1987-88 Washington Capitals Roster and Statistics

Record: 38-33-9 (85 points), Finished 2nd in NHL Patrick Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bryan Murray (38-33-9)

Goals For: 281 (15th of 21), Goals Against: 249 (2nd of 21)
SRS: 0.43 (6th of 21), SOS: 0.04 (11th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost Division Finals (4-3) to New Jersey Devils
Won Division Semi-Finals (4-3) over Philadelphia Flyers

Preseason Odds: Stanley Cup +1200

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Recent Game Results

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics Table
Team	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PTS%	GF	GA	SRS	SOS	GF/G	GA/G	PP	PPO	PP%	PPA	PPOA	PK%	SH	SHA	S	S%	SA	SV%	PDO	SO
Washington Capitals	80	38	33	9	85	.531	281	249	0.44	0.04	3.51	3.11	94	469	20.04	75	394	80.96	8	15	2461	11.4	2225	.888		6
League Average	80	35	35	9	80	.500	297	297					89	437	20.29	89	437	79.71	13	13	2435	12.2	2435	.878		3

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5)

Team Analytics (at 5-on-5) Table
Team	S%	SV%	PDO	CF	CA	CF%	xGF	xGA	aGF	aGA	axDiff	SCF	SCA	SCF%	HDF	HDA	HDF%	HDGF	HDC%	HDGA	HDCO%
Washington Capitals
League Average

Roster

Age is on February 1 of given season

Roster Table
No.	Player	Flag	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	S/C	Exp	Birth Date	Summary
22	Greg Adams	ca	LW	27	6-1	190	L/-	7	May 31, 1960	15 G, 12 A, 27 P
38	Yves Beaudoin	ca	D	23	5-11	180	R/-	2	January 7, 1965	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
28	Paul Cavallini	ca	D	22	6-1	202	L/-	1	October 13, 1965	2 G, 3 A, 5 P
27	Dave Christian	us	RW	28	5-11	175	R/-	8	May 12, 1959	37 G, 21 A, 58 P
26	Yvon Corriveau	ca	LW	20	6-1	195	L/-	2	February 8, 1967	10 G, 9 A, 19 P
6	Chris Felix	ca	D	23	5-11	190	R/-	R	May 27, 1964	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
25	Lou Franceschetti	ca	RW	29	6-0	200	L/-	5	March 28, 1958	4 G, 8 A, 12 P
2	Garry Galley	ca	D	24	6-0	202	L/-	3	April 16, 1963	7 G, 23 A, 30 P
11	Mike Gartner	ca	RW	28	6-0	187	R/-	8	October 29, 1959	48 G, 33 A, 81 P
23	Bobby Gould	ca	RW	30	6-0	195	R/-	8	September 2, 1957	12 G, 14 A, 26 P
24	Jeff Greenlaw	ca	LW	19	6-1	230	L/-	1	February 28, 1968	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
16	Bengt-Åke Gustafsson	se	C	29	6-0	185	L/-	7	March 23, 1958	18 G, 36 A, 54 P
4	Kevin Hatcher	us	D	21	6-3	230	R/-	3	September 9, 1966	14 G, 27 A, 41 P
34	Bill Houlder	ca	D	20	6-2	217	L/-	R	March 11, 1967	1 G, 2 A, 3 P
32	Dale Hunter	ca	C	27	5-10	198	L/-	7	July 31, 1960	22 G, 37 A, 59 P
33	Grant Jennings	ca	D	22	6-3	210	L/-	R	May 5, 1965	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
9	David Jensen	us	C	22	6-1	195	L/-	3	August 19, 1965	0 G, 1 A, 1 P
29	Ed Kastelic	ca	RW	24	6-4	215	R/-	2	January 29, 1964	1 G, 0 A, 1 P
5	Rod Langway (C)	tw	D	30	6-3	218	L/-	9	May 3, 1957	3 G, 13 A, 16 P
18	Craig Laughlin	ca	RW	30	6-0	190	R/-	6	September 14, 1957	5 G, 5 A, 10 P
21	Steve Leach	us	RW	22	5-11	197	R/-	2	January 16, 1966	1 G, 1 A, 2 P
28	Grant Ledyard	ca	D	26	6-2	195	L/-	3	November 19, 1961	4 G, 3 A, 7 P
30	Clint Malarchuk	ca	G	26	6-0	185	-/L	5	May 1, 1961	24-20-4, 3.16 GAA
10	Kelly Miller	us	C	24	5-11	195	L/-	3	March 3, 1963	9 G, 23 A, 32 P
8	Larry Murphy	ca	D	26	6-2	210	R/-	7	March 8, 1961	8 G, 53 A, 61 P
1	Pete Peeters	ca	G	30	6-1	195	-/L	9	August 17, 1957	14-12-5, 2.79 GAA
20	Michal Pivoňka	cs	LW	22	6-2	200	L/-	1	January 28, 1966	11 G, 23 A, 34 P
31	Alain Raymond	ca	G	22	5-10	180	-/L	R	June 24, 1965	0-1-0, 3.06 GAA
14	Mike Richard	ca	C	21	5-10	190	L/-	R	July 9, 1966	0 G, 0 A, 0 P
17	Mike Ridley	ca	C	24	6-0	195	L/-	2	July 8, 1963	28 G, 31 A, 59 P
19	Greg Smith	ca	D	32	6-0	195	L/-	12	July 8, 1955	1 G, 6 A, 7 P
3	Scott Stevens	ca	D	23	6-2	215	L/-	5	April 1, 1964	12 G, 60 A, 72 P
12	Peter Sundström	se	LW	26	6-0	180	L/-	3	December 14, 1961	8 G, 17 A, 25 P

Scoring Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Scoring Regular Season Table
					Scoring					Goals				Assists					Ice Time		Point Shares
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	PP	SH	S	S%	TOI	ATOI	OPS	DPS	PS
1	Mike Gartner*	28	RW	80	48	33	81	20	73	29	19	0	7	18	13	2	316	15.2			6.5	1.8	8.3
2	Scott Stevens*	23	D	80	12	60	72	14	184	6	5	1	2	29	31	0	231	5.2			4.5	5.8	10.3
3	Larry Murphy*	26	D	79	8	53	61	2	72	1	7	0	1	22	30	1	201	4.0			3.4	5.0	8.5
4	Mike Ridley	24	C	70	28	31	59	1	22	16	12	0	3	20	11	0	134	20.9			3.7	1.1	4.9
5	Dale Hunter	27	C	79	22	37	59	7	240	11	11	0	1	21	16	0	126	17.5			3.0	1.4	4.4
6	Dave Christian	28	RW	80	37	21	58	-14	26	23	14	0	5	12	9	0	187	19.8			4.0	0.9	4.8
7	Bengt-Åke Gustafsson	29	C	78	18	36	54	2	29	6	7	5	3	17	18	1	136	13.2			2.3	1.3	3.6
8	Kevin Hatcher	21	D	71	14	27	41	1	137	9	5	0	3	14	12	1	181	7.7			2.6	4.5	7.0
9	Michal Pivoňka	22	LW	71	11	23	34	1	28	8	3	0	0	13	10	0	96	11.5			0.6	1.1	1.7
10	Kelly Miller	24	C	80	9	23	32	9	35	8	0	1	3	22	0	1	96	9.4			0.0	1.5	1.5
11	Garry Galley	24	D	58	7	23	30	11	44	4	3	0	0	7	16	0	100	7.0			1.5	4.2	5.7
12	Greg Adams	27	LW	78	15	12	27	-3	153	12	3	0	0	8	4	0	109	13.8			0.1	1.1	1.3
13	Bobby Gould	30	RW	72	12	14	26	-1	56	12	0	0	2	14	0	0	119	10.1			0.1	1.1	1.1
14	Peter Sundström	26	LW	76	8	17	25	-2	34	7	0	1	1	17	0	0	89	9.0			-0.5	1.1	0.7
15	Yvon Corriveau	20	LW	44	10	9	19	17	84	10	0	0	1	9	0	0	52	19.2			0.5	1.2	1.6
16	Rod Langway*	30	D	63	3	13	16	1	28	3	0	0	1	11	1	1	49	6.1			0.1	4.0	4.1
17	Lou Franceschetti	29	RW	59	4	8	12	2	113	3	1	0	1	8	0	0	53	7.5			-1.1	1.0	-0.1
18	Craig Laughlin	30	RW	40	5	5	10	-8	26	2	3	0	1	3	2	0	45	11.1			-0.4	0.4	0.0
19	Grant Ledyard	26	D	21	4	3	7	-4	14	3	1	0	1	2	1	0	41	9.8			0.4	1.1	1.5
20	Greg Smith	32	D	54	1	6	7	5	67	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	31	3.2			-0.5	3.6	3.1
21	Paul Cavallini	22	D	24	2	3	5	0	66	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	18	11.1			0.0	1.5	1.5
22	Bill Houlder	20	D	30	1	2	3	-2	10	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	20	5.0			-0.3	1.8	1.4
23	Steve Leach	22	RW	8	1	1	2	2	17	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	5	20.0			-0.1	0.2	0.1
24	Clint Malarchuk	26	G	54	0	2	2		10	0	0	0	0				0		2924	54:09	0.0	0.0	7.8
25	Ed Kastelic	24	RW	35	1	0	1	-3	78	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	5.0			-1.2	0.5	-0.7
26	David Jensen	22	C	5	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0			-0.1	0.1	0.0
27	Pete Peeters	30	G	35	0	1	1		10	0	0	0	0				0		1894	54:07	0.0	0.0	5.9
28	Yves Beaudoin	23	D	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	0.0
29	Alain Raymond	22	G	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0				0		39	39:11	0.0	0.0	0.1
30	Mike Richard	21	C	4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0			-0.2	0.0	-0.1
	Team Total			80	281	464	745	56	1660	179	94	8	38	279	174	8	2461	11.4			28.7	47.2	89.8

Goalies Regular Season

Players on this team's active roster in bold

Goalies Regular Season Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	Age	GP	GS	W	L	T/O	GA	SA	SV	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN	QS	QS%	RBS	GA%-	GSAA	adjGAA	GPS
1	Clint Malarchuk	26	54		24	20	4	154	1340	1186	.885	3.16	4	2924				96	7.0	2.61	7.8
2	Pete Peeters	30	35		14	12	5	88	866	778	.898	2.79	2	1894				85	16.1	2.31	5.9
3	Alain Raymond	22	1		0	1	0	2	20	18	.900	3.06	0	39						3.06	0.1
	Team Total				38	33	9	244	2226	1982	.890	3.01	6	4857				91	23.5	2.50	13.8