1987–88 Washington Capitals season

The 1987–88 Washington Capitals season was the 14th in the franchise's history. The Capitals finished 2nd in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Finals to the New Jersey Devils 4 games to 3.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 8, 1987 	3–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	0–1–0
2 	W	October 10, 1987 	6–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	1–1–0
3 	L	October 11, 1987 	5–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	1–2–0
4 	W	October 16, 1987 	6–2 	Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	2–2–0
5 	W	October 17, 1987 	4–3 	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	3–2–0
6 	W	October 19, 1987 	4–2 	@ New York Rangers (1987–88) 	4–2–0
7 	W	October 22, 1987 	4–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	5–2–0
8 	L	October 24, 1987 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	5–3–0
9 	W	October 27, 1987 	3–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	6–3–0
10 	L	October 30, 1987 	2–3 OT	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	6–4–0
11 	T	October 31, 1987 	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	6–4–1
12 	W	November 3, 1987 	3–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	7–4–1
13 	L	November 6, 1987 	1–4 	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	7–5–1
14 	L	November 7, 1987 	1–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	7–6–1
15 	L	November 10, 1987	3–4 OT	@ New York Islanders (1987–88) 	7–7–1
16 	L	November 11, 1987	2–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	7–8–1
17 	W	November 14, 1987	4–1 	Minnesota North Stars (1987–88) 	8–8–1
18 	L	November 17, 1987	0–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	8–9–1
19 	L	November 20, 1987	3–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	8–10–1
20 	W	November 21, 1987	4–3 	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	9–10–1
21 	W	November 25, 1987	4–1 	Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	10–10–1
22 	L	November 27, 1987	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	10–11–1
23 	T	November 28, 1987	5–5 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	10–11–2
24 	W	December 1, 1987 	4–2 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	11–11–2
25 	L	December 4, 1987 	4–6 	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	11–12–2
26 	W	December 6, 1987 	10–3 	Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	12–12–2
27 	L	December 8, 1987 	4–5 	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	12–13–2
28 	L	December 9, 1987 	4–5 	@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88) 	12–14–2
29 	W	December 12, 1987	2–1 	Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	13–14–2
30 	L	December 15, 1987	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	13–15–2
31 	L	December 16, 1987	1–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	13–16–2
32 	W	December 18, 1987	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	14–16–2
33 	T	December 20, 1987	1–1 OT	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	14–16–3
34 	W	December 22, 1987	2–1 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	15–16–3
35 	T	December 23, 1987	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	15–16–4
36 	L	December 26, 1987	2–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	15–17–4
37 	T	December 28, 1987	4–4 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88) 	15–17–5
38 	W	December 30, 1987	4–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	16–17–5
39 	W	January 1, 1988 	5–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	17–17–5
40 	W	January 2, 1988 	2–0 	Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	18–17–5
41 	W	January 5, 1988 	3–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	19–17–5
42 	W	January 8, 1988 	8–4 	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	20–17–5
43 	L	January 10, 1988 	2–8 	@ Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	20–18–5
44 	L	January 11, 1988 	2–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88) 	20–19–5
45 	W	January 13, 1988 	8–3 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	21–19–5
46 	L	January 16, 1988 	1–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	21–20–5
47 	L	January 17, 1988 	4–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88) 	21–21–5
48 	W	January 19, 1988 	6–4 	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	22–21–5
49 	T	January 23, 1988 	3–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (1987–88) 	22–21–6
50 	L	January 26, 1988 	2–3 	Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	22–22–6
51 	W	January 29, 1988 	4–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1987–88) 	23–22–6
52 	W	January 31, 1988 	1–0 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	24–22–6
53 	L	February 2, 1988 	2–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	24–23–6
54 	L	February 5, 1988 	2–4 	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	24–24–6
55 	L	February 6, 1988 	0–3 	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	24–25–6
56 	W	February 11, 1988	5–3 	@ New York Rangers (1987–88) 	25–25–6
57 	W	February 12, 1988	6–2 	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	26–25–6
58 	W	February 14, 1988	5–4 OT	Calgary Flames (1987–88) 	27–25–6
59 	W	February 17, 1988	4–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	28–25–6
60 	W	February 19, 1988	6–0 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88) 	29–25–6
61 	W	February 20, 1988	3–0 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)	30–25–6
62 	L	February 24, 1988	3–4 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88) 	30–26–6
63 	W	February 27, 1988	3–0 	@ New York Islanders (1987–88) 	31–26–6
64 	W	March 1, 1988 	5–3 	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	32–26–6
65 	W	March 2, 1988 	6–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	33–26–6
66 	W	March 4, 1988 	6–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1987–88) 	34–26–6
67 	W	March 6, 1988 	7–2 	Vancouver Canucks (1987–88) 	35–26–6
68 	L	March 10, 1988 	2–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	35–27–6
69 	L	March 12, 1988 	2–4 	New York Rangers (1987–88) 	35–28–6
70 	W	March 13, 1988 	3–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1987–88) 	36–28–6
71 	W	March 16, 1988 	8–4 	@ New York Rangers (1987–88) 	37–28–6
72 	T	March 18, 1988 	3–3 OT	New York Islanders (1987–88) 	37–28–7
73 	L	March 20, 1988 	2–4 	New Jersey Devils (1987–88) 	37–29–7
74 	L	March 22, 1988 	3–5 	St. Louis Blues (1987–88) 	37–30–7
75 	L	March 23, 1988 	1–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	37–31–7
76 	W	March 25, 1988 	5–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	38–31–7
77 	T	March 29, 1988 	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1987–88) 	38–31–8
78 	L	March 31, 1988 	3–7 	@ New York Islanders (1987–88) 	38–32–8
79 	L	April 2, 1988 	6–7 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88) 	38–33–8
80 	T	April 3, 1988 	2–2 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88) 	38–33–9
==Playoffs==
===Washington Capitals 4, Philadelphia Flyers 3===
===New Jersey Devils 4, Washington Capitals 3===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	80	48	33	81 	73 	20 	19 	0 	7
 	D 	80	12	60	72 	184	14 	5 	1 	2
 	D 	79	8 	53	61 	72 	2 	7 	0 	1
 	C 	70	28	31	59 	22 	1 	12 	0 	3
 	C 	79	22	37	59 	240	7 	11 	0 	1
 	RW 	80	37	21	58 	26 	-14	14 	0 	5
 	RW 	78	18	36	54 	29 	2 	7 	5 	3
 	D 	71	14	27	41 	137	1 	5 	0 	3
 	C 	71	11	23	34 	28 	1 	3 	0 	0
 	LW 	80	9 	23	32 	35 	9 	0 	1 	3
 	D 	58	7 	23	30 	44 	11 	3 	0 	0
 	LW 	78	15	12	27 	153	-3 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	72	12	14	26 	56 	-1 	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	76	8 	17	25 	34 	-2 	0 	1 	1
 	LW 	44	10	9 	19 	84 	17 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	63	3 	13	16 	28 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	59	4 	8 	12 	113	2 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	40	5 	5 	10 	26 	-8 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	21	4 	3 	7 	14 	-4 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	54	1 	6 	7 	67 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	24	2 	3 	5 	66 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	30	1 	2 	3 	10 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	1 	1 	2 	17 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	G 	54	0 	2 	2 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	W 	35	1 	0 	1 	78 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	35	0 	1 	1 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2926	54	24	20	4	154	3.16	4 	1340	1186	.885
 	1896	35	14	12	5	88 	2.78	2 	866 	778 	.898
 	40 	1 	0 	1 	0	2 	3.00	0 	20 	18 	.900
Team: 	4862	80	38	33	9	244	3.01	6 	2226	1982	.890
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	14	4	9 	13 	6 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	14	4	9 	13 	4 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	14	7	5 	12 	98 	4 	0 	1
 	D 	14	5	7 	12 	55 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	13	1	11	12 	46 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	6	5 	11 	10 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	5	6 	11 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	4	4 	8 	10 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	13	4	4 	8 	33 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	14	3	4 	7 	14 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	13	2	4 	6 	13 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	0	5 	5 	58 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	3	1 	4 	21 	0 	2 	0
 	RW 	9 	2	1 	3 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	13	1	2 	3 	30 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	2	0 	2 	6 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	14	1	0 	1 	30 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0 	0 	19 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	W 	1 	0	0 	0 	19 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0	0 	0 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0 	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0	0 	0 	23 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	12	0	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	654	12	7	5	34	3.12	0 	326	292	.896
 	193	4 	0	2	15	4.66	0 	95 	80 	.842
Team: 	847	14	7	7	49	3.47	0 	421	372	.884
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals 
MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage 
==Awards and Records==
*James Norris Memorial Trophy: Scott Stevens, Runner-up
*Scott Stevens, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==Game Ads==
86-87NHLExhTroyNYGameAd.jpg|Exhibition @ Troy, New York
==See Also==
*1987–88 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
* 
Washington Capitals season, 1987–88
Washington Capitals season, 1987–88
Category:Washington Capitals seasons