The Washington Capitals couldn't pull it off against the New York Rangers, 5 to 4, in overtime on February 7, 1987.

Final

Rangers

23-23-8

5

Capitals

22-27-8

4

Team

NYR

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

2nd period

NYR

WSH

Mike Ridley (EV) assisted by Larry Murphy and Michal Pivonka

Tony McKegney (EV) assisted by Pierre Larouche and Brad Maxwell

Tony McKegney (EV) assisted by Curt Giles and Willie Huber

Craig Laughlin (EV) assisted by Dave Christian and Larry Murphy

Craig Laughlin (PP) assisted by Larry Murphy and Michal Pivonka

3rd period

NYR

WSH

Ron Duguay (EV) assisted by Bobby Carpenter and James Patrick

Tomas Sandstrom (EV) assisted by Walt Poddubny and Jan Erixon

Kelly Miller (PP) assisted by Larry Murphy

NYR

WSH

Tomas Sandstrom (EV) assisted by Larry Melnyk and Pierre Larouche

Rangers

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Vanbiesbrouck (W) J. Vanbiesbrouck	1	0	0	41	37	.902	4	3.73	0	64

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Bobby Carpenter B. Carpenter	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Lucien DeBlois L. DeBlois	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Ron Duguay R. Duguay	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	1	100.0
Jan Erixon J. Erixon	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0
Curt Giles C. Giles	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Willie Huber W. Huber	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kelly Kisio K. Kisio	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Tom Laidlaw T. Laidlaw	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0
Pierre Larouche P. Larouche	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	4	0.0
Don Maloney D. Maloney	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brad Maxwell B. Maxwell	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Tony McKegney T. McKegney	2	0	2	+2	0	0	0	3	66.7
Larry Melnyk L. Melnyk	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mark Osborne M. Osborne	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
James Patrick J. Patrick	0	1	1	+2	4	0	0	2	0.0
Walt Poddubny W. Poddubny	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	7	0.0
Tomas Sandstrom T. Sandstrom	2	0	2	+2	0	1	1	5	40.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Bob Mason (L) B. Mason	0	1	0	28	23	.821	5	4.66	0	64

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Greg Adams G. Adams	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0.0
John Barrett J. Barrett	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
John Blum J. Blum	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Christian D. Christian	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bob Crawford B. Crawford	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Gaetan Duchesne G. Duchesne	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	3	0.0
Lou Franceschetti L. Franceschetti	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Mike Gartner M. Gartner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Bobby Gould B. Gould	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0
Rod Langway R. Langway	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	3	0.0
Craig Laughlin C. Laughlin	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	100.0
Kelly Miller K. Miller	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	3	33.3
Larry Murphy L. Murphy	0	4	4	+2	0	0	2	5	0.0
Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	3	0.0
Mike Ridley M. Ridley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Gary Sampson G. Sampson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Scott Stevens S. Stevens	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	5	0.0