New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, October 15, 1988 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 8–5 on Saturday, October 15, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Devils outshot the Capitals 38–31.
Dave Christian scored a hat trick and Michal Pivonka scored twice. Kevin Hatcher, Kirk Muller, Scott Stevens, John MacLean, Pat Verbeek, Mark Johnson, Brendan Shanahan and Mike Gartner also scored.
Pete Peeters made 33 saves on 38 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 23 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Christian (4)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (6), Geoff Courtnall (3)0–101:10 WSH
Michal Pivonka (1)Mike Gartner (5), Scott Stevens (3)0–203:07 WSH · 
Kevin Hatcher (2)Geoff Courtnall (4), Dave Christian (3)0–304:07 WSH
Kirk Muller (3)Unassisted1–305:59 NJD- Dave Christian (5)Larry Murphy (3), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (7)1–410:29 WSH ·
2nd period
- Michal Pivonka (2)Mike Gartner (6), Chris Felix (1)1–502:26 WSH
Scott Stevens (1)Geoff Courtnall (5)1–606:58 WSH · 
John MacLean (4)Randy Velischek (1)2–613:34 NJD
3rd period
- Dave Christian (6)Geoff Courtnall (6), Grant Ledyard (1)2–706:30 WSH ·
Pat Verbeek (1)Bruce Driver (4), Tom Kurvers (2)3–710:24 NJD · 
Mark Johnson (3)David Maley (1), John MacLean (6)4–711:42 NJD · 
Brendan Shanahan (1)Unassisted5–715:27 NJD
Mike Gartner (4)Unassisted5–819:31 WSH ·
Team stats
NJDWSH
3831
0%0%
2/94/8
8485
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:47 into the first period
Claude Loiselle · roughing2 min - 4:50 into the first periodPerry Anderson · fighting5 min
- 4:50 into the first periodPerry Anderson · misconduct10 min
- 4:50 into the first periodPerry Anderson · game misconduct10 min
- 4:50 into the first periodJoe Cirella · fighting5 min
- 4:50 into the first periodJoe Cirella · game misconduct10 min
- 4:50 into the first periodPat Verbeek · fighting5 min
- 4:50 into the first period
Kevin Hatcher · elbowing2 min - 4:50 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · fighting5 min
- 4:50 into the first periodRod Langway · fighting5 min
- 4:50 into the first periodRod Langway · game misconduct10 min
- 4:50 into the first periodJim Thomson · fighting5 min
- 4:50 into the first periodJim Thomson · misconduct10 min
- 4:50 into the first periodJim Thomson · game misconduct10 min
- 5:24 into the first periodJohn MacLean · tripping2 min
- 10:10 into the first periodBrendan Shanahan · interference2 min
- 10:35 into the first periodKelly Miller · roughing2 min
- 10:35 into the first periodKelly Miller · roughing2 min
- 12:37 into the first periodMark Johnson · hooking2 min
- 13:27 into the first periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 19:37 into the first periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
- 19:37 into the first periodMike Ridley · slashing2 min
- 3:14 into the second periodRandy Velischek · holding2 min
- 5:12 into the second periodKen Daneyko · high sticking2 min
- 11:10 into the second periodKen Daneyko · charging2 min
- 14:11 into the second periodBobby Gould · tripping2 min
- 16:52 into the second periodDavid Maley · roughing2 min
- 16:52 into the second periodDavid Maley · misconduct10 min
- 16:52 into the second periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 16:52 into the second periodLarry Murphy · roughing2 min
- 16:52 into the second periodLarry Murphy · misconduct10 min
- 19:26 into the second periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
- 19:26 into the second periodBobby Gould · roughing2 min
- 2:01 into the third periodClaude Loiselle · boarding5 min
- 8:54 into the third periodBobby Gould · roughing2 min
- 10:01 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · cross checking2 min
- 17:10 into the third periodLarry Murphy · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · charging2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Jon MorrisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 30 | 7 | .767 |
Washington Capitals
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Grant LedyardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Chris FelixD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jim ThomsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 38 | 5 | .868 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |