🦅 Away Capitals 15-13-2 before this game

1–6

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 14-10-5 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	0	0	0	1
DET	0	0	0	6

Capitals at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Capitals 6–1 at Little Caesars Arena on December 16, 1987.

🗓 Wed, Dec 16, 1987 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1987-88 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

John Chabot

1 G, 4 A

1 shots · +4

2nd star 🐙 DET

Petr Klima

2 G, 2 A

4 shots · +4

3rd star 🐙 DET

Dave Barr

1 G, 2 A

1 shots · +4

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH DET🐙

21 Shots on goal 30

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

16 Penalty minutes 12

WSH shooting 4.8% (1/21) DET shooting 20.0% (6/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Clint Malarchuk

0/6

.000 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Greg Stefan

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 15-13-2 (50% win rate, 30 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 14-10-5 (48% win rate, 29 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 15-13-2 (50% win rate, 30 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 14-10-5 (48% win rate, 29 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

3–3 (OT) · Capitals won

Feb 25, 1986

🐙DET @ 🦅WSH

3–4 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs DET, answered

Who won Capitals vs Red Wings on December 16, 1987?

Red Wings won 6–1.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Red Wings?

The final score was Capitals 1, Red Wings 6.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Clint Malarchuk made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Greg Stefan made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 after 2 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 · Dec 15

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Dec 14

Also on December 16, 1987

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