Winnipeg Jets vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 17, 1988 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Winnipeg Jets 6–3 on Saturday, December 17, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Jets 31–26.
Geoff Courtnall scored twice and Mike Ridley scored twice. Fredrik Olausson, Gord Donnelly, Dale Hunter, Kelly Miller and Laurie Boschman also scored.
Clint Malarchuk made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Eldon Reddick stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Geoff Courtnall (17)Mike Gartner (13), Grant Ledyard (5)0–105:32 WSH · 
Fredrik Olausson (7)Laurie Boschman (7), Brent Ashton (15)1–107:00 WIN
Gord Donnelly (5)Randy Carlyle (16), Paul Fenton (6)2–115:25 WIN
Dale Hunter (7)Dave Christian (13), Kevin Hatcher (12)2–219:37 WSH
2nd period
Kelly Miller (5)Stephen Leach (10), Mike Ridley (11)2–300:49 WSH
Mike Ridley (19)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (28), Michal Pivonka (6)2–411:31 WSH · 
Laurie Boschman (4)Brent Ashton (16), Randy Carlyle (17)3–414:11 WIN
3rd period
- Geoff Courtnall (18)Unassisted3–502:14 WSH
- Mike Ridley (20)Stephen Leach (11), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (29)3–609:17 WSH
Team stats
WINWSH
2631
0%0%
0/32/3
2922
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:32 into the first period
Dave Hunter · holding2 min - 12:11 into the first period
Peter Sundstrom · tripping2 min - 5:30 into the second periodStephen Leach · fighting5 min
- 5:30 into the second periodGord Donnelly · fighting5 min
- 9:39 into the second periodMike Gartner · cross checking2 min
- 9:39 into the second periodLaurie Boschman · holding2 min
- 9:39 into the second periodPeter Taglianetti · cross checking2 min
- 1:44 into the third periodDave Hunter · holding2 min
- 2:59 into the third periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · slashing2 min
- 2:59 into the third periodLaurie Boschman · elbowing2 min
- 6:34 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:00 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 17:00 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · instigator2 min
- 17:00 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · fighting5 min
- 17:00 into the third periodLaurie Boschman · roughing2 min
- 17:00 into the third periodLaurie Boschman · game misconduct10 min
- 17:00 into the third periodRay Neufeld · roughing2 min
Season series
Winnipeg Jets
| 7Brent AshtonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Laurie BoschmanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Paul FentonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Fredrik OlaussonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 22Gord DonnellyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Doug SmailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Dale HawerchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Pat ElynuikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Iain DuncanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Andrew McbainR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Thomas SteenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Dave EllettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim KyteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Peter TaglianettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Eldon ReddickG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |
Washington Capitals
| 17Mike RidleyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Grant LedyardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |