🔔 Away Flyers 3-3 in series
4–5
Final / OT
WSH leads 4–3
🦅 Home Capitals 3-3 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
PHI 12104
WSH 03115

Flyers at Capitals — First Round Game 7

Capitals, First Round Game 7, beat Flyers 5–4 in overtime at Capital One Arena on April 16, 1988.

🗓 Sat, Apr 16, 1988 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 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
Dale Hunter
2 G, 1 A
3 shots
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Kevin Hatcher
1 G, 1 A
7 shots · +2
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Garry Galley
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🔔 Tim Kerr PP Go-ahead 1st · 17:36
Assists: Murray Craven, Mark Howe
1–0
2nd period
🔔 Brian Propp 2nd · 01:35
Assists: Kjell Samuelsson
2–0
🔔 Mark Howe 2nd · 02:59
Assists: Tim Kerr
3–0
🦅 Garry Galley 2nd · 06:42
Assists: Dale Hunter, Greg Adams
3–1
🦅 Kelly Miller 2nd · 08:02
Assists: Mike Ridley
3–2
🦅 Kevin Hatcher Tying 2nd · 17:54
Unassisted
3–3
3rd period
🦅 Dale Hunter PP Go-ahead 3rd · 05:19
Assists: Garry Galley, Kevin Hatcher
3–4
🔔 Brad Marsh Tying 3rd · 06:21
Assists: Peter Zezel
4–4
Overtime
🦅 Dale Hunter Go-ahead OT · 05:57
Assists: Larry Murphy, Scott Stevens
4–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🔔PHI WSH🦅
33 Shots on goal 40
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8
16 Penalty minutes 21
PHI shooting 12.1% (4/33) WSH shooting 12.5% (5/40)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🔔Flyers
Ron Hextall
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 65:57 TOI
🦅Capitals
Pete Peeters
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 65:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Flyers
Flyers: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 3–3
Flyers
Flyers — tied after 2nd: 44-33-9 (51% win rate, 86 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 46-31-9 (53% win rate, 86 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 14, 1988
🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI
7–2 · Capitals won
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

❓ PHI vs WSH, answered

Who won Flyers vs Capitals on April 16, 1988?

Capitals won 5–4 in overtime.

What was the final score of Flyers vs Capitals?

The final score was Flyers 4, Capitals 5, in overtime.

Who scored for Flyers?

Brad Marsh, Brian Propp, Mark Howe, Tim Kerr.

Who scored for Capitals?

Dale Hunter (2), Garry Galley, Kelly Miller, Kevin Hatcher.

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Ron Hextall made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Pete Peeters made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Flyers vs Capitals played?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🔔Flyers
Previous game · Apr 14
🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI
7–2 · WSH won
Next game · Oct 6
😈NJD @ 🔔PHI
1–4 · PHI won
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 14
🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI
7–2 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 18
😈NJD @ 🦅WSH
1–3 · WSH won
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