🦅 Away Capitals 42-30-5 before this game
5–1
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 38-29-10 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
WSH 2305
NYR 0011

Capitals at Rangers

Capitals beat Rangers 5–1 at Madison Square Garden on April 1, 1987.

🗓 Wed, Apr 1, 1987 · 18:30 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Rangers lead the season series 4–3 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Scott Stevens
3 A
3 shots · +2
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Kelly Miller
2 G
3 shots · +1
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Gaetan Duchesne
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · +3

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Kelly Miller PP Go-ahead 1st · 16:34
Assists: Alan Haworth, Larry Murphy · beat Bob Froese
1–0
🦅 Mike Gartner 1st · 17:38
Assists: John Blum · beat Bob Froese
2–0
2nd period
🦅 Gaetan Duchesne 2nd · 10:30
Assists: Bobby Gould, Scott Stevens · beat Bob Froese
3–0
🦅 Greg Adams 2nd · 15:55
Assists: Scott Stevens · beat Bob Froese
4–0
🦅 Kelly Miller 2nd · 18:37
Assists: Gaetan Duchesne, Scott Stevens · beat Bob Froese
5–0
3rd period
🗽 Tomas Sandstrom 3rd · 19:59
Assists: Larry Melnyk · beat Pete Peeters
5–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH NYR🗽
30 Shots on goal 30
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5
19 Penalty minutes 19
WSH shooting 16.7% (5/30) NYR shooting 3.3% (1/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Pete Peeters
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🗽Rangers
Bob Froese
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 40:00 TOI
John Vanbiesbrouck
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 20:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 5–0
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Rangers lead the season series 4–3 Full head-to-head →
Mar 1, 1987
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
3–7 · Capitals won
Feb 7, 1987
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
5–4 (OT) · Rangers won
Feb 4, 1987
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
2–3 · Rangers won
Dec 17, 1986
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
1–6 · Rangers won
Dec 14, 1986
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
3–1 · Rangers won

❓ WSH vs NYR, answered

Who won Capitals vs Rangers on April 1, 1987?

Capitals won 5–1.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Rangers?

The final score was Capitals 5, Rangers 1.

Who scored for Capitals?

Kelly Miller (2), Gaetan Duchesne, Greg Adams, Mike Gartner.

Who scored for Rangers?

Tomas Sandstrom.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Pete Peeters made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Bob Froese made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Rangers season series?

Rangers lead the season series 4–3 after 7 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
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Mar 31
🍁TOR @ 🦅WSH
2–4 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 4
🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · WSH won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Mar 30
🗽NYR @ 🌌MNS
6–5 · NYR won
Next game · Apr 4
🗽NYR @ 🐳HFD
3–5 · HFD won
Also on April 1, 1987
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 final
🔔PHI @ 🐙DET
2–1 final
🌌MNS @ 🪶CHI
4–4 final
🐋VAN @ 👑LAK
8–3 final
Capitals season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule