| Sep 18, 1987 Fri | Preseason | Washington | Buffalo | Kastelic-Dykstra Jennings-Hartman |
| Sep 19, 1987 Sat | Preseason | Boston | Washington | Lehman-Jennings Blum-Adams Markwart-Jennings (Rough) Blum-Laughlin |
| Sep 20, 1987 Sun | Preseason | Washington | Buffalo | Add Fight |
| Sep 23, 1987 Wed | Preseason | Washington | Boston | (Cheap) Ridley-Kluzak |
| Oct 2, 1987 Fri | Preseason | Hartford | Washington | (Cheap) Tippett-Gustafsson Samuelsson-Hunter Churla-Cavallini Martin-Adams |
| Oct 3, 1987 Sat | Preseason | Washington | Hartford | Cavallini-Murzyn Hunter-Francis |
| Oct 8, 1987 Thu | | Washington | Boston | (Hit) Pivonka-Neely Kastelic-Miller (5.3) (Rough) Hunter-Markwart (Cheap) Stevens-unknown |
| Oct 10, 1987 Sat | | Chicago | Washington | Manson-Cavallini (2.3) |
| Oct 11, 1987 Sun | | Washington | Buffalo | Smith-Ruff Abuse at 20:00 Mini-Brawl at 34:38 Mini-Brawl at 59:39 |
| Oct 16, 1987 Fri | | Hartford | Washington | Brawl at 14:16 Williams-Kastelic Churla-Franceschetti Churla-Franceschetti (5) (Cheap) MacDermid-unknown |
| Oct 17, 1987 Sat | | NY Rangers | Washington | Add Fight |
| Oct 19, 1987 Mon | | Washington | NY Rangers | Injury |
| Oct 22, 1987 Thu | | Washington | Philadelphia | (Rough) Franceschetti-Carson |
| Oct 24, 1987 Sat | | Montreal | Washington | Mini-Brawl at 56:12 |
| Oct 27, 1987 Tue | | Washington | Vancouver | Franceschetti-Richter (5) |
| Oct 30, 1987 Fri | | Washington | Winnipeg | (Hit) Gould-Kyte |
| Oct 31, 1987 Sat | | Washington | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Nov 3, 1987 Tue | | Vancouver | Washington | Add Fight |
| Nov 6, 1987 Fri | | Quebec | Washington | Add Fight |
| Nov 7, 1987 Sat | | Washington | New Jersey | Injury |
| Nov 10, 1987 Tue | | Washington | NY Islanders | Injury Cavallini-Dalgarno (3) |
| Nov 11, 1987 Wed | | Washington | Pittsburgh | Smith-Kachowski (Hit) Franceschetti-Bodger Franceschetti-Simmer Cavallini-Paiement Scrum at 42:54 |
| Nov 14, 1987 Sat | | Minnesota | Washington | Add Fight |
| Nov 17, 1987 Tue | | Detroit | Washington | Kocur-Adams (4) |
| Nov 20, 1987 Fri | | Washington | Buffalo | (Rough) Langway-Hospodar Hunter-Cyr (2) Scrum at 30:26 (Cheap) unknown-Arniel |
| Nov 21, 1987 Sat | | Washington | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Nov 25, 1987 Wed | | Boston | Washington | (Cheap) Thelven-Hunter (3) Miller-Stevens (6.8) |
| Nov 27, 1987 Fri | | Pittsburgh | Washington | Loney-Cavallini (3) Frawley-Kastelic (1) |
| Nov 28, 1987 Sat | | Washington | Pittsburgh | Smith-Frawley Adams-Van Dorp (7) (Rough) Franceschetti-Loney |
| Dec 1, 1987 Tue | | Edmonton | Washington | Add Fight |
| Dec 4, 1987 Fri | | NY Islanders | Washington | Add Fight |
| Dec 6, 1987 Sun | | Los Angeles | Washington | Playfair-Kastelic (5.3) Paterson-Kastelic (3.5) |
| Dec 8, 1987 Tue | | Calgary | Washington | (Cheap) Nieuwendyk-Hunter (5) |
| Dec 9, 1987 Wed | | Washington | Hartford | (Rough) Stevens-Samuelsson Galley-Francis Hunter-Samuelsson Bench-Clearing Brawl at 60:00 (4) |
| Dec 12, 1987 Sat | | Chicago | Washington | Mackey-Hatcher Vaive-Stevens |
| Dec 15, 1987 Tue | | Washington | Toronto | (Rough) Gould-Secord Franceschetti-Gill (6.5) (Rough) Franceschetti-Secord |
| Dec 16, 1987 Wed | | Washington | Detroit | (Rough) Stevens-Probert |
| Dec 18, 1987 Fri | | Toronto | Washington | (Hit) Courtnall-Gould Gill-Adams (4) McRae-Adams (4) |
| Dec 20, 1987 Sun | | St. Louis | Washington | (Cheap) unknown-Adams (Rough) Meagher-Hunter Ramage-Hunter Raglan-Miller |
| Dec 22, 1987 Tue | | Washington | Quebec | (Rough) Hunter-Picard Kastelic-Carkner |
| Dec 23, 1987 Wed | | Washington | Montreal | Gartner-Nilan (2) (Rough) Hunter-Nilan |
| Dec 26, 1987 Sat | | Philadelphia | Washington | Brown-Kastelic (5) Smyth-Hatcher |
| Dec 28, 1987 Mon | | Washington | Toronto | Laughlin-DeGray |
| Dec 30, 1987 Wed | | Washington | New Jersey | Add Fight |
| Jan 1, 1988 Fri | | Pittsburgh | Washington | Van Dorp-Hatcher (7) |
| Jan 2, 1988 Sat | | Edmonton | Washington | McSorley-Adams |
| Jan 5, 1988 Tue | | Washington | Philadelphia | Add Fight |
| Jan 8, 1988 Fri | | NY Rangers | Washington | Pavese-Adams (3) |
| Jan 10, 1988 Sun | | Washington | Calgary | Hunter-Otto |
| Jan 11, 1988 Mon | | Washington | Edmonton | (Hit) Stevens-Anderson (Rough) Gould-Messier (Cheap) Gustafsson-unknown |
| Jan 13, 1988 Wed | | Washington | Los Angeles | (Cheap) unknown-Hammond (Cheap) unknown-Taylor |
| Jan 16, 1988 Sat | | Washington | St. Louis | (Cheap) Adams-unknown Gartner-Evans |
| Jan 17, 1988 Sun | | Washington | Chicago | Collision (4) Corriveau-Stapleton |
| Jan 19, 1988 Tue | | New Jersey | Washington | Add Fight |
| Jan 23, 1988 Sat | | Buffalo | Washington | Ludvig-Corriveau (2) Ludvig-Stevens (2) Scrum at 64:04 |
| Jan 26, 1988 Tue | | Winnipeg | Washington | Add Fight |
| Jan 29, 1988 Fri | | Montreal | Washington | (Hit) Gainey-Stevens Scrum at 44:24 Lalor-Adams (5) |
| Jan 31, 1988 Sun | | Philadelphia | Washington | Samuelsson-Kastelic Mellanby-Hatcher (5) (Cheap) Hextall-Adams (4) (Rough) Smyth-Adams Brawl at 51:25 |
| Feb 2, 1988 Tue | | Washington | Pittsburgh | (Hit) Adams-Cunneyworth (4) |
| Feb 5, 1988 Fri | | NY Islanders | Washington | Sutter-Franceschetti (3) |
| Feb 6, 1988 Sat | | NY Rangers | Washington | Greschner-Adams (6) Petit-Stevens (3.5) |
| Feb 11, 1988 Thu | | Washington | NY Rangers | Kastelic-Brubaker (4) (Cheap) Stevens-Erixon Corriveau-Gronstrand (3) |
| Feb 12, 1988 Fri | | NY Islanders | Washington | Injury Henry-Smith (5) Bassen-Galley (2) LaFontaine-Stevens (3) |
| Feb 14, 1988 Sun | | Calgary | Washington | (Hit) Mullen-Stevens (5) Scrum at 19:16 |
| Feb 17, 1988 Wed | | Washington | New Jersey | (Hit) Franceschetti-Muller |
| Feb 19, 1988 Fri | | Washington | Winnipeg | (Cheap) unknown-MacLean |
| Feb 20, 1988 Sat | | Washington | Minnesota | (Rough) Hatcher-Bellows (Rough) Pivonka-Zemlak Scrum at 43:20 |
| Feb 24, 1988 Wed | | Washington | Los Angeles | Add Fight |
| Feb 27, 1988 Sat | | Washington | NY Islanders | Hatcher-Dalgarno (2) |
| Mar 1, 1988 Tue | | New Jersey | Washington | (Cheap) Verbeek-Franceschetti (2) Scrum at 54:47 |
| Mar 2, 1988 Wed | | Washington | New Jersey | Add Fight |
| Mar 4, 1988 Fri | | Quebec | Washington | Haworth-Hunter |
| Mar 6, 1988 Sun | | Vancouver | Washington | (Rough) Melnyk-Corriveau |
| Mar 10, 1988 Thu | | Washington | Philadelphia | (Cheap) Hunter-Zezel Scrum at 53:04 |
| Mar 12, 1988 Sat | | NY Rangers | Washington | Nilan-Adams (5.5) |
| Mar 13, 1988 Sun | | Washington | Boston | (Hit) Stevens-Neely (1) (Hit) Gould-Neely (0) (Hit) Pivonka-Blum (2) (Hit) Gartner-Markwart (2) Brawl at 8:12 Corriveau-Blum (3) Leach-Campbell (3) Mini-Brawl at 18:56 Stevens-Plett (2) Adams-Miller (5) Franceschetti-Crowder |
| Mar 16, 1988 Wed | | Washington | NY Rangers | (Hit) Hunter-Vanbiesbrouck Brawl at 26:47 |
| Mar 18, 1988 Fri | | NY Islanders | Washington | (Hit) Bassen-Stevens (5.5) (Cheap) Trottier-Smith Scrum at 27:03 Scrum at 41:24 |
| Mar 20, 1988 Sun | | New Jersey | Washington | Scrum at 44:29 |
| Mar 22, 1988 Tue | | St. Louis | Washington | Add Fight |
| Mar 23, 1988 Wed | | Washington | Pittsburgh | (Rough) Gould-Johnson (Rough) Corriveau-Gotaas Corriveau-Buskas Scrum at 47:40 (Rough) Corriveau-Hillier |
| Mar 25, 1988 Fri | | Philadelphia | Washington | (Rough) Tocchet-Hunter Mellanby-Corriveau (4) Mellanby-Hatcher (1) (Rough) Smyth-Hunter Smyth-Corriveau (2.7) |
| Mar 29, 1988 Tue | | Detroit | Washington | Probert-Corriveau (6) |
| Mar 31, 1988 Thu | | Washington | NY Islanders | Scrum |
| Apr 2, 1988 Sat | | Pittsburgh | Washington | (Rough) Bodger-Corriveau (Rough) Hillier-Ridley (Cheap) Quinn-Franceschetti (4) Coffey-Hunter (2) |
| Apr 3, 1988 Sun | | Washington | Philadelphia | (Rough) Hunter-Poulin (Rough) Hunter-Brown Stevens-Sutter |
| Apr 6, 1988 Wed | Round 1 | Game 1 | Philadelphia | Washington | Add Fight |
| Apr 7, 1988 Thu | Round 1 | Game 2 | Philadelphia | Washington | (Hit) Hextall-Adams (2) (Hit) Mellanby-Ledyard (2) Samuelsson-Hunter Sutter-Stevens (4.7) (Cheap) unknown-Ledyard Mellanby-Corriveau (2) |
| Apr 9, 1988 Sat | Round 1 | Game 3 | Washington | Philadelphia | Mini-Brawl at 14:09 Gould-Mellanby (2) (Rough) Hunter-Tocchet Adams-Sutter Scrum at 55:06 |
| Apr 10, 1988 Sun | Round 1 | Game 4 | Washington | Philadelphia | Add Fight |
| Apr 12, 1988 Tue | Round 1 | Game 5 | Philadelphia | Washington | (Hit) Propp-Corriveau (4) Tocchet-Hunter (2) Zezel-Miller (2) Mini-Brawl at 58:59 Smyth-Adams (5) |
| Apr 14, 1988 Thu | Round 1 | Game 6 | Washington | Philadelphia | Miller-Samuelsson (3) Hatcher-Tocchet (2) Gould-Brown (3) Adams-Smyth (5) Adams-Smyth (8) (Rough) Hatcher-Brown Hunter-Tocchet (3.5) |
| Apr 16, 1988 Sat | Round 1 | Game 7 | Philadelphia | Washington | (Cheap) Tocchet-Ledyard (Cheap) Hextall-Hatcher (4) |
| Apr 18, 1988 Mon | QF | Game 1 | New Jersey | Washington | (Hit) Wolanin-Gustafsson (4) Scrum at 40:27 |
| Apr 20, 1988 Wed | QF | Game 2 | New Jersey | Washington | MacLean-Hatcher (Rough) Velischek-Ledyard Brawl at 23:31 Loiselle-Kastelic Anderson-Smith Kurvers-Corriveau (2) Anderson-Kastelic MacLean-Galley Mini-Brawl at 44:54 Muller-Smith (8) Verbeek-Murphy (1) |
| Apr 22, 1988 Fri | QF | Game 3 | Washington | New Jersey | Adams-Maley (3) Greenlaw-Wolanin (3) (Almost) Smith-Shanahan (Almost) Franceschetti-MacLean (2) (Rough) Adams-Velischek (Cheap) Hatcher-Maley (3) Line Brawl at 44:40 Hatcher-Daneyko (3) Hatcher-Maley (7.3) Stevens-Maley (2) Mini-Brawl at 54:21 |
| Apr 24, 1988 Sun | QF | Game 4 | Washington | New Jersey | Injury Scrum at 29:42 Injury at 29:42 Scrum at 34:48 (Rough) Franceschetti-Anderson Scrum at 59:05 |
| Apr 26, 1988 Tue | QF | Game 5 | New Jersey | Washington | Add Fight |
| Apr 28, 1988 Thu | QF | Game 6 | Washington | New Jersey | (Rough) Murphy-MacLean Scrum at 19:50 (Rough) Hunter-Cirella (Rough) Corriveau-Daneyko Scrum at 58:02 Hunter-Korn (4) Ledyard-Korn (3) Ledyard-Conacher (3) |
| Apr 30, 1988 Sat | QF | Game 7 | New Jersey | Washington | Scrum at 38:24 |