Washington Capitals vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Tuesday, December 13, 1988 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Quebec Nordiques 4–1 on Tuesday, December 13, 1988 at Le Colisée. The Capitals outshot the Nordiques 35–32.
Goals came from Mike Gartner, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Gaetan Duchesne, Stephen Leach and Kelly Miller.
Clint Malarchuk made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Mario Gosselin stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Gartner (8)Scott Stevens (22), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (26)1–011:44 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (8)Mike Gartner (11), Michal Pivonka (5)2–015:48 WSH
2nd period
Gaetan Duchesne (5)Iiro Jarvi (15), Mario Marois (2)2–105:24 QUE · 
Stephen Leach (6)Lou Franceschetti (4), Rod Langway (7)3–116:20 WSH
Kelly Miller (4)Scott Stevens (23), Bobby Gould (3)4–119:17 WSH
Team stats
WSHQUE
3532
0%0%
0/11/6
122
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:41 into the first period
Trevor Stienburg · interference2 min - 17:42 into the first period
John Druce · hooking2 min - 3:21 into the second periodMike Ridley · holding2 min
- 12:39 into the second periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 5:16 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · interference2 min
- 7:07 into the third periodLarry Murphy · delaying game2 min
- 19:28 into the third periodMichal Pivonka · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |
Quebec Nordiques
| 11Iiro JarviR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 44Mario MaroisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Marc FortierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Trevor StienburgR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Jeff JacksonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 75Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Bobby DollasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Jeff BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 46Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Mario GosselinG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |