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38-33-9 (85 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Patrick Division (Game Results)
NHL Season Summary
Scored 281 goals, Allowed 249 goals, SRS: 0.44 (6th of 21)
Coached by Bryan Murray (38-33-9)
Playoffs:
Lost Division Finals (4-3) to New Jersey Devils
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-3) over Philadelphia Flyers
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1987-88 Statistics ▪ Games
| Team | GP | W | L | T | PTS | PTS% | GF | GA | SRS | TG/G | PPG | PPO | PP% | PPGA | PPOA | PK% | SHG | SHGA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | 80 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 85 | .531 | 281 | 249 | 0.44 | 6.63 | 94 | 469 | 20.04 | 75 | 394 | 80.96 | 8 | 15 |
| League Average | 80 | 35 | 35 | 9 | 80 | .500 | 297 | 297 | 0.00 | 7.43 | 89 | 437 | 20.29 | 89 | 437 | 79.71 | 13 | 13 |
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| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | GC | GC/G | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Gartner | RW | 6-0 | 187 | 28 | 80 | 48 | 33 | 81 | 1.01 | 34 | 0.42 | 135 | 54 | 78 | 17 | 20 | 73 | 29 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 316 | 3.95 | 15.2 | ||
| 2 | Scott Stevens | D | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | 80 | 12 | 60 | 72 | 0.90 | 24 | 0.30 | 158 | 62 | 124 | 42 | 14 | 184 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 231 | 2.89 | 5.2 | ||
| 3 | Larry Murphy | D | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | 79 | 8 | 53 | 61 | 0.77 | 20 | 0.25 | 132 | 58 | 89 | 17 | 2 | 72 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 201 | 2.54 | 4.0 | ||
| 4 | Mike Ridley | C | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | 70 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 0.84 | 23 | 0.33 | 94 | 38 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 134 | 1.91 | 20.9 | ||
| 5 | Dale Hunter | C | 5-10 | 198 | 27 | 79 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 0.75 | 22 | 0.28 | 109 | 54 | 56 | 8 | 7 | 240 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 1.59 | 17.5 | ||
| 6 | Dave Christian | RW | 5-11 | 175 | 28 | 80 | 37 | 21 | 58 | 0.73 | 25 | 0.31 | 90 | 40 | 73 | 9 | -14 | 26 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 187 | 2.34 | 19.8 | ||
| 7 | Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | 78 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 0.69 | 20 | 0.26 | 99 | 48 | 84 | 35 | 2 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 136 | 1.74 | 13.2 | ||
| 8 | Kevin Hatcher | D | 6-3 | 230 | 21 | 71 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 0.58 | 15 | 0.21 | 86 | 28 | 94 | 37 | 1 | 137 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 181 | 2.55 | 7.7 | ||
| 9 | Michal Pivonka | C | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | 71 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 0.48 | 12 | 0.18 | 57 | 24 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 1.35 | 11.5 | ||
| 10 | Kelly Miller | LW | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | 80 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 0.40 | 11 | 0.14 | 52 | 1 | 65 | 23 | 9 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 96 | 1.20 | 9.4 | ||
| 11 | Garry Galley | D | 6-0 | 202 | 24 | 58 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 0.52 | 10 | 0.18 | 63 | 31 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 44 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 1.72 | 7.0 | ||
| 12 | Greg Adams | LW | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | 78 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 0.35 | 11 | 0.14 | 50 | 17 | 36 | 0 | -3 | 153 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 1.40 | 13.8 | ||
| 13 | Bobby Gould | RW | 6-0 | 195 | 30 | 72 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 0.36 | 10 | 0.14 | 35 | 0 | 64 | 28 | -1 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 119 | 1.65 | 10.1 | ||
| 14 | Peter Sundstrom | LW | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | 76 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 0.33 | 9 | 0.12 | 35 | 0 | 54 | 17 | -2 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 89 | 1.17 | 9.0 | ||
| 15 | Yvon Corriveau | LW | 6-1 | 195 | 20 | 44 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 0.43 | 8 | 0.18 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 84 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 1.18 | 19.2 | ||
| 16 | Rod Langway | D | 6-3 | 218 | 30 | 63 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 0.25 | 5 | 0.09 | 47 | 1 | 77 | 32 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 0.78 | 6.1 | ||
| 17 | Lou Franceschetti | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 29 | 59 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.20 | 4 | 0.07 | 24 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 113 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 0.90 | 7.5 | ||
| 18 | Craig Laughlin | RW | 6-0 | 190 | 30 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.25 | 4 | 0.10 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 0 | -8 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 1.13 | 11.1 | ||
| 19 | Grant Ledyard | D | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0.33 | 3 | 0.14 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 3 | -4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 1.95 | 9.8 | ||
| 20 | Greg Smith | D | 6-0 | 195 | 32 | 54 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.13 | 2 | 0.04 | 36 | 1 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0.57 | 3.2 | ||
| 21 | Paul Cavallini | D | 6-1 | 202 | 22 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.21 | 2 | 0.08 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0.75 | 11.1 | ||
| 22 | Bill Houlder | D | 6-2 | 217 | 20 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.10 | 1 | 0.04 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 0 | -2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.67 | 5.0 | ||
| 23 | Stephen Leach | RW | 5-11 | 197 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.63 | 20.0 | ||
| 24 | David Jensen | C | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.06 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0.0 | ||
| 25 | Ed Kastelic | W | 6-4 | 215 | 24 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.01 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | -3 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.57 | 5.0 | ||
| 26 | Mike Richard | C | 5-10 | 190 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.25 | 0.0 | ||
| 27 | Yves Beaudoin | D | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Team Total | 80 | 281 | 464 | 745 | 9.31 | 281 | 3.51 | 281 | 94 | 249 | 75 | 13 | 1660 | 179 | 94 | 8 | 38 | 2461 | 30.76 | 11.4 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clint Malarchuk | G | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | 54 | 2926 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 52 | .542 | 4 | 154 | 3.16 | 1340 | 1186 | .885 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Pete Peeters | G | 6-1 | 195 | 30 | 35 | 1896 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 33 | .532 | 2 | 88 | 2.78 | 866 | 778 | .898 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Alain Raymond | G | 5-10 | 180 | 22 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 | 20 | 18 | .900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Total | 80 | 4862 | 38 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 244 | 3.01 | 2226 | 1982 | .890 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | +/- | PIM | ESG | PPG | SHG | GWG | SOG | SOG/G | SPCT | TOI | ATOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | RW | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0.93 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 2.00 | 14.3 | ||
| 2 | Michal Pivonka | C | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0.93 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2.00 | 14.3 | ||
| 3 | Dale Hunter | C | 5-10 | 198 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.86 | 2 | 98 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1.71 | 29.2 | ||
| 4 | Scott Stevens | D | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0.92 | -1 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 3.23 | 2.4 | ||
| 5 | Kevin Hatcher | D | 6-3 | 230 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.86 | 6 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 3.14 | 11.4 | ||
| 6 | Mike Ridley | C | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.79 | -2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2.00 | 21.4 | ||
| 7 | Dave Christian | RW | 5-11 | 175 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.79 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2.86 | 12.5 | ||
| 8 | Kelly Miller | LW | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.57 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0.93 | 30.8 | ||
| 9 | Larry Murphy | D | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.62 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1.62 | 19.0 | ||
| 10 | Mike Gartner | RW | 6-0 | 187 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.50 | -7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 3.21 | 6.7 | ||
| 11 | Garry Galley | D | 6-0 | 202 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.46 | -1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1.62 | 9.5 | ||
| 12 | Greg Adams | LW | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.36 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.79 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Bobby Gould | RW | 6-0 | 195 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.29 | -1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1.14 | 18.8 | ||
| 14 | Yvon Corriveau | LW | 6-1 | 195 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.23 | -2 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.08 | 7.1 | ||
| 15 | Stephen Leach | RW | 5-11 | 197 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.67 | 33.3 | ||
| 16 | Peter Sundstrom | LW | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.14 | -7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0.71 | 20.0 | ||
| 17 | Grant Ledyard | D | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.07 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1.21 | 5.9 | ||
| 18 | Ed Kastelic | W | 6-4 | 215 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 19 | Greg Smith | D | 6-0 | 195 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.56 | 0.0 | ||
| 20 | Chris Felix | D | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 21 | Lou Franceschetti | RW | 6-0 | 200 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.00 | 0.0 | ||
| 22 | Jeff Greenlaw | LW | 6-1 | 230 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 23 | Grant Jennings | D | 6-3 | 210 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 24 | Rod Langway | D | 6-3 | 218 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.17 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 14 | 54 | 77 | 131 | 9.36 | 529 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 424 | 30.29 | 12.7 |
| Rk | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | GP | MIN | W | L | T/OT | PTS | PTS% | SO | GA | GAA | SOG | SV | SV% | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete Peeters | G | 6-1 | 195 | 30 | 12 | 654 | 7 | 5 | 14 | .583 | 0 | 34 | 3.12 | 326 | 292 | .896 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2 | Clint Malarchuk | G | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | 4 | 193 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 15 | 4.66 | 95 | 80 | .842 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team Total | 80 | 847 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 3.47 | 421 | 372 | .884 |