Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Sunday, December 11, 1988 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

6–4

30–25

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–4 on Sunday, December 11, 1988 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 30–25.

Mike Gartner scored twice and Grant Ledyard scored twice. Mike Ridley, Mike Donnelly, Christian Ruuttu, Benoit Hogue, Geoff Courtnall and Ray Sheppard also scored.

Pete Peeters made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Daren Puppa stopped 14 of 20.

Goals
WSH	2	3	1	6	30
BUF	1	3	0	4	25

Scoring

1st period

Mike Ridley (18)Rod Langway (6), Kevin Hatcher (11)1–000:11 WSH
Mike Gartner (6)Geoff Courtnall (19), Scott Stevens (21)2–015:33 WSH ·
Mike Donnelly (3)Ray Sheppard (10), Pierre Turgeon (15)2–118:03 BUF

2nd period

Christian Ruuttu (5)Unassisted2–206:38 BUF
Benoit Hogue (6)Uwe Krupp (5)2–307:25 BUF
Mike Gartner (7)Dale Hunter (16)3–311:43 WSH
Geoff Courtnall (16)Mike Gartner (10), Dale Hunter (17)4–316:50 WSH
Ray Sheppard (8)John Tucker (19), Christian Ruuttu (13)4–417:12 BUF
Grant Ledyard (1)Unassisted5–418:36 WSH

3rd period

Grant Ledyard (2)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (25)6–400:36 WSH

Team stats

WSHBUF

3025

0%0%

1/30/6

3925

Penalties

11:20 into the first periodJohn Druce · cross checking2 min
14:43 into the first periodMark Napier · holding2 min
3:22 into the second periodBenoit Hogue · tripping2 min
8:18 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · tripping2 min
13:14 into the second periodMichal Pivonka · hooking2 min
16:58 into the second periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
16:58 into the second periodLou Franceschetti · slashing2 min
16:58 into the second periodScott Stevens · misconduct10 min
1:20 into the third periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
9:08 into the third periodDoug Bodger · tripping2 min
9:08 into the third periodMike Foligno · misconduct10 min
9:08 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · misconduct10 min
14:59 into the third periodJan Ludvig · roughing2 min
14:59 into the third periodJan Ludvig · fighting5 min
14:59 into the third periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
14:59 into the third periodScott Stevens · roughing2 min
14:59 into the third periodScott Stevens · fighting5 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

11Mike GartnerR	2	1	3	+2	5	0	–	–
14Geoff CourtnallL	1	1	2	+2	4	10	–	–
32Dale HunterC	0	2	2	+2	1	4	–	–
6Grant LedyardD	2	0	2	+4	3	0	–	–
16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL	0	1	1	+2	0	2	–	–
17Mike RidleyC	1	0	1	−2	2	0	–	–
3Scott StevensD	0	1	1	−1	1	17	–	–
4Kevin HatcherD	0	1	1	+3	1	0	–	–
5Rod LangwayD	0	1	1	−1	0	0	–	–
10Kelly MillerL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
19John DruceR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
20Michal PivonkaC	0	0	0	+2	3	2	–	–
21Stephen LeachR	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
23Bobby GouldR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
25Lou FranceschettiL	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
27Dave ChristianR	0	0	0	+2	1	0	–	–
8Larry MurphyD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
15Neil SheehyD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Pete PeetersG	W	25	21	4	.840	60:00
30Clint MalarchukG		0	0	0	–	–

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

21Christian RuuttuC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	–	–
23Ray SheppardR	1	1	2	+2	4	0	–	–
7John TuckerR	0	1	1	+2	2	0	–	–
16Mike DonnellyL	1	0	1	−2	1	0	–	–
33Benoit HogueL	1	0	1	0	1	2	–	–
77Pierre TurgeonC	0	1	1	−1	2	0	–	–
4Uwe KruppD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	–	–
9Scott ArnielL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
17Mike FolignoR	0	0	0	−3	4	10	–	–
20Mike HartmanL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
22Lindy RuffL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
36Jan LudvigR	0	0	0	−1	0	7	–	–
65Mark NapierR	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
3Calle JohanssonD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
5Mike RamseyD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
6Phil HousleyD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
8Doug BodgerD	0	0	0	+1	3	2	–	–
27Larry PlayfairD	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
1Jacques CloutierG		10	10	0	1.000	19:24
31Daren PuppaG	L	20	14	6	.700	40:36