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Washington Capitals, 1987-88

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Patrick Division, Prince of Wales Conference Made the playoffs

1987-88 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
8 80 38-33-9 85 0.531 281 249 +32 22-14-4 16-19-5

Records are wins, then losses, then ties.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
Division Semifinals Philadelphia Flyers Won 4-3
Division Finals New Jersey Devils Lost 3-4

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits
Mike Gartner R 80 48 33 81 20 73 316 0
Scott Stevens D 80 12 60 72 14 184 231 0
Larry Murphy D 79 8 53 61 2 72 201 0
Dale Hunter C 79 22 37 59 7 240 126 0
Mike Ridley C 70 28 31 59 1 22 134 0
Dave Christian R 80 37 21 58 -14 26 187 0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson L 78 18 36 54 2 29 136 0
Kevin Hatcher D 71 14 27 41 1 137 181 0
Michal Pivonka C 71 11 23 34 1 28 96 0
Kelly Miller L 80 9 23 32 9 35 96 0
Garry Galley D 58 7 23 30 11 44 100 0
Greg Adams L 78 15 12 27 -3 153 109 0
Bobby Gould R 72 12 14 26 -1 56 119 0
Peter Sundstrom L 76 8 17 25 -2 34 89 0
Yvon Corriveau L 44 10 9 19 17 84 52 0
Rod Langway D 63 3 13 16 1 28 49 0
Lou Franceschetti L 59 4 8 12 2 113 53 0
Craig Laughlin R 40 5 5 10 -8 26 45 0
Grant Ledyard D 21 4 3 7 -4 14 41 0
Greg Smith D 54 1 6 7 5 67 31 0
Paul Cavallini D 24 2 3 5 0 66 18 0
Bill Houlder D 30 1 2 3 -2 10 20 0
Stephen Leach R 8 1 1 2 2 17 5 0
David Jensen C 5 0 1 1 0 4 1 0
Ed Kastelic R 35 1 0 1 -3 78 20 0
Michael Richard C 4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0
Yves Beaudoin D 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goalie GP WLTOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
Clint Malarchuk 54 2420404 1338 1184 154 3.16 0.885
Pete Peeters 35 1412502 863 775 88 2.79 0.898
Alain Raymond 1 01000 20 18 2 3.06 0.900

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 3, 1988 @ PHI T 2-2 (OT) 36 31
Apr 2, 1988 vs PIT L 6-7 (OT) 30 32
Mar 31, 1988 @ NYI L 3-7 38 18
Mar 29, 1988 vs DET T 2-2 (OT) 44 27
Mar 25, 1988 vs PHI W 5-3 52 32
Mar 23, 1988 @ PIT L 1-7 23 28
Mar 22, 1988 vs STL L 3-5 46 25
Mar 20, 1988 vs NJD L 2-4 27 28
Mar 18, 1988 vs NYI T 3-3 (OT) 44 23
Mar 16, 1988 @ NYR W 8-4 26 23
Mar 13, 1988 @ BOS W 3-0 27 42
Mar 12, 1988 vs NYR L 2-4 28 34
Mar 10, 1988 @ PHI L 2-5 29 36
Mar 6, 1988 vs VAN W 7-2 35 31
Mar 4, 1988 vs QUE W 6-2 32 28
Mar 2, 1988 @ NJD W 6-1 22 20
Mar 1, 1988 vs NJD W 5-3 28 26
Feb 27, 1988 @ NYI W 3-0 30 28
Feb 24, 1988 @ LAK L 3-4 34 26
Feb 20, 1988 @ MNS W 3-0 22 33
Feb 19, 1988 @ WIN W 6-0 27 29
Feb 17, 1988 @ NJD W 4-3 28 33
Feb 14, 1988 vs CGY W 5-4 (OT) 33 30
Feb 12, 1988 vs NYI W 6-2 27 26
Feb 11, 1988 @ NYR W 5-3 26 25
Feb 6, 1988 vs NYR L 0-3 24 42
Feb 5, 1988 vs NYI L 2-4 34 33
Feb 2, 1988 @ PIT L 2-3 (OT) 28 35
Jan 31, 1988 vs PHI W 1-0 (OT) 36 28
Jan 29, 1988 vs MTL W 4-3 30 25
Jan 26, 1988 vs WIN L 2-3 36 24
Jan 23, 1988 vs BUF T 3-3 (OT) 29 21
Jan 19, 1988 vs NJD W 6-4 31 31
Jan 17, 1988 @ CHI L 4-5 38 25
Jan 16, 1988 @ STL L 1-3 31 18
Jan 13, 1988 @ LAK W 8-3 35 37
Jan 11, 1988 @ EDM L 2-3 27 23
Jan 10, 1988 @ CGY L 2-8 30 34
Jan 8, 1988 vs NYR W 8-4 26 34
Jan 5, 1988 @ PHI W 3-1 28 24
Jan 2, 1988 vs EDM W 2-0 29 28
Jan 1, 1988 vs PIT W 5-3 37 15
Dec 30, 1987 @ NJD W 4-3 34 20
Dec 28, 1987 @ TOR T 4-4 (OT) 33 27
Dec 26, 1987 vs PHI L 2-3 31 31
Dec 23, 1987 @ MTL T 2-2 (OT) 20 42
Dec 22, 1987 @ QUE W 2-1 26 25
Dec 20, 1987 vs STL T 1-1 (OT) 32 26
Dec 18, 1987 vs TOR W 4-2 33 18
Dec 16, 1987 @ DET L 1-6 21 30
Dec 15, 1987 @ TOR L 3-5 27 27
Dec 12, 1987 vs CHI W 2-1 32 27
Dec 9, 1987 @ HFD L 4-5 28 34
Dec 8, 1987 vs CGY L 4-5 30 30
Dec 6, 1987 vs LAK W 10-3 26 31
Dec 4, 1987 vs NYI L 4-6 35 36
Dec 1, 1987 vs EDM W 4-2 26 23
Nov 28, 1987 @ PIT T 5-5 (OT) 40 40
Nov 27, 1987 vs PIT L 2-4 47 23
Nov 25, 1987 vs BOS W 4-1 25 22
Nov 21, 1987 @ HFD W 4-3 23 32
Nov 20, 1987 @ BUF L 3-5 33 32
Nov 17, 1987 vs DET L 0-1 32 15
Nov 14, 1987 vs MNS W 4-1 33 23
Nov 11, 1987 @ PIT L 2-3 24 22
Nov 10, 1987 @ NYI L 3-4 (OT) 37 28
Nov 7, 1987 @ NJD L 1-4 23 22
Nov 6, 1987 vs QUE L 1-4 31 24
Nov 3, 1987 vs VAN W 3-2 28 18
Oct 31, 1987 @ MNS T 3-3 (OT) 39 24
Oct 30, 1987 @ WIN L 2-3 (OT) 31 37
Oct 27, 1987 @ VAN W 3-2 18 33
Oct 24, 1987 vs MTL L 2-3 27 23
Oct 22, 1987 @ PHI W 4-1 32 22
Oct 19, 1987 @ NYR W 4-2 28 22
Oct 17, 1987 vs NYR W 4-3 31 29
Oct 16, 1987 vs HFD W 6-2 36 19
Oct 11, 1987 @ BUF L 5-6 27 35
Oct 10, 1987 vs CHI W 6-4 33 29
Oct 8, 1987 @ BOS L 3-4 26 34