Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, November 22, 1988 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 4–2 on Tuesday, November 22, 1988 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 25–20.
Goals came from Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Stephen Leach, Geoff Courtnall, Bob Bassen, Derek King and Dave Christian.
Clint Malarchuk made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 16 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (6)Dave Christian (8), Scott Stevens (12)1–007:52 WSH
2nd period
Stephen Leach (2)Grant Ledyard (2), Geoff Courtnall (12)2–006:30 WSH · 
Geoff Courtnall (11)Dale Hunter (10), Scott Stevens (13)3–014:00 WSH ·
3rd period
Bob Bassen (1)David Volek (5), Brent Sutter (8)3–116:44 NYI
Derek King (5)Mikko Makela (4), Bryan Trottier (7)3–217:32 NYI
Dave Christian (12)Unassisted4–218:51 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYI
2025
0%0%
2/30/5
4137
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:20 into the first period
Scott Stevens · hooking2 min - 12:55 into the first period
Mick Vukota · roughing2 min - 12:55 into the first periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 13:46 into the first periodChristopher Pryor · tripping2 min
- 17:38 into the first periodMike Ridley · hooking2 min
- 1:38 into the second periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 5:19 into the second periodBryan Trottier · holding2 min
- 13:09 into the second periodKen Morrow · high sticking2 min
- 13:09 into the second periodKen Morrow · roughing2 min
- 13:09 into the second periodStephen Leach · roughing2 min
- 17:45 into the second periodClint Malarchuk · roughing2 min
- 5:14 into the third periodGerald Diduck · fighting5 min
- 5:14 into the third periodAlan Kerr · high sticking2 min
- 5:14 into the third periodRich Pilon · fighting5 min
- 5:14 into the third periodRich Pilon · game misconduct10 min
- 5:14 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · fighting5 min
- 5:14 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · game misconduct10 min
- 5:14 into the third periodScott Stevens · high sticking2 min
- 5:14 into the third periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min
- 7:10 into the third periodMick Vukota · fighting5 min
- 7:10 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · instigator2 min
- 7:10 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · fighting5 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Grant LedyardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25David VolekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 38Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 40Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 34Christopher PryorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 20 | 4 | .800 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |