The Washington Capitals used 30 players in the 1987-88 season, with a 43-29-8 record. Mike Gartner led the team with 81 points (48 goals, 33 assists) in 80 games. Clint Malarchuk played the most games in goal (54).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Gartner 🇨🇦 RW 28 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 48 | 33 | 81 | 1.01 | 19 | 316 | 0 | 0 | 73 | — |
| 2 | Mike Ridley 🇨🇦 C 24 | 70 | 🧊 1 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 0.84 | 12 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| 3 | Dale Hunter 🇨🇦 C 27 | 79 | 🧊 1 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 0.75 | 11 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 240 | — |
| 4 | Dave Christian 🇺🇸 RW 28 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 37 | 21 | 58 | 0.72 | 14 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 5 | Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 🇸🇪 LW 30 | 78 | 🔥 1 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 0.69 | 7 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 29 | — |
| 6 | Michal Pivonka 🇨🇿 C 22 | 71 | 🧊 1 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 0.48 | 3 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 7 | Kelly Miller 🇺🇸 LW 25 | 80 | 🧊 7 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 0.40 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 35 | — |
| 8 | Greg Adams 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 78 | 🧊 5 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 0.35 | 3 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 153 | — |
| 9 | Bobby Gould 🇨🇦 RW 30 | 72 | 🔥 1 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 0.36 | 0 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 56 | — |
| 10 | Peter Sundstrom 🇸🇪 LW 26 | 76 | 🔥 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 0.33 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 34 | — |
| 11 | Yvon Corriveau 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 44 | 🧊 4 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 0.43 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 84 | — |
| 12 | Lou Franceschetti 🇨🇦 LW 30 | 59 | 🧊 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0.20 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 113 | — |
| 13 | Craig Laughlin 🇨🇦 RW 30 | 40 | 🧊 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0.25 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 14 | Stephen Leach 🇺🇸 RW 22 | 8 | 🧊 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | — |
| 15 | Ed Kastelic 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 35 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 78 | — |
| 16 | David Jensen 🇺🇸 C 22 | 5 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 17 | Michael Richard 🇨🇦 C 21 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 17 skaters | 80 | 229 | 271 | 500 | 6.25 | 73 | 1589 | 0 | 0 | 1018 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ▼ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clint Malarchuk 🇨🇦 G 26 | 54 | 29 | 2.85 | 0.000 | 0 | 154 | 54:08 | |
| 2 | Pete Peeters 🇨🇦 G 30 | 35 | 18 | 2.51 | 0.000 | 0 | 88 | 54:07 | |
| 3 | Alain Raymond 🇨🇦 G 22 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 2 | 39:11 |
70% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. The team leans on Sweden: 7% of its players, against 3% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 65% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 21 |
|
-6 | 479 (65%) | Gartner, Stevens, Murphy, Ridley +17 |
| United States | 5 |
|
+2 | 134 (18%) | Christian, Hatcher, Miller, Leach +1 |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+4 | 79 (11%) | Gustafsson, Sundstrom |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
+2 | 34 (5%) | Pivonka |
| Taiwan | 1 |
|
+3 | 16 (2%) | Langway |
Mike Gartner led the Washington Capitals in scoring in 1987-88 with 81 points — 48 goals and 33 assists in 80 games. Next came Scott Stevens (72) and Larry Murphy (61).
Mike Gartner scored 48 goals for the Washington Capitals in 1987-88, 19 of them on the power play.
The Washington Capitals dressed 30 players in 1987-88: 27 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 281 goals.
Clint Malarchuk played the most games in goal for the Washington Capitals in 1987-88: 54 games, 29 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.85 goals against average. Pete Peeters was the backup, in 35 games.
The average age was 25.5 years. Kevin Hatcher was the youngest at 21, and Greg Smith the oldest at 32.
The Washington Capitals used 30 players in 1987-88 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 21 in Canada, 5 in the United States and 2 in Sweden. The other 2 came from Czechia and Taiwan. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 70% on this roster.