Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, October 11, 1988 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 8–7 on Tuesday, October 11, 1988 at Civic Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 39–26.
Mario Lemieux scored a hat trick, Mike Ridley scored 4 goals and Mike Gartner scored twice. Randy Cunneyworth, Kelly Miller, Rob Brown, Zarley Zalapski, Paul Coffey and Bob Errey also scored.
Wendell Young made 32 saves on 39 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 9 of 11.
Scoring
1st period
Randy Cunneyworth (3)Steve Dykstra (1)0–101:24 PIT
Mario Lemieux (1)Rod Buskas (1), Rob Brown (3)0–203:15 PIT
Kelly Miller (1)Mike Gartner (2)1–209:19 WSH
Rob Brown (1)Dan Quinn (2), Paul Coffey (1)1–311:25 PIT ·
2nd period
Zarley Zalapski (2)Randy Hillier (1)1–402:11 PIT- Mario Lemieux (2)Bob Errey (1)1–503:08 PIT ·
Paul Coffey (2)Mario Lemieux (2), Rob Brown (4)1–606:55 PIT · 
Mike Ridley (2)Scott Stevens (2), Mike Gartner (3)2–611:07 WSH · - Mario Lemieux (3)Bob Errey (2)2–712:34 PIT ·
- Mike Ridley (3)Michal Pivonka (1), Rod Langway (2)3–713:53 WSH
- Mike Ridley (4)Kevin Hatcher (1), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (4)4–718:05 WSH ·
3rd period
Mike Gartner (2)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (5), Larry Murphy (2)5–700:51 WSH · - Mike Ridley (5)Dale Hunter (3), Kevin Hatcher (2)6–702:26 WSH ·
Bob Errey (1)Mario Lemieux (3), Paul Coffey (2)6–816:12 PIT- Mike Gartner (3)Mike Ridley (3), Kevin Hatcher (3)7–817:12 WSH
Team stats
WSHPIT
3926
0%0%
4/142/6
2952
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:32 into the first period
Scott Stevens · holding2 min - 9:33 into the first periodStephen Leach · slashing2 min
- 16:54 into the first periodNeil Sheehy · holding2 min
- 19:09 into the first period
Phil Bourque · holding2 min - 19:57 into the first periodRandy Hillier · roughing2 min
- 2:35 into the second periodRandy Hillier · cross checking2 min
- 5:28 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · fighting5 min
- 5:28 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · high sticking2 min
- 5:28 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · fighting5 min
- 9:03 into the second periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
- 10:16 into the second periodBob Errey · interference2 min
- 11:42 into the second periodMark Kachowski · roughing2 min
- 14:05 into the second periodTroy Loney · instigator2 min
- 14:05 into the second periodTroy Loney · fighting5 min
- 14:05 into the second periodYvon Corriveau · fighting5 min
- 17:48 into the second periodRob Brown · fighting5 min
- 17:48 into the second periodRob Brown · game misconduct10 min
- 2:37 into the third periodPaul Coffey · fighting5 min
- 2:37 into the third periodDale Hunter · fighting5 min
- 5:09 into the third periodJay Caufield · tripping2 min
- 6:05 into the third periodPhil Bourque · roughing2 min
- 6:05 into the third periodMichal Pivonka · roughing2 min
- 6:50 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · slashing2 min
- 11:20 into the third periodRod Buskas · cross checking2 min
- 15:15 into the third periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
- 15:37 into the third periodZarley Zalapski · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 17Mike RidleyC | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Jim ThomsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 15 | 6 | .600 | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 11 | 2 | .818 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 3 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +5 | 1 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve DykstraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Zarley ZalapskiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11John CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Jay CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Mark KachowskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wendell YoungG | W | 39 | 7 | .821 |
| 30Steve GuenetteG | 0 | 0 | – |