1987-88 Washington Capitals Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 38-33-9 - 85 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 7-7
Lost NHL division finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Philadelphia Flyers 4-3
Division Finals - Lost to New Jersey Devils 4-3
Coach: Bryan Murray (38-33-9)
Location: Landover, Maryland
1987-88 Washington Capitals RosterTeam Record: 38-33-9 - 85 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 7-7
Lost NHL division finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated Philadelphia Flyers 4-3
Division Finals - Lost to New Jersey Devils 4-3
Coach: Bryan Murray (38-33-9)
Location: Landover, Maryland
1987-88 Washington Capitals Results
The Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ended the 1987-88 season with a record of 38 wins and 33 losses and 9 ties for 85 points, finishing second in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-7.
The Capitals scored 281 goals and gave up 249. Mike Gartner netted 48 goals for Washington, and Dave Christian tallied 30 or more also. Scott Stevens contributed 60 assists. Clint Malarchuk earned 24 wins in front of the net for the squad, while Pete Peeters recorded a 2.78 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Bryan Murray coached the team. The 1987-88 Washington Capitals lost in the NHL division finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Gartner | R | 80 | 48 | 33 | 81 | 73 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 316 | 15.2 |
| Scott Stevens | D | 80 | 12 | 60 | 72 | 184 | 14 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 231 | 5.2 |
| Larry Murphy | D | 79 | 8 | 53 | 61 | 72 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 201 | 4.0 |
| Mike Ridley | C | 70 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 134 | 20.9 |
| Dale Hunter | C | 79 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 240 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 126 | 17.5 |
| Dave Christian | R | 80 | 37 | 21 | 58 | 26 | -14 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 187 | 19.8 |
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | R | 78 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 136 | 13.2 |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 71 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 137 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 181 | 7.7 |
| Michal Pivonka | C | 71 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 11.5 |
| Kelly Miller | L | 80 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 96 | 9.4 |
| Garry Galley | D | 58 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 7.0 |
| Greg Adams | L | 78 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 153 | -3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 13.8 |
| Bobby Gould | R | 72 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 56 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 119 | 10.1 |
| Peter Sundstrom | L | 76 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 34 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 9.0 |
| Yvon Corriveau | L | 44 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 84 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 19.2 |
| Rod Langway | D | 63 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 6.1 |
| Lou Franceschetti | R | 59 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 113 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 7.5 |
| Craig Laughlin | R | 40 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 26 | -8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 11.1 |
| Grant Ledyard | D | 21 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 9.8 |
| Greg Smith | D | 54 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 3.2 |
| Paul Cavallini | D | 24 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 11.1 |
| Bill Houlder | D | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Stephen Leach | R | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Clint Malarchuk | G | 54 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Kastelic | R | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 78 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Pete Peeters | G | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Jensen | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Yves Beaudoin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alain Raymond | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Richard | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1530 | 281 | 464 | 745 | 1660 | 56 | 94 | 174 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 6 | 2461 | 11.4 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint Malarchuk | 54 | 2926 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 154 | 3.16 | 1340 | 1186 | .885 |
| Pete Peeters | 35 | 1896 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 88 | 2.78 | 866 | 778 | .898 |
| Alain Raymond | 1 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 | 20 | 18 | .900 |
| Totals | 90 | 4862 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 244 | 3.01 | 2470 | 2226 | .901 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Gartner | R | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6.7 | |
| Scott Stevens | D | 13 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 46 | -1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 2.4 | |
| Larry Murphy | D | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 19.0 | |
| Mike Ridley | C | 14 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 21.4 | |
| Dale Hunter | C | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 98 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 29.2 | |
| Dave Christian | R | 14 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12.5 | |
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | R | 14 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 14.3 | |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 14 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 55 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 11.4 | |
| Michal Pivonka | C | 14 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 14.3 | |
| Kelly Miller | L | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 30.8 | |
| Garry Galley | D | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 | |
| Greg Adams | L | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Bobby Gould | R | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 21 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 | |
| Peter Sundstrom | L | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 20.0 | |
| Yvon Corriveau | L | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 | |
| Rod Langway | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Lou Franceschetti | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Grant Ledyard | D | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Greg Smith | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Stephen Leach | R | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 33.3 | |
| Clint Malarchuk | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Kastelic | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Peeters | G | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Greenlaw | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grant Jennings | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Felix | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 268 | 54 | 77 | 131 | 529 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 424 | 12.7 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint Malarchuk | 4 | 193 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4.66 | 95 | 80 | .842 |
| Pete Peeters | 12 | 654 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 3.12 | 326 | 292 | .896 |
| Totals | 16 | 847 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 3.47 | 470 | 421 | .896 |
