Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Wednesday, December 7, 1988 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 5–1 on Wednesday, December 7, 1988 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Capitals outshot the Devils 33–25.
John MacLean scored a hat trick. Aaron Broten, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Randy Velischek also scored.
Sean Burke made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Aaron Broten (4)Randy Velischek (8), Patrik Sundstrom (10)0–100:56 NJD
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (7)Geoff Courtnall (18), Scott Stevens (20)1–116:32 WSH ·
2nd period
John MacLean (12)Aaron Broten (10), Jack O'Callahan (5)1–211:19 NJD
Randy Velischek (3)Aaron Broten (11)1–318:24 NJD- John MacLean (13)Kirk Muller (10), Bruce Driver (15)1–419:55 NJD ·
3rd period
- John MacLean (14)Patrik Sundstrom (11)1–505:53 NJD
Team stats
WSHNJD
3325
0%0%
1/81/5
2228
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:24 into the first period
Mike Ridley · tripping2 min - 11:04 into the first period
Claude Loiselle · roughing2 min - 15:37 into the first periodJack O'Callahan · holding2 min
- 16:26 into the first periodKirk Muller · interference2 min
- 19:18 into the first periodRod Langway · hooking2 min
- 19:52 into the first periodJim Korn · interference2 min
- 3:32 into the second periodSteve Rooney · roughing2 min
- 3:32 into the second periodStephen Leach · roughing2 min
- 8:09 into the second periodSteve Rooney · hooking2 min
- 8:48 into the second periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
- 8:48 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 10:48 into the second periodKirk Muller · roughing2 min
- 10:48 into the second periodBobby Gould · roughing2 min
- 13:38 into the second periodBrendan Shanahan · high sticking2 min
- 17:13 into the second periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
- 17:13 into the second periodKelly Miller · roughing2 min
- 18:12 into the second periodPerry Anderson · high sticking2 min
- 18:12 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min
- 19:11 into the second periodJohn Druce · interference2 min
- 10:44 into the third periodKen Daneyko · holding2 min
- 12:01 into the third periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
- 14:15 into the third periodJoe Cirella · cross checking2 min
- 17:03 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · roughing2 min
- 17:30 into the third periodBrendan Shanahan · roughing2 min
- 17:30 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · elbowing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |
New Jersey Devils
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Steve RooneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Jamie HuscroftD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 33 | 1 | .970 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |