New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Wednesday, November 23, 1988 · Capital Centre

6–7

32–28

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 7–6 on Wednesday, November 23, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 32–28.

Pat LaFontaine scored twice, Geoff Courtnall scored twice, Kevin Hatcher scored twice and Alan Kerr scored twice. Larry Murphy, Mikko Makela, Dave Christian, Brent Sutter and Mike Ridley also scored.

Clint Malarchuk made 26 saves on 32 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 10 of 14.

Goals
NYI	2	3	1	6	32
WSH	1	6	0	7	28

Scoring

1st period

Larry Murphy (2)Dale Hunter (11), Geoff Courtnall (13)0–104:09 WSH ·
Pat LaFontaine (12)Tomas Jonsson (8), Mikko Makela (5)1–110:53 NYI ·
Mikko Makela (5)Raimo Helminen (4), Bob Bassen (3)2–115:24 NYI

2nd period

Geoff Courtnall (12)Dale Hunter (12), Scott Stevens (14)2–202:42 WSH
Kevin Hatcher (4)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (18)2–302:50 WSH
Kevin Hatcher (5)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (19), Dave Christian (9)2–403:25 WSH
Dave Christian (13)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (20), Scott Stevens (15)2–512:05 WSH ·
Alan Kerr (3)Unassisted3–515:21 NYI
Geoff Courtnall (13)Stephen Leach (5), Grant Ledyard (3)3–616:11 WSH
Brent Sutter (5)Steve Konroyd (5)4–617:30 NYI ·
Mike Ridley (10)Dave Christian (10), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (21)4–718:17 WSH ·
Pat LaFontaine (13)Mikko Makela (6)5–719:21 NYI

3rd period

Alan Kerr (4)Bob Bassen (4)6–713:20 NYI

Team stats

NYIWSH

3228

0%0%

1/53/6

1617

Penalties

3:30 into the first periodChristopher Pryor · hooking2 min
7:38 into the first periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
9:19 into the first periodNeil Sheehy · slashing2 min
11:40 into the first periodBrad Dalgarno · interference2 min
18:48 into the first periodRich Pilon · elbowing2 min
10:08 into the second periodRich Pilon · roughing2 min
12:44 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · boarding2 min
16:24 into the second periodChristopher Pryor · roughing2 min
2:28 into the third periodGreg Gilbert · holding2 min
8:07 into the third periodPat LaFontaine · roughing2 min
8:07 into the third periodYvon Corriveau · roughing2 min
8:07 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · boarding5 min
17:06 into the third periodRich Pilon · roughing2 min
17:06 into the third periodMike Ridley · roughing2 min
19:14 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · tripping2 min

Season series

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

24Mikko MakelaR	1	2	3	0	4	0	–	–
10Alan KerrR	2	0	2	+2	4	0	–	–
16Pat LaFontaineC	2	0	2	0	5	2	–	–
28Bob BassenL	0	2	2	+1	1	0	–	–
21Brent SutterC	1	0	1	0	4	0	–	–
40Raimo HelminenC	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	0	1	1	+2	3	0	–	–
33Steve KonroydD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	–	–
7Greg GilbertL	0	0	0	+1	0	2	–	–
11Randy WoodR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
17Brad DalgarnoR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
19Bryan TrottierC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
25David VolekL	0	0	0	−1	5	0	–	–
27Derek KingL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
34Christopher PryorD	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	–
47Rich PilonD	0	0	0	0	2	6	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Kelly HrudeyG		14	11	3	.786	22:50
31Billy SmithG	L	14	10	4	.714	36:48

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	0	4	4	+1	3	0	–	–
14Geoff CourtnallL	2	1	3	+1	2	2	–	–
27Dave ChristianR	1	2	3	+1	5	0	–	–
32Dale HunterC	0	2	2	−1	1	0	–	–
3Scott StevensD	0	2	2	0	1	0	–	–
4Kevin HatcherD	2	0	2	+2	3	7	–	–
17Mike RidleyC	1	0	1	0	1	2	–	–
21Stephen LeachR	0	1	1	−1	2	0	–	–
6Grant LedyardD	0	1	1	+3	0	0	–	–
8Larry MurphyD	1	0	1	−1	3	0	–	–
10Kelly MillerL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
12Peter SundstromL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
19John DruceR	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
23Bobby GouldR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
25Lou FranceschettiL	0	0	0	−3	0	2	–	–
26Yvon CorriveauL	0	0	0	+1	0	2	–	–
5Rod LangwayD	0	0	0	−4	2	0	–	–
15Neil SheehyD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Pete PeetersG		0	0	0	–	–
30Clint MalarchukG	W	32	26	6	.813	60:00