Washington Capitals vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 21, 1988 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 on Wednesday, December 21, 1988 at Chicago Stadium. The Capitals outshot the Blackhawks 29-24.
Goals came from Troy Murray, Dave Christian, Mike Ridley, Kevin Hatcher, Denis Savard, Steve Larmer and Kelly Miller.
Pete Peeters made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Ed Belfour stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
2nd period
Troy Murray (8)Steve Thomas (14), Steve Larmer (18)0–101:30 CHI
Dave Christian (15)Kevin Hatcher (13), Michal Pivonka (7)1–105:29 WSH · PPG
Mike Ridley (21)Larry Murphy (13)2–107:14 WSH
Kevin Hatcher (8)Mike Gartner (14), Grant Ledyard (6)3–112:32 WSH
Denis Savard (14)Dirk Graham (14), Everett Sanipass (3)3–214:18 CHI · PPG
Steve Larmer (17)Troy Murray (15), Doug Wilson (28)3–318:32 CHI · PPG
3rd period
Kelly Miller (6)Stephen Leach (12), Mike Ridley (12)4–300:51 WSH
Team stats
WSHCHI
29Shots on goal24
0%Faceoff %0%
1/6Power play2/7
30Penalty minutes30
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:58
Bob Bassen · slashing2 min - 1st 02:58Bob Bassen · fighting5 min
- 1st 02:58
Dale Hunter · slashing2 min - 1st 02:58Dale Hunter · fighting5 min
- 1st 05:06Rick Vaive · elbowing2 min
- 1st 06:47Wayne Presley · high sticking2 min
- 1st 18:20Michal Pivonka · interference2 min
- 2nd 03:48Mike Eagles · holding2 min
- 2nd 06:40Scott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 2nd 06:40Scott Stevens · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 07:07Rick Vaive · hooking2 min
- 2nd 11:55Duane Sutter · roughing2 min
- 2nd 11:55Stephen Leach · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:05Scott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 2nd 14:58Duane Sutter · interference2 min
- 2nd 18:12Bobby Gould · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 18:12Grant Ledyard · interference2 min
- 2nd 20:00Everett Sanipass · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 20:00Kevin Hatcher · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 00:34Steve Thomas · fighting5 min
- 3rd 00:34Scott Stevens · fighting5 min
- 3rd 02:23Dave Manson · tripping2 min
- 3rd 08:47Mike Eagles · interference2 min
- 3rd 15:39Grant Ledyard · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Grant LedyardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Mike MillarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 24 | 21 | 3 | .875 | 60:00 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 19Troy MurrayC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Everett SanipassL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 17Wayne PresleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dan VinceletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 27Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Trent YawneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Bob McgillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ed BelfourG | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 60:00 |
| 40Darren PangG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |