The Washington Capitals defeated the Buffalo Sabres, 5 to 3, on December 30, 1988.

Final

Sabres

16-18-4

3

Capitals

19-14-5

5

Team

BUF

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

WSH

Dave Christian (EV) assisted by Neil Sheehy

Mike Gartner (EV) assisted by Mike Ridley and Scott Stevens

2nd period

BUF

WSH

Rick Vaive (PP) assisted by John Tucker

3rd period

BUF

WSH

Mike Foligno (PP) assisted by Doug Bodger and Christian Ruuttu

Phil Housley (EV) assisted by Christian Ruuttu and Lindy Ruff

Mike Gartner (EV) assisted by Mike Ridley and Larry Murphy

Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (EV) assisted by Larry Murphy

Kelly Miller (EV-EN) unassisted

Sabres

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jacques Cloutier (L) J. Cloutier	0	1	0	43	39	.907	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Scott Arniel S. Arniel	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Doug Bodger D. Bodger	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	2	0.0
Mike Foligno M. Foligno	1	0	1	-3	0	1	0	3	33.3
Phil Housley P. Housley	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	3	33.3
Calle Johansson C. Johansson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Uwe Krupp U. Krupp	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Scott Metcalfe S. Metcalfe	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mark Napier M. Napier	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jeff Parker J. Parker	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Larry Playfair L. Playfair	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0
Ken Priestlay K. Priestlay	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Ramsey M. Ramsey	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0
Lindy Ruff L. Ruff	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Christian Ruuttu C. Ruuttu	0	2	2	-2	4	0	1	2	0.0
John Tucker J. Tucker	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0.0
Pierre Turgeon P. Turgeon	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Rick Vaive R. Vaive	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	1	100.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Clint Malarchuk (W) C. Malarchuk	1	0	0	22	19	.864	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Dave Christian D. Christian	1	0	1	+2	0	0	3	33.3
Yvon Corriveau Y. Corriveau	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Geoff Courtnall G. Courtnall	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0.0
Lou Franceschetti L. Franceschetti	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Mike Gartner M. Gartner	2	0	2	+3	0	0	6	33.3
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson B. Gustafsson	1	0	1	+2	0	1	3	33.3
Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Dale Hunter D. Hunter	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
Rod Langway R. Langway	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Stephen Leach S. Leach	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0.0
Grant Ledyard G. Ledyard	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Kelly Miller K. Miller	1	0	1	+2	0	0	2	50.0
Larry Murphy L. Murphy	0	2	2	+3	0	0	6	0.0
Michal Pivonka M. Pivonka	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Ridley M. Ridley	0	2	2	+3	0	0	2	0.0
Neil Sheehy N. Sheehy	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0
Scott Stevens S. Stevens	0	1	1	+3	2	0	3	0.0