The New Jersey Devils came up just a bit short against the Washington Capitals, 4 to 3, on December 30, 1987.

Final

Capitals

16-17-5

4

Devils

18-16-4

3

Team

WSH

NJD

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

NJD

Dale Hunter (PP) assisted by Larry Murphy and Bengt-Ake Gustafsson

Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (SH) unassisted

Jim Korn (EV) assisted by Tom Kurvers and Joe Cirella

2nd period

WSH

NJD

Patrik Sundstrom (SH) assisted by Doug Sulliman

Pat Verbeek (PP) assisted by Kirk Muller and Aaron Broten

Dale Hunter (PP) assisted by Bengt-Ake Gustafsson

3rd period

WSH

NJD

Kevin Hatcher (EV) assisted by Peter Sundstrom and Bengt-Ake Gustafsson

Capitals

Devils

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Devils

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Clint Malarchuk (W) C. Malarchuk	1	0	0	20	17	.850	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	GWG	S	S%
Greg Adams G. Adams	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dave Christian D. Christian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Yvon Corriveau Y. Corriveau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Gartner M. Gartner	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bobby Gould B. Gould	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson B. Gustafsson	1	3	4	+2	0	0	2	1	0	2	50.0
Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	1	4	25.0
Bill Houlder B. Houlder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	50.0
Rod Langway R. Langway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Craig Laughlin C. Laughlin	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Kelly Miller K. Miller	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Larry Murphy L. Murphy	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0
Michael Richard M. Richard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Greg Smith G. Smith	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Stevens S. Stevens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Peter Sundstrom P. Sundstrom	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Bob Sauve (L) B. Sauve	0	1	0	34	30	.882	4	4.06	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	S	S%
Aaron Broten A. Broten	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0
Doug Brown D. Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Joe Cirella J. Cirella	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ken Daneyko K. Daneyko	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Johnson M. Johnson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jim Korn J. Korn	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Tom Kurvers T. Kurvers	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Claude Loiselle C. Loiselle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
David Maley D. Maley	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kirk Muller K. Muller	0	1	1	-2	2	0	1	0	0	3	0.0
Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Doug Sulliman D. Sulliman	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Patrik Sundstrom P. Sundstrom	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0	2	50.0
Pat Verbeek P. Verbeek	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Craig Wolanin C. Wolanin	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0