Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Saturday, November 5, 1988 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

3–4

37–27

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, November 5, 1988 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 37–27.

Goals came from Peter Sundstrom, Bryan Trottier, David Volek, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Randy Wood, Geoff Courtnall and Pat LaFontaine.

Kelly Hrudey made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 23 of 27.

Goals
WSH	1	1	1	0	3	37
NYI	1	1	1	1	4	27

Scoring

1st period

Peter Sundstrom (2)Geoff Courtnall (9), Dale Hunter (5)1–001:51 WSH
Bryan Trottier (5)Greg Gilbert (1), David Volek (2)1–107:23 NYI

2nd period

David Volek (3)Greg Gilbert (2)1–217:43 NYI
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (3)Scott Stevens (9), Geoff Courtnall (10)2–218:56 WSH ·

3rd period

Randy Wood (2)Jeff Norton (2)2–311:32 NYI
Geoff Courtnall (6)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (16)3–317:42 WSH

Overtime

Pat LaFontaine (8)Brent Sutter (4), Tomas Jonsson (5)3–400:10 NYI

Team stats

WSHNYI

3727

0%0%

1/50/3

2327

Penalties

3:49 into the first periodBrad Dalgarno · interference2 min
13:55 into the first periodBrent Sutter · hooking2 min
13:55 into the first periodBrent Sutter · instigator2 min
13:55 into the first periodBrent Sutter · fighting5 min
13:55 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · elbowing2 min
13:55 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · fighting5 min
14:25 into the first periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
14:30 into the first periodDerek King · charging2 min
14:30 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · roughing2 min
10:46 into the second periodBob Bassen · roughing2 min
10:46 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
11:29 into the second periodRich Pilon · tripping2 min
11:29 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · tripping2 min
14:47 into the second periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
15:33 into the second periodMikko Makela · slashing2 min
15:33 into the second periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
18:45 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · holding2 min
3:16 into the third periodBob Bassen · tripping2 min
5:25 into the third periodJeff Norton · hooking2 min
6:40 into the third periodBrent Sutter · slashing2 min
6:40 into the third periodScott Stevens · slashing2 min
14:15 into the third periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · holding2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

14Geoff CourtnallL	1	2	3	0	8	0	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	1	1	2	−1	4	2	–	–
12Peter SundstromL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	–	–
32Dale HunterC	0	1	1	+2	1	4	–	–
3Scott StevensD	0	1	1	−3	2	4	–	–
10Kelly MillerL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
11Mike GartnerR	0	0	0	−3	3	0	–	–
17Mike RidleyC	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
20Michal PivonkaC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
21Stephen LeachR	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
23Bobby GouldR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
25Lou FranceschettiL	0	0	0	−2	1	7	–	–
27Dave ChristianR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
4Kevin HatcherD	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
5Rod LangwayD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
6Grant LedyardD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
8Larry MurphyD	0	0	0	+1	5	2	–	–
15Neil SheehyD	0	0	0	−3	0	2	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30Clint MalarchukG	L	27	23	4	.852	60:10
35Don BeaupreG		0	0	0	–	–

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

7Greg GilbertL	0	2	2	+2	0	0	–	–
25David VolekL	1	1	2	+1	4	0	–	–
11Randy WoodR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–
16Pat LaFontaineC	1	0	1	0	5	0	–	–
19Bryan TrottierC	1	0	1	0	4	0	–	–
21Brent SutterC	0	1	1	+1	0	11	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	0	1	1	+1	3	2	–	–
8Jeff NortonD	0	1	1	0	0	2	–	–
10Alan KerrR	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
17Brad DalgarnoR	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
24Mikko MakelaR	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
27Derek KingL	0	0	0	+1	2	2	–	–
28Bob BassenL	0	0	0	+1	0	4	–	–
40Raimo HelminenC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
4Gerald DiduckD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
33Steve KonroydD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
47Rich PilonD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Kelly HrudeyG	W	37	34	3	.919	60:10
31Billy SmithG		0	0	0	–	–