Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, December 19, 1988 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 3-1 on Monday, December 19, 1988 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 35-26.
Goals came from Michel Petit, Geoff Courtnall, Kelly Kisio and Tony Granato.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Michel Petit (5)Tony Granato (9), Kelly Kisio (17)0–117:26 NYR
2nd period
Geoff Courtnall (19)Scott Stevens (24), Larry Murphy (12)1–108:27 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Kelly Kisio (9)John Ogrodnick (3), Brian Mullen (16)1–200:27 NYR
Tony Granato (18)Don Maloney (9), Jan Erixon (4)1–309:13 NYR
Team stats
WSHNYR
26Shots on goal35
0%Faceoff %0%
1/5Power play0/5
25Penalty minutes25
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 03:28
Chris Nilan · fighting5 min - 1st 03:28
Dale Hunter · fighting5 min - 1st 08:46Joe Paterson · high sticking2 min
- 1st 08:46Joe Paterson · roughing2 min
- 1st 08:46Neil Sheehy · roughing2 min
- 1st 08:46Neil Sheehy · roughing2 min
- 1st 15:16Kevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min
- 1st 19:01Michel Petit · holding2 min
- 1st 20:00Ron Greschner · roughing2 min
- 1st 20:00Dale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 2nd 03:36John Vanbiesbrouck · slashing2 min
- 2nd 03:54Dale Hunter · holding2 min
- 2nd 07:14David Shaw · tripping2 min
- 2nd 09:30John Ogrodnick · slashing2 min
- 2nd 12:37Rod Langway · hooking2 min
- 2nd 15:39Rod Langway · holding2 min
- 2nd 18:02Tony Granato · roughing2 min
- 2nd 18:02Scott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 3rd 01:02Tomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 3rd 01:02Clint Malarchuk · slashing2 min
- 3rd 02:03John Vanbiesbrouck · slashing2 min
- 3rd 15:55Rod Langway · high sticking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 6Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 60:00 |
New York Rangers
| 11Kelly KisioC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 18Tony GranatoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Jason LafreniereC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 26 | 25 | 1 | .962 | 60:00 |