The Hartford Whalers managed to stay ahead of the Washington Capitals, 5 to 4, on December 9, 1987.

Final

Capitals

12-14-2

4

Whalers

11-12-4

5

Team

WSH

HFD

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

HFD

Sylvain Turgeon (EV) assisted by Sylvain Cote and Dean Evason

Scot Kleinendorst (EV) assisted by Mike Millar

Larry Murphy (PP) assisted by Garry Galley and Bengt-Ake Gustafsson

Sylvain Turgeon (EV) assisted by Ron Francis and John Anderson

2nd period

WSH

HFD

Greg Adams (PP) assisted by Mike Gartner and Bengt-Ake Gustafsson

Kevin Hatcher (EV) unassisted

Kevin Dineen (EV) assisted by Brent Peterson and Dave Tippett

Kevin Hatcher (EV) unassisted

3rd period

WSH

HFD

Kevin Dineen (EV) assisted by Ron Francis

Capitals

Whalers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Whalers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Alain Raymond (L) A. Raymond	0	1	0	20	18	.900	2	3.06	0	39
Clint Malarchuk C. Malarchuk				14	11	.786	3	9.00	0	20

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Greg Adams G. Adams	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	2	50.0
Paul Cavallini P. Cavallini	0	0	0	-3	6	0	0	0
Dave Christian D. Christian	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Lou Franceschetti L. Franceschetti	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Garry Galley G. Galley	0	1	1	0	7	0	1	1	0.0
Mike Gartner M. Gartner	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	3	0.0
Bobby Gould B. Gould	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson B. Gustafsson	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	0.0
Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	2	0	2	+1	0	0	0	6	33.3
Bill Houlder B. Houlder	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0.0
Ed Kastelic E. Kastelic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Larry Murphy L. Murphy	1	0	1	-4	0	1	0	1	100.0
Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Ridley M. Ridley	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Scott Stevens S. Stevens	0	0	0	-1	14	0	0	2	0.0
Peter Sundstrom P. Sundstrom	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Liut (W) M. Liut	1	0	0	28	24	.857	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
John Anderson J. Anderson	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Dave Babych D. Babych	0	0	0	+2	0	0	4	0.0
Sylvain Cote S. Cote	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kevin Dineen K. Dineen	2	0	2	+1	8	1	4	50.0
Dean Evason D. Evason	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Ray Ferraro R. Ferraro	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0.0
Ron Francis R. Francis	0	2	2	+2	5	0	1	0.0
Scot Kleinendorst S. Kleinendorst	1	0	1	+1	0	0	4	25.0
Paul MacDermid P. MacDermid	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Mike Millar M. Millar	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Dana Murzyn D. Murzyn	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0.0
Brent Peterson B. Peterson	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0.0
Joel Quenneville J. Quenneville	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	+1	6	0	1	0.0
Dave Tippett D. Tippett	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Sylvain Turgeon S. Turgeon	2	0	2	+1	0	0	6	33.3
Dave Williams D. Williams	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0.0