988	1–7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	37–31–7
76	W	March 25, 1988	5–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	38–31–7
77	T	March 29, 1988	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)	38–31–8
78	L	March 31, 1988	3–7	@ New York Islanders (1987–88)	38–32–8
79	L	April 2, 1988	6–7 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)	38–33–8
80	T	April 3, 1988	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)	38–33–9

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	RW	80	48	33	81	73	20	19	0	7
Stevens, ScottScott Stevens	D	80	12	60	72	184	14	5	1	2
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy	D	79	8	53	61	72	2	7	0	1
Ridley, MikeMike Ridley	C	70	28	31	59	22	1	12	0	3
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter	C	79	22	37	59	240	7	11	0	1
Christian, DaveDave Christian	RW	80	37	21	58	26	-14	14	0	5
Gustafsson, Bengt-AkeBengt-Ake Gustafsson	RW	78	18	36	54	29	2	7	5	3
Hatcher, KevinKevin Hatcher	D	71	14	27	41	137	1	5	0	3
Pivonka, MichalMichal Pivonka	C	71	11	23	34	28	1	3	0	0
Miller, KellyKelly Miller	LW	80	9	23	32	35	9	0	1	3
Galley, GarryGarry Galley	D	58	7	23	30	44	11	3	0	0
Adams, GregGreg Adams	LW	78	15	12	27	153	-3	3	0	0
Gould, BobbyBobby Gould	RW	72	12	14	26	56	-1	0	0	2
Sundstrom, PeterPeter Sundstrom	LW	76	8	17	25	34	-2	0	1	1
Corriveau, YvonYvon Corriveau	LW	44	10	9	19	84	17	0	0	1
Langway, RodRod Langway	D	63	3	13	16	28	1	0	0	1
Franceschetti, LouLou Franceschetti	RW	59	4	8	12	113	2	1	0	1
Laughlin, CraigCraig Laughlin	RW	40	5	5	10	26	-8	3	0	1
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard	D	21	4	3	7	14	-4	1	0	1
Smith, GregGreg Smith	D	54	1	6	7	67	5	0	0	0
Cavallini, PaulPaul Cavallini	D	24	2	3	5	66	0	0	0	1
Houlder, BillBill Houlder	D	30	1	2	3	10	-2	0	0	0
Leach, StephenStephen Leach	RW	8	1	1	2	17	2	0	0	1
Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk	G	54	0	2	2	10	0	0	0	0
Kastelic, EdEd Kastelic	W	35	1	0	1	78	-3	0	0	0
Jensen, David A.David A. Jensen	C	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Peeters, PetePete Peeters	G	35	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0
Beaudoin, YvesYves Beaudoin	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Richard, MikeMike Richard	C	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Raymond, AlainAlain Raymond	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk	2926	54	24	20	4	154	3.16	4	1340	1186	.885
Peeters, PetePete Peeters	1896	35	14	12	5	88	2.78	2	866	778	.898
Raymond, AlainAlain Raymond	40	1	0	1	0	2	3.00	0	20	18	.900
Team:	4862	80	38	33	9	244	3.01	6	2226	1982	.890

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Gustafsson, Bengt-AkeBengt-Ake Gustafsson	RW	14	4	9	13	6	2	0	1
Pivonka, MichalMichal Pivonka	C	14	4	9	13	4	2	0	0
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter	C	14	7	5	12	98	4	0	1
Hatcher, KevinKevin Hatcher	D	14	5	7	12	55	1	0	1
Stevens, ScottScott Stevens	D	13	1	11	12	46	0	0	0
Ridley, MikeMike Ridley	C	14	6	5	11	10	1	0	0
Christian, DaveDave Christian	RW	14	5	6	11	6	1	0	0
Miller, KellyKelly Miller	LW	14	4	4	8	10	0	1	1
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy	D	13	4	4	8	33	2	0	1
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	RW	14	3	4	7	14	1	0	0
Galley, GarryGarry Galley	D	13	2	4	6	13	0	0	0
Adams, GregGreg Adams	LW	14	0	5	5	58	0	0	0
Gould, BobbyBobby Gould	RW	14	3	1	4	21	0	2	0
Leach, StephenStephen Leach	RW	9	2	1	3	0	0	0	1
Corriveau, YvonYvon Corriveau	LW	13	1	2	3	30	0	0	0
Sundstrom, PeterPeter Sundstrom	LW	14	2	0	2	6	0	1	1
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard	D	14	1	0	1	30	0	0	0
Felix, ChrisChris Felix	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greenlaw, JeffJeff Greenlaw	LW	1	0	0	0	19	0	0	0
Jennings, GrantGrant Jennings	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kastelic, EdEd Kastelic	W	1	0	0	0	19	0	0	0
Franceschetti, LouLou Franceschetti	RW	4	0	0	0	14	0	0	0
Langway, RodRod Langway	D	6	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Smith, GregGreg Smith	D	9	0	0	0	23	0	0	0
Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk	G	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Peeters, PetePete Peeters	G	12	0	0	0	4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Peeters, PetePete Peeters	654	12	7	5	34	3.12	0	326	292	.896
Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk	193	4	0	2	15	4.66	0	95	80	.842
Team:	847	14	7	7	49	3.47	0	421	372	.884

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals

MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage

Awards and Records

• James Norris Memorial Trophy: Scott Stevens, Runner-up
• Scott Stevens, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star

Game Ads

Exhibition @ Troy, New York

See Also

• 1987–88 NHL season

External Links

• 1987–88 Washington Capitals Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-07.