🐙 Away Red Wings 29-22-9 before this game

2–8

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 31-27-3 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
DET	0	0	2	2
WSH	4	3	1	8

Red Wings at Capitals

Capitals beat Red Wings 8–2 at Capital One Arena on February 24, 1987.

🗓 Tue, Feb 24, 1987 · 18:30 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Mike Gartner

2 G, 1 A

5 shots · +2

2nd star 🦅 WSH

David Jensen

2 G

3 shots · +2

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Alan Haworth

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

10 goals · in order

1st period

🦅 Bobby Gould Go-ahead 1st · 02:45

Assists: Gaetan Duchesne, Larry Murphy · beat Greg Stefan

0–1

🦅 Dave Christian 1st · 05:48

Assists: Larry Murphy · beat Greg Stefan

0–2

🦅 Mike Ridley PP 1st · 14:27

Assists: Scott Stevens, Dave Christian · beat Greg Stefan

0–3

🦅 David Jensen 1st · 18:29

Assists: Craig Laughlin, Alan Haworth · beat Greg Stefan

0–4

2nd period

🦅 Mike Gartner 2nd · 00:53

Assists: Mike Ridley · beat Greg Stefan

0–5

🦅 David Jensen 2nd · 01:31

Assists: Rod Langway, Garry Galley · beat Greg Stefan

0–6

🦅 Alan Haworth PP 2nd · 19:00

Assists: Michal Pivonka, Mike Gartner · beat Glen Hanlon

0–7

3rd period

🐙 Tim Higgins 3rd · 00:30

Assists: Darren Veitch, Petr Klima · beat Pete Peeters

1–7

🐙 Brent Ashton 3rd · 13:17

Assists: Shawn Burr, Gilbert Delorme · beat Pete Peeters

2–7

🦅 Mike Gartner 3rd · 16:33

Assists: Garry Galley, Rod Langway · beat Glen Hanlon

2–8

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET WSH🦅

34 Shots on goal 30

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5

33 Penalty minutes 20

DET shooting 5.9% (2/34) WSH shooting 26.7% (8/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Glen Hanlon

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 38:22 TOI

Greg Stefan

0/6

.000 SV% · 6 GA · 21:31 TOI

🦅Capitals

Pete Peeters

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–4

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 0–7

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →

3–3 (OT) · Capitals won

Feb 25, 1986

🐙DET @ 🦅WSH

3–4 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ DET vs WSH, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Capitals on February 24, 1987?

Capitals won 8–2.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Capitals?

The final score was Red Wings 2, Capitals 8.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Brent Ashton, Tim Higgins.

Who scored for Capitals?

David Jensen (2), Mike Gartner (2), Alan Haworth, Bobby Gould, Dave Christian, Mike Ridley.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Glen Hanlon made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Pete Peeters made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 3–0 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Feb 22

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Feb 22

Also on February 24, 1987

Red Wings season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule