🦅 Away Capitals 3-2 in series
7–2
Final
WSH leads 4–3
🔔 Home Flyers 2-3 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
WSH 1427
PHI 0202

Capitals at Flyers — First Round Game 6

Capitals, First Round Game 6, beat Flyers 7–2 at Wells Fargo Center on April 14, 1988.

🗓 Thu, Apr 14, 1988 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia 🏒 1987-88 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

PHI vs WSH · WSH leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
4–2
Final · PHI
Game 2
4–5
Final · WSH
Game 3
3–4
Final · PHI
Game 4
4–5
OT · PHI
Game 5
2–5
Final · WSH
Game 6
7–2
Final · WSH
Game 7
4–5
OT · WSH

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Michal Pivonka
1 G, 2 A
4 shots · +1
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Dave Christian
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +1
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Mike Ridley
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Mike Ridley PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:12
Unassisted
1–0
2nd period
🦅 Dave Christian 2nd · 00:25
Assists: Michal Pivonka, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson
2–0
🦅 Bengt-Ake Gustafsson PP 2nd · 02:39
Assists: Michal Pivonka, Scott Stevens
3–0
🦅 Kevin Hatcher PP 2nd · 03:17
Assists: Garry Galley, Dale Hunter
4–0
🔔 Ilkka Sinisalo 2nd · 12:44
Assists: Mark Howe, Pelle Eklund
4–1
🦅 Michal Pivonka PP 2nd · 16:10
Assists: Dave Christian
5–1
🔔 Rick Tocchet PP 2nd · 17:17
Assists: Brian Propp, Tim Kerr
5–2
3rd period
🦅 Bobby Gould SH 3rd · 02:37
Unassisted
6–2
🦅 Kelly Miller 3rd · 10:02
Assists: Mike Ridley, Mike Gartner
7–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH PHI🔔
28 Shots on goal 26
4/9 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8
49 Penalty minutes 50
WSH shooting 25.0% (7/28) PHI shooting 7.7% (2/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Pete Peeters
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
🔔Flyers
Ron Hextall
0/7
.000 SV% · 7 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

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

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 12, 1988
🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
2–5 · Capitals won
Apr 10, 1988
🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI
4–5 (OT) · Flyers won
Apr 9, 1988
🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI
3–4 · Flyers won
Apr 7, 1988
🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
4–5 · Capitals won
Apr 6, 1988
🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
4–2 · Flyers won

❓ WSH vs PHI, answered

Who won Capitals vs Flyers on April 14, 1988?

Capitals won 7–2.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Flyers?

The final score was Capitals 7, Flyers 2.

Who scored for Capitals?

Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Bobby Gould, Dave Christian, Kelly Miller, Kevin Hatcher, Michal Pivonka, Mike Ridley.

Who scored for Flyers?

Ilkka Sinisalo, Rick Tocchet.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

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

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Ron Hextall made 0 saves on 7 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Flyers played?

At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, the Flyers home rink.

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 · Apr 12
🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
2–5 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 16
🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
4–5 · WSH won
🔔Flyers
Previous game · Apr 12
🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
2–5 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 16
🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
4–5 · WSH won
Also on April 14, 1988
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
2–1 final
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
5–2 final
🏝️NYI @ 😈NJD
5–6 final
🐙DET @ 🍁TOR
5–3 final
Capitals season page Flyers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule