Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, October 8, 1988 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–2 on Saturday, October 8, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 30–22.
Dave Christian scored twice and John Tucker scored twice. Dale Hunter, Geoff Courtnall, Bobby Gould and Kevin Hatcher also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Christian (2)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2)0–106:51 WSH
John Tucker (1)Calle Johansson (2)1–107:14 BUF
Dale Hunter (1)Mike Gartner (1), Scott Stevens (1)1–217:59 WSH ·
2nd period
Geoff Courtnall (2)Dave Christian (2), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (3)1–302:37 WSH
Bobby Gould (1)Stephen Leach (1), Rod Langway (1)1–406:52 WSH ·
3rd period
Kevin Hatcher (1)Mike Ridley (2)1–501:58 WSH- John Tucker (2)Jan Ludvig (1), Scott Arniel (1)2–504:59 BUF
- Dave Christian (3)Larry Murphy (1), Dale Hunter (2)2–613:09 WSH ·
Team stats
BUFWSH
2230
0%0%
0/52/6
3114
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:09 into the first period
Mark Ferner · holding2 min - 9:05 into the first period
Mike Gartner · tripping2 min - 17:39 into the first periodChristian Ruuttu · holding2 min
- 3:57 into the second periodMike Donnelly · boarding2 min
- 6:10 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · roughing2 min
- 7:59 into the second periodCalle Johansson · holding2 min
- 11:46 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · tripping2 min
- 17:42 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · tripping2 min
- 11:44 into the third periodScott Arniel · holding2 min
- 13:53 into the third periodGrant Ledyard · interference2 min
- 18:53 into the third periodKevin Maguire · cross checking2 min
- 18:53 into the third periodKevin Maguire · instigator2 min
- 18:53 into the third periodKevin Maguire · fighting5 min
- 18:53 into the third periodKevin Maguire · game misconduct10 min
- 18:53 into the third periodJeff Parker · roughing2 min
- 18:53 into the third periodYvon Corriveau · roughing2 min
- 18:53 into the third periodGrant Ledyard · roughing2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.