1987–88 Washington Capitals season

The 1987–88 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals 14th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

1987–88 Washington Capitals
Division2nd Patrick
1987–88 record38–33–9
Goals for281
Goals against249
Team information
General managerDavid Poile
CoachBryan Murray
CaptainRod Langway

Regular season

The Capitals had the most shutouts in the league with six[1] and were the least penalized team in the league, being short-handed only 394 times.[2]

Final standings
Patrick Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
New York Islanders8039311030826788
Philadelphia Flyers803833929229285
Washington Capitals803833928124985
New Jersey Devils803836629529682
New York Rangers8036341030028382
Pittsburgh Penguins803635931931681

[3]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 8, 19873–4@ Boston Bruins (1987–88)0–1–0
2WOctober 10, 19876–4Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)1–1–0
3LOctober 11, 19875–6@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)1–2–0
4WOctober 16, 19876–2Hartford Whalers (1987–88)2–2–0
5WOctober 17, 19874–3New York Rangers (1987–88)3–2–0
6WOctober 19, 19874–2@ New York Rangers (1987–88)4–2–0
7WOctober 22, 19874–1@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)5–2–0
8LOctober 24, 19872–3Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)5–3–0
9WOctober 27, 19873–2@ Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)6–3–0
10LOctober 30, 19872–3 OT@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)6–4–0
11TOctober 31, 19873–3 OT@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)6–4–1
12WNovember 3, 19873–2Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)7–4–1
13LNovember 6, 19871–4Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)7–5–1
14LNovember 7, 19871–4@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88)7–6–1
15LNovember 10, 19873–4 OT@ New York Islanders (1987–88)7–7–1
16LNovember 11, 19872–3@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)7–8–1
17WNovember 14, 19874–1Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)8–8–1
18LNovember 17, 19870–1Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)8–9–1
19LNovember 20, 19873–5@ Buffalo Sabres (1987–88)8–10–1
20WNovember 21, 19874–3@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88)9–10–1
21WNovember 25, 19874–1Boston Bruins (1987–88)10–10–1
22LNovember 27, 19872–4Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)10–11–1
23TNovember 28, 19875–5 OT@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)10–11–2
24WDecember 1, 19874–2Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)11–11–2
25LDecember 4, 19874–6New York Islanders (1987–88)11–12–2
26WDecember 6, 198710–3Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)12–12–2
27LDecember 8, 19874–5Calgary Flames (1987–88)12–13–2
28LDecember 9, 19874–5@ Hartford Whalers (1987–88)12–14–2
29WDecember 12, 19872–1Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)13–14–2
30LDecember 15, 19873–5@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)13–15–2
31LDecember 16, 19871–6@ Detroit Red Wings (1987–88)13–16–2
32WDecember 18, 19874–2Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)14–16–2
33TDecember 20, 19871–1 OTSt. Louis Blues (1987–88)14–16–3
34WDecember 22, 19872–1@ Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)15–16–3
35TDecember 23, 19872–2 OT@ Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)15–16–4
36LDecember 26, 19872–3Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)15–17–4
37TDecember 28, 19874–4 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1987–88)15–17–5
38WDecember 30, 19874–3@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88)16–17–5
39WJanuary 1, 19885–3Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)17–17–5
40WJanuary 2, 19882–0Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)18–17–5
41WJanuary 5, 19883–1@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)19–17–5
42WJanuary 8, 19888–4New York Rangers (1987–88)20–17–5
43LJanuary 10, 19882–8@ Calgary Flames (1987–88)20–18–5
44LJanuary 11, 19882–3@ Edmonton Oilers (1987–88)20–19–5
45WJanuary 13, 19888–3@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)21–19–5
46LJanuary 16, 19881–3@ St. Louis Blues (1987–88)21–20–5
47LJanuary 17, 19884–5@ Chicago Blackhawks (1987–88)21–21–5
48WJanuary 19, 19886–4New Jersey Devils (1987–88)22–21–5
49TJanuary 23, 19883–3 OTBuffalo Sabres (1987–88)22–21–6
50LJanuary 26, 19882–3Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)22–22–6
51WJanuary 29, 19884–3Montreal Canadiens (1987–88)23–22–6
52WJanuary 31, 19881–0 OTPhiladelphia Flyers (1987–88)24–22–6
53LFebruary 2, 19882–3 OT@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)24–23–6
54LFebruary 5, 19882–4New York Islanders (1987–88)24–24–6
55LFebruary 6, 19880–3New York Rangers (1987–88)24–25–6
56WFebruary 11, 19885–3@ New York Rangers (1987–88)25–25–6
57WFebruary 12, 19886–2New York Islanders (1987–88)26–25–6
58WFebruary 14, 19885–4 OTCalgary Flames (1987–88)27–25–6
59WFebruary 17, 19884–3@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88)28–25–6
60WFebruary 19, 19886–0@ Winnipeg Jets (1987–88)29–25–6
61WFebruary 20, 19883–0@ Minnesota North Stars (1987–88)30–25–6
62LFebruary 24, 19883–4@ Los Angeles Kings (1987–88)30–26–6
63WFebruary 27, 19883–0@ New York Islanders (1987–88)31–26–6
64WMarch 1, 19885–3New Jersey Devils (1987–88)32–26–6
65WMarch 2, 19886–1@ New Jersey Devils (1987–88)33–26–6
66WMarch 4, 19886–2Quebec Nordiques (1987–88)34–26–6
67WMarch 6, 19887–2Vancouver Canucks (1987–88)35–26–6
68LMarch 10, 19882–5@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)35–27–6
69LMarch 12, 19882–4New York Rangers (1987–88)35–28–6
70WMarch 13, 19883–0@ Boston Bruins (1987–88)36–28–6
71WMarch 16, 19888–4@ New York Rangers (1987–88)37–28–6
72TMarch 18, 19883–3 OTNew York Islanders (1987–88)37–28–7
73LMarch 20, 19882–4New Jersey Devils (1987–88)37–29–7
74LMarch 22, 19883–5St. Louis Blues (1987–88)37–30–7
75LMarch 23, 19881–7@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)37–31–7
76WMarch 25, 19885–3Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)38–31–7
77TMarch 29, 19882–2 OTDetroit Red Wings (1987–88)38–31–8
78LMarch 31, 19883–7@ New York Islanders (1987–88)38–32–8
79LApril 2, 19886–7 OTPittsburgh Penguins (1987–88)38–33–8
80TApril 3, 19882–2 OT@ Philadelphia Flyers (1987–88)38–33–9

Playoffs

Defenseman Garry Galley's two goal performance tied the regular season finale with Philadelphia, meant that Washington won the standings tiebreaker and finished second in the Patrick Division. This was crucial as it gave the Caps home ice advantage in their first-round match-up with the defending division and conference champion Flyers.

Philly showed a champion's mettle right away, though, stealing home ice away with a 4-2 victory in Game 1. Ron Hextall made 35 saves and Dave Poulin's 3rd period power play tally broke a 2-2 tie. Washington salvaged a split at home with a 5-4 triumph in Game 2. Despite letting in a quartet of Philly goals, Pete Peeters proved to be the final period hero, stopping 14 of 15 shots from a pressing Flyers attack.

Philadelphia then turned the tables back at their place, taking a pair of one-goal games, both of them high in drama for entirely different reasons. In Game 3, a 4-3 Flyers win, officials handed out 40 penalties, including 10 major/misconduct penalties. After the game Philly forward Rick Tocchet, who spent roughly half the contest in the penalty box, was quoted as saying, "There are 10 guys on that team that I'd like to kill."

The rivalry heated up further in Game 4 as both teams tried to change momentum with goalie switches. The Capitals yanked Peeters in favor of starting Clint Malarchuk, who had played more during the regular season. Despite missing starting defenseman Scott Stevens and team captain Rod Langway, who were injured in Game 3, the move seemed to be paying dividends as Washington took a 4-1 lead with 17:00 to go, resulting in Hextall's removal for backup Mark Laforest. The Caps maintained their 3-goal advantage into the final 9:00 of the game, when the Flyers began one of their most riveting comebacks in franchise history. Mark Howe and Brian Propp scored to cut the deficit to one and then, after pulling their new netminder, the tying tally came from defenseman Kjell Samuelsson with :53 remaining. When Murray Craven lit the lamp just 1:18 into overtime, the rally was complete and Philadelphia had a 5-4 win. Howe said after, "If we play that game 250 times, we win it once."

Now facing elimination, the Capitals returned home and showed no fear as they again knocked Hextall out of the game after posting a 4-1 lead, but this time it only took 29 minutes. Washington would go on to win easily this time, 5-2. The final Philadelphia goal came on a power play in the second period after the team asked to check goalie Pete Peeters' stick, which was ruled to be wider than permitted by the rules. Peeters admitted all his sticks were the same and so he had to use one of backup Clint Malarchuk's sticks for the rest of the game.

The Flyers now had a chance to clinch the series at home in Game 6, which would be another penalty-filled contest. It was highlighted (or lowlighted, depending on your point of view) by Philadelphia defenseman Greg Smyth spending 27 minutes in the sin bin. Given all the infractions, it was no surprise that the difference in the game was special teams. While Philadelphia went a pedestrian 1-for-8 on the power play, Washington was a scintillating 4-of-9. The key play in the game was Flyers forward Dave Brown trying to fight Caps counterpart Bob Gould. However, assistant captain Gould shrewdly went turtle, covering up, and letting Brown whale on him a couple times before officials stepped in. Gould went back to the bench as Brown's fighting major gave the Capitals, who were already ahead 2-0, a 5:00 power play, during which they scored twice to blow the game open. Washington romped to a 7-2 triumph with 7 different goal scorers to set up the 7th and deciding game back in D.C.

In a series full of twists and turns (some of them being highly illegal and downright nasty), the final turn of them all came in one of the more exciting Game 7's in Stanley Cup playoff history. But first, one last bit of nasty had to be doled out. During a Flyer power play late in a scoreless first period, Capitals defenseman Grant Ledyard didn't like the way Flyers forward Rick Tocchet checked him to the ice in front of the Washington goal. Ledyard promptly speared Tocchet in the groin with the blade of his stick and received a 5-minute major and a game misconduct. Tim Kerr would score during the Ledyard penalty, giving the Flyers a 1-0 lead after the 1st period.

Things went from bad to worse for the Caps as the 1-goal deficit was tripled less than 3:00 into the 2nd period on markers by Brian Propp and Mark Howe. Just like Game 4, one team had a 3-goal lead and all the momentum. But momentum's a funny thing. It changed four minutes later when Dale Hunter, who was picked up in the offseason from the Quebec Nordiques, fired a backwards cross-ice pass to a wide open Garry Galley who beat Ron Hextall with a slapshot. With the Capital Centre crowd now in full throat, Washington kept up the pressure and forced an icing and an offensive zone faceoff. Mike Ridley dueled with Peter Zezel and the puck was kicked and dribbled right in front of the crease where Kelly Miller stuffed it under Hextall's pads. Two goals in about 90 seconds and it was a brand new hockey game.

But just when the actual play on the ice looked to be returning to center stage, tempers flared again. As the Caps rushed up ice for the tying goal, forward Dave Christian fired a high shot that Hextall jumped to try to corral on his chest, Washington defenseman Kevin Hatcher, charging the net for a rebound, lowered the boom and ran right over the Flyer netminder, earning him a minor penalty and putting the three officials quickly to work to break up the players before any punches could be thrown. Hatcher would atone for his mistake before the period was out.

Philadelphia tried to clear from their defensive half-wall, but failed to flip the puck over the 6'3" defenseman. Hatcher gloved it down at the blue line and walked in to fire a wicked slapshot that beat Hextall shortside to tie the game. Just as Philadelphia needed less than twenty minutes to erase a 3-goal deficit in Game 4, Washington had done the same in Game 7. However, there was still a whole 3rd period to go.

Just over 5:00 into the 3rd, Kjell Samuelsson was sent off the ice for tripping Peter Sundstrom. Washington was so potent in the previous game with the man advantage, but had failed to score in this contest despite over ​9 1⁄2 minutes of power play time. They apparently didn't want to waste any more. The Caps won the offensive zone faceoff and Hatcher took the puck and passed across the blue line to Garry Galley. Galley fired low at the target, but Dale Hunter stopped the attempt about halfway to the net and re-shot the puck. Hextall, already down trying to catch the Galley shot, didn't have a chance to readjust. The light went on and the Capitals had taken a 4-3 lead with just under 15:00 to go, needing only 6 seconds of their power play to score.

But Philadelphia was not about to go quietly. Just over a minute later, the Flyers won a faceoff in their offensive zone and the puck came back to defenseman Brad Marsh who fired a low shot that somehow found its way through the legs and sticks of a half-dozen players before zooming past Peeters and into the net for the tying goal. Again, imitiation was the sincerest form of flattery in this series, although it had been defined by flattening throughout. Both defenses tightened up and very few scoring chances came for the rest of regulation and the game would go to overtime tied 4-4.

Having already lost one dramatic overtime game in the series and still stinging from the heartbreak of the previous season's quadruple-overtime playoff loss at home in Game 7 in the famed Easter Epic (rated the #7 game in New York Islanders history), Capitals fans were not relishing bonus hockey. Adding to the uncertainty was whether all the bad blood that had been spilled in this series might dramatically affect the outcome. No one knew how this one was going to end.

It almost ended in less than 5 seconds. Philadelphia won the opening faceoff and Mark Howe skated across the red line and fired a long, high slapshot. Pete Peeters reached up to catch it, but the puck deflected off his glove and came down just high and wide of the goal. Neither team had a real decent scoring opportunity, though, until a Washington defensive clear wound up springing Mike Gartner on a breakaway. As the Caps leading goal scorer tried to catch up to the pass, he was hooked down from behind by Mark Howe, giving the Capitals a rare overtime power play.

Washington had Hextall out of position three times early in the man advantage, but couldn't get a clean shot away. Then, as things looked to be cooling off, Scott Stevens was taken down, but still managed to get the puck over to Mike Ridley on the left side. He slid it back to Gartner who was all alone 10 feet in front of the net. Gartner's shot beat Hextall clean glove-side-high, but didn't beat the crossbar, marking the third time in the game the iron had repelled a Washington scoring chance. Adding insult to, well, insult, the rebound then dropped almost straight down into the crease where it bounced over Dale Hunter's sweeping stick, which had nothing between it and the open net. The ensuing chaotic scramble would send Philly's Brian Propp on a shorthanded breakaway down the right wing. His first shot found the right pad of Peeters, and his rebound attempt was scooped by Peeters' glove.

Less than a minute later, Gartner was sprung again by Ridley down his favored right wing. Gartner beat one defenseman, drew the second one to him, and then sent a perfect pass across to Peter Sundstrom. The redirect was on target, but Hextall somehow got back to make arguably his best save of the series, robbing Sundstrom from point-blank range. Washington kept the pressure on and about a minute later almost won it again, this time it was Hunter from behind the net setting up Bobby Gould, whose backhand one-timer from just above the crease was kicked out by Hextall's stick.

Gould would get another shot after Washington retrieved Philadelphia's clear and Murray Craven skated the loose puck out of the Flyer zone. He got as far as the Caps blue line where he was poke-checked by Larry Murphy. Craven tried to return the favor as he went off the ice for a line change, but the puck bounced off Scott Stevens' skate and came right back to Murphy. That's when Murphy looked up and saw Hunter making a hard u-turn just past the red line with his stick raised. Hunter perfectly split three Flyers and Murphy hit him in stride right at the blue line. Hunter cruised in and later said he didn't know what he was going to do until the last moment when he saw an opening between Hextall's pads. The man who six years earlier won a deciding Game 5 (best-of-5 series) for Quebec with an overtime goal against Montreal, feathered a slithering shot that hit the back of the net 5:57 into overtime, giving the Capitals a thrilling 5-4 victory and a 4-games-to-3 series triumph.

The game would not only be one of the most disheartening and gutwrenching for Flyer fans, it would also be the last for Philadelphia's young crackerjack head coach Mike Keenan, who left in the offseason to take the head job with the Chicago Blackhawks.

As for Washington, the victory was recently voted the #1 game in the history of the franchise.

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Sadly, the historic win did not propel the Capitals very far. Facing the New Jersey Devils in the Patrick Division Finals, Washington again could not keep their home ice advantage. After winning Game 1 3-1 behind 33 saves from Pete Peeters, the Capitals dropped Game 2 at home 5-2 as Aaron Broten had a hat trick for the Devils.

Jersey doubled their Game 2 score in Game 3, winning by a stunning 10-4 margin behind a pair of hat tricks. Mark Johnson scored 4 times and Peter Sundstrom's twin brother, Patrik, torched his sibling's squad with 3 goals and 5 assists, the 8 points setting a new Stanley Cup playoff record. Peeters was yanked after giving up 3 goals on just 10 shots in the first period, but replacement Clint Malarchuk did even worse, stopping only 14 of the 21 shots he faced.

Washington rebounded with a 4-1 win in Game 4 behind a pair of Dave Christian goals and coach Bryan Murray actually splitting time between his goalies. But New Jersey stole Game 5 right back in D.C. by a 3-1 count as Bob Sauve started in place of Sean Burke in net and stopped 28 shots.

Down 3-2 and facing elimination on the road, Washington impressively forced Game 7 with an eerily identical 7-2 victory from the previous series in which again, amazingly, 7 different Capitals scored, including power play goals from Gartner and Hunter.

This time, however, there was no magical comeback as John McLean's tally proved to be the gamewinner in a 3-2 triumph that sent the Devils on to their first conference final. In a most unusual twist, the road team won 5 of the 7 games in the series.

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As a final note, the playoffs ended in bizarre fashion. After a Game 3 loss to Boston in those conference finals, New Jersey coach Jim Schoenfeld and referee Don Koharski got into a heated argument during which Koharski tripped and fell, accusing Schoenfeld of pushing him. Schoenfield famously responded, "You tripped and fell, you fat pig!" Then, he added "Have another doughnut! Have another doughnut!" Boston would win the series in seven games and advance to face Edmonton in the finals. Schoenfeld would be fired a couple years later and go on to coach the Capitals for four seasons in the mid-1990s.

Facing being swept at home in Game 4 of the finals, the Bruins apparently tried to use some of the Celtic magic their Boston Garden counterparts had made famous over the years. The sweltering heat outside resulted in the ice surface being shrouded in fog and slowed the vaunted Oiler attack. Then the building suffered a power overload, plunging the Garden into darkness. The blackout was presumably caused by the air conditioning system short-circuiting from running on full power for too long. League rules stated that the game (which was tied at 3 in the 2nd period) had to be canceled and made up in Boston at the end of the series, if necessary, making it a 2-1-1-1-1-1 format. It wasn't necessary as Edmonton completed the rare 4-game sweep in 5 games with a 6-3 victory.

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Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mike GartnerRW8048338173201907
Scott StevensD8012607218414512
Larry MurphyD7985361722701
Mike RidleyC702831592211203
Dale HunterC7922375924071101
Dave ChristianRW8037215826-141405
Bengt-Ake GustafssonRW78183654292753
Kevin HatcherD711427411371503
Michal PivonkaC71112334281300
Kelly MillerLW8092332359013
Garry GalleyD58723304411300
Greg AdamsLW78151227153-3300
Bobby GouldRW7212142656-1002
Peter SundstromLW768172534-2011
Yvon CorriveauLW44109198417001
Rod LangwayD6331316281001
Lou FranceschettiRW5948121132101
Craig LaughlinRW40551026-8301
Grant LedyardD2143714-4101
Greg SmithD54167675000
Paul CavalliniD24235660001
Bill HoulderD3012310-2000
Stephen LeachRW8112172001
Clint MalarchukG54022100000
Ed KastelicW3510178-3000
David JensenC501140000
Pete PeetersG35011100000
Yves BeaudoinD10000-1000
Alain RaymondG100000000
Mike RichardC40000-1000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Clint Malarchuk292654242041543.16413401186.885
Pete Peeters18963514125882.782866778.898
Alain Raymond40101023.0002018.900
Team:486280383392443.01622261982.890

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Bengt-Ake GustafssonRW1449136201
Michal PivonkaC1449134200
Dale HunterC14751298401
Kevin HatcherD14571255101
Scott StevensD131111246000
Mike RidleyC14651110100
Dave ChristianRW1456116100
Kelly MillerLW1444810011
Larry MurphyD1344833201
Mike GartnerRW1434714100
Garry GalleyD1324613000
Greg AdamsLW1405558000
Bobby GouldRW1431421020
Stephen LeachRW92130001
Yvon CorriveauLW1312330000
Peter SundstromLW142026011
Grant LedyardD1410130000
Chris FelixD10000000
Lou FranceschettiRW400014000
Jeff GreenlawLW100019000
Grant JenningsD10000000
Ed KastelicW100019000
Rod LangwayD60008000
Clint MalarchukG40002000
Pete PeetersG120004000
Greg SmithD900023000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Pete Peeters6541275343.120326292.896
Clint Malarchuk193402154.6609580.842
Team:8471477493.470421372.884

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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;

Draft picks

Washington's draft picks at the 1987 NHL Entry Draft held at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
236Jeff Ballantyne CanadaOttawa 67's (OHL)
357Steve Maltais CanadaCornwall Royals (OHL)
478Tyler Larter CanadaSault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
599Pat Beauchesne CanadaMoose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
6120Rich DeFreitas United StatesSt. Mark's School (USHS-MA)
7141Devon Oleniuk CanadaKamloops Blazers (WHL)
8162Thomas Sjogren SwedenVastra Frolunda HC (Sweden)
10204Chris Clarke CanadaPembroke Lumber Kings (COJHL)
11225Milos Vanik East GermanyEHC Freiburg (West Germany)
12240Dan Brettschneider United StatesBurnsville High School (USHS-MN)
12246Ryan Kummu CanadaRensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
S19Mark Anderson United StatesOhio State University (CCHA)

See also

References
  1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1988_games.html
  2. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1988.html
  3. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  4. "1987-88 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
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