Minnesota North Stars vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, November 15, 1988 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–2 on Tuesday, November 15, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the North Stars 33–26.
Goals came from Geoff Courtnall, Dale Hunter, Curt Fraser, Stew Gavin, Kevin Hatcher and Bobby Gould.
Clint Malarchuk made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Kari Takko stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Geoff Courtnall (9)Larry Murphy (7)0–109:26 WSH ·
2nd period
Dale Hunter (5)Scott Stevens (10), Larry Murphy (8)0–204:18 WSH · 
Curt Fraser (3)Frantisek Musil (7), Dino Ciccarelli (8)1–207:13 MNS
Stew Gavin (1)Dave Gagner (5), Bob Rouse (5)2–216:57 MNS ·
3rd period
Kevin Hatcher (3)Unassisted2–305:44 WSH · 
Bobby Gould (4)Stephen Leach (3), Lou Franceschetti (2)2–419:14 WSH ·
Team stats
MNSWSH
2633
0%0%
0/43/9
2929
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:55 into the first period
Rod Langway · hooking2 min - 8:00 into the first period
Mark Hardy · cross checking2 min - 9:51 into the first periodDino Ciccarelli · holding2 min
- 14:07 into the first periodMark Hardy · interference2 min
- 14:07 into the first periodMark Hardy · fighting5 min
- 14:07 into the first periodGeoff Courtnall · fighting5 min
- 16:53 into the first periodBob Rouse · holding2 min
- 1:54 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · holding2 min
- 1:54 into the second periodCraig Hartsburg · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:05 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · tripping2 min
- 16:40 into the second periodLarry Depalma · holding2 min
- 5:23 into the third periodLarry Depalma · high sticking2 min
- 8:27 into the third periodDale Hunter · holding2 min
- 10:56 into the third periodDale Hunter · slashing2 min
- 13:10 into the third periodDave Archibald · interference2 min
- 13:59 into the third periodBrian Bellows · high sticking2 min
- 13:59 into the third periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 15:46 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 15:46 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · roughing2 min
- 17:01 into the third periodMark Hardy · cross checking2 min
- 17:01 into the third periodYvon Corriveau · roughing2 min
- 17:01 into the third periodMike Gartner · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 12Stew GavinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Curt FraserL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Dusan PasekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Warren BabeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Larry DepalmaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 38Mitchell MessierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 30Jon CaseyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |