The Washington Capitals used 26 players in the 1987-88 playoffs, with a 7-6-1 record. Bengt-Ake Gustafsson led the team with 13 points (4 goals, 9 assists) in 14 games. Pete Peeters played the most games in goal (12).
| # | 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 | Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 🇸🇪 LW 30 | 14 | 🧊 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0.93 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 2 | Michal Pivonka 🇨🇿 C 22 | 14 | 🧊 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0.93 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 3 | Dale Hunter 🇨🇦 C 27 | 14 | 🧊 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0.86 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 98 | — |
| 4 | Kevin Hatcher 🇺🇸 D 21 | 14 | 🔥 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0.86 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 55 | — |
| 5 | Scott Stevens 🇨🇦 D 24 | 13 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0.92 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 46 | — |
| 6 | Mike Ridley 🇨🇦 C 24 | 14 | 🧊 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0.79 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 7 | Dave Christian 🇺🇸 RW 28 | 14 | 🧊 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0.79 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 8 | Kelly Miller 🇺🇸 LW 25 | 14 | 🧊 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.57 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 9 | Larry Murphy 🇨🇦 D 27 | 13 | 🧊 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0.62 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 33 | — |
| 10 | Mike Gartner 🇨🇦 RW 28 | 14 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.50 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 11 | Garry Galley 🇨🇦 D 24 | 13 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.46 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — |
| 12 | Greg Adams 🇨🇦 LW 27 | 14 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.36 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 58 | — |
| 13 | Bobby Gould 🇨🇦 RW 30 | 14 | 🧊 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.29 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 21 | — |
| 14 | Stephen Leach 🇺🇸 RW 22 | 9 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.33 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 15 | Yvon Corriveau 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 13 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.23 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 16 | Peter Sundstrom 🇸🇪 LW 26 | 14 | 🧊 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 17 | Grant Ledyard 🇨🇦 D 26 | 14 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.07 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 18 | Greg Smith 🇨🇦 D 32 | 9 | 🧊 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 23 | — |
| 19 | Rod Langway 🇹🇼 D 30 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 20 | Chris Felix 🇨🇦 D 23 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | Ed Kastelic 🇨🇦 RW 24 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — |
| 22 | Lou Franceschetti 🇨🇦 LW 30 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 23 | Jeff Greenlaw 🇨🇦 LW 20 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — |
| 24 | Grant Jennings 🇨🇦 D 22 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 24 skaters | 14 | 54 | 77 | 131 | 9.36 | 14 | 424 | 0 | 0 | 523 |
| # | 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 | Pete Peeters 🇨🇦 G 30 | 12 | 7 | 2.83 | 0.000 | 0 | 34 | 54:24 | |
| 2 | Clint Malarchuk 🇨🇦 G 26 | 4 | 1 | 3.75 | 0.000 | 0 | 15 | 48:21 |
69% of this roster was born in Canada, against 75% across the league. The team leans on Sweden: 8% of its players, against 4% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 53% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 18 |
|
-6 | 69 (53%) | Hunter, Stevens, Ridley, Murphy +14 |
| United States | 4 |
|
even | 34 (26%) | Hatcher, Christian, Miller, Leach |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+4 | 15 (11%) | Gustafsson, Sundstrom |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
+2 | 13 (10%) | Pivonka |
| Taiwan | 1 |
|
+4 | 0 | Langway |
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson led the Washington Capitals in scoring in the 1987-88 playoffs with 13 points — 4 goals and 9 assists in 14 games. Next came Michal Pivonka (13) and Dale Hunter (12).
Dale Hunter scored 7 goals for the Washington Capitals in the 1987-88 playoffs, 4 of them on the power play.
The Washington Capitals dressed 26 players in the 1987-88 playoffs: 24 skaters and 2 goalies. Together the skaters scored 54 goals.
Pete Peeters played the most games in goal for the Washington Capitals in the 1987-88 playoffs: 12 games, 7 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 2.83 goals against average. Clint Malarchuk was the backup, in 4 games.
The average age was 25.7 years. Jeff Greenlaw was the youngest at 20, and Greg Smith the oldest at 32.
The Washington Capitals used 26 players in the 1987-88 playoffs with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 18 in Canada, 4 in the United States and 2 in Sweden. The other 2 came from Czechia and Taiwan. League-wide that season, 75% of players were born in Canada, against 69% on this roster.