Washington Capitals vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Tuesday, October 25, 1988 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 4–3 in overtime on Tuesday, October 25, 1988 at Pacific Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Canucks 35–34.
Tony Tanti scored twice. Dale Hunter, Brian Bradley, Kent Carlson, Dave Christian and Mike Ridley also scored.
Clint Malarchuk made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 20 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Dale Hunter (2)Kevin Hatcher (4)1–003:06 WSH
Brian Bradley (3)Barry Pederson (6), Petri Skriko (4)1–110:23 VAN · 
Kent Carlson (1)Mike Gartner (7), Mike Ridley (4)2–114:41 WSH
Dave Christian (8)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (10), Kevin Hatcher (5)3–118:11 WSH
2nd period
Tony Tanti (3)Trevor Linden (4), Jim Benning (2)3–205:36 VAN · - Tony Tanti (4)Barry Pederson (7), Garth Butcher (2)3–307:11 VAN
Overtime
Mike Ridley (8)Kelly Miller (4), Scott Stevens (6)4–302:55 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHVAN
3534
0%0%
1/32/5
1612
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:50 into the first period
Robert Nordmark · holding2 min - 10:15 into the first period
Mike Gartner · interference2 min - 10:57 into the first periodMichal Pivonka · broken stick2 min
- 14:10 into the first periodRich Sutter · high sticking2 min
- 14:10 into the first periodLarry Murphy · high sticking2 min
- 1:01 into the second periodPetri Skriko · high sticking2 min
- 1:01 into the second periodLarry Murphy · high sticking2 min
- 3:44 into the second periodRod Langway · hooking2 min
- 10:45 into the second periodGarth Butcher · cross checking2 min
- 14:52 into the second periodDale Hunter · holding2 min
- 1:36 into the third periodStan Smyl · roughing2 min
- 1:36 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · roughing2 min
- 8:09 into the third periodJim Thomson · cross checking2 min
- 1:08 into overtimeHarold Snepsts · cross checking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 39Kent CarlsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Jim ThomsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Brian BradleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Rob MurphyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25David BruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Kevan GuyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Robert NordmarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | 14 | 3 | .786 | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 21 | 1 | .952 |