The Washington Capitals came up just a bit short against the New Jersey Devils, 6 to 5, in overtime on January 20, 1989.
Final
1st period
NJD
WSH
Pat Verbeek (EV) assisted by Brendan Shanahan and Sean Burke
1
0
Dale Hunter (PP) assisted by Mike Gartner and Mike Ridley
1
1
Mike Gartner (EV) assisted by Mike Ridley and Grant Ledyard
1
2
2nd period
NJD
WSH
Dave Christian (EV) assisted by Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Geoff Courtnall
1
3
Aaron Broten (EV) assisted by John MacLean
2
3
Anders Carlsson (EV) assisted by Brendan Shanahan and Jim Korn
3
3
3rd period
NJD
WSH
Kirk Muller (EV) unassisted
4
3
Yvon Corriveau (EV) assisted by Dale Hunter and Stephen Leach
4
4
Ken Daneyko (PP) assisted by Patrik Sundstrom and Aaron Broten
5
4
Mike Gartner (EV) assisted by Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Geoff Courtnall
5
5
OT
NJD
WSH
Kirk Muller (EV) assisted by Pat Verbeek and Joe Cirella
6
5
Devils
Capitals
Goals
6
5
Shots
47
24
Penalty Minutes
63
61
Power-Play Goals
1
1
Power-Play Opportunities
5
6
Faceoff Wins
Hits
Giveaways
Takeaways
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | T | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S. Burke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 19 | .792 | 5 | 4.66 | 0 | 64 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Albelin | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
A. Broten | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | ||||||||
D. Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
A. Carlsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | ||||||||
J. Cirella | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
P. Conacher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
K. Daneyko | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | ||||||||
J. Korn | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
T. Kurvers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||
C. Loiselle | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
J. MacLean | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||
K. Muller | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 40.0 | ||||||||
S. Rooney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
B. Shanahan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
P. Sundstrom | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||
R. Velischek | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||
P. Verbeek | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | ||||||||
C. Wolanin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | T | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Malarchuk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 41 | .872 | 6 | 5.59 | 0 | 64 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Christian | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | ||||||||
Y. Corriveau | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | ||||||||
G. Courtnall | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
J. Druce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
M. Gartner | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40.0 | ||||||||
B. Gould | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
B. Gustafsson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
K. Hatcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
D. Hunter | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | ||||||||
R. Langway | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
S. Leach | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||
G. Ledyard | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
K. Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
L. Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
M. Ridley | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||
N. Sheehy | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
S. Stevens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
More Capitals Stats
G/GP
3.64
1st
GA/GP
2.50
2nd
PP%
23.3
12th
PK%
82.2
4th
| TEAM | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Capitals | 37 | 11 | 8 | 82 | 61 |
 Hurricanes | 33 | 20 | 4 | 70 | 27 |
 Devils | 31 | 21 | 6 | 68 | 31 |
 Blue Jackets | 27 | 22 | 8 | 62 | 2 |
 Rangers | 27 | 25 | 4 | 58 | -9 |
 Flyers | 25 | 26 | 7 | 57 | -27 |
 Islanders | 25 | 23 | 7 | 57 | -10 |
 Penguins | 23 | 26 | 9 | 55 | -42 |
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Kings | Atlantic Division | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Panthers | 34 | 21 | 3 | 71 | 26 |
 Maple Leafs | 34 | 20 | 2 | 70 | 16 |
 Lightning | 31 | 20 | 4 | 66 | 44 |
| Metropolitan Division | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
| Capitals | 37 | 11 | 8 | 82 | 61 |
| Hurricanes | 33 | 20 | 4 | 70 | 27 |
| Devils | 31 | 21 | 6 | 68 | 31 |
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