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Thursday, October 8, 1987 · Boston Garden

Capitals 3 at Bruins 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 94OVR Mike Gartner Capitals First Star 2G · 6 SOG C 74OVR Bob Sweeney Bruins Second Star 2G · 3 SOG RC L 91OVR Geoff Courtnall Oilers Third Star 2A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:48 Mike Gartner (1) Greg Adams (1), Dale Hunter (1) WSH 1 – 0 BOS
  2. 19:09 Willi Plett (1) PPG Glen Wesley (1) WSH 1 – 1 BOS

2nd Period

  1. 1:44 Bob Sweeney (1) Rick Middleton (1) WSH 1 – 2 BOS
  2. 14:21 Greg Smith (1) Peter Sundstrom (1), Kelly Miller (1) WSH 2 – 2 BOS

3rd Period

  1. 9:39 Bob Sweeney (2) Keith Crowder (1), Geoff Courtnall (1) WSH 2 – 3 BOS
  2. 12:55 Mike Gartner (2) Rod Langway (1), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1) WSH 3 – 3 BOS
  3. 17:55 Cam Neely (1) Geoff Courtnall (2), Ray Bourque (1) WSH 3 – 4 BOS

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mike Gartner R 2 0 6 +2 2.10
Greg Adams L 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Greg Smith D 1 0 2 +1 0.75
Kelly Miller L 0 1 1 0 0.70
Peter Sundstrom L 0 1 0 0 0.63
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson L 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Dale Hunter C 0 1 0 +1 0.63
Rod Langway D 0 1 0 -1 0.48
Michal Pivonka C 0 0 4 0 0.30
Paul Cavallini D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Larry Murphy D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Mike Ridley C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Craig Laughlin R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Dave Christian R 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Garry Galley D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Scott Stevens D 0 0 3 0 -0.15
Ed Kastelic R 0 0 0 +1 -0.23
Lou Franceschetti L 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Clint Malarchuk L 34 30 4 .882 59:45 0.00

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Bob Sweeney C 2 0 3 +2 2.03
Geoff Courtnall L 0 2 3 0 1.33
Keith Crowder R 0 1 1 +2 1.00
Glen Wesley D 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Cam Neely R 1 0 6 -1 0.90
Rick Middleton R 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Ray Bourque D 0 1 2 0 0.78
Willi Plett R 1 0 1 0 0.68
Kraig Nienhuis L 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Frank Simonetti D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Allen Pedersen D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Gord Kluzak D 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Billy O'Dwyer C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Steve Kasper C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ken Linseman C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Nevin Markwart L 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Michael Thelven D 0 0 3 -1 -0.08
Jay Miller L 0 0 0 -1 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Rejean Lemelin W 26 23 3 .885 60:00 0.05