Philadelphia Flyers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, December 27, 1988 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 on Tuesday, December 27, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Flyers 43–28.
Mike Ridley scored twice. Geoff Courtnall, Moe Mantha, Ron Sutter, Gord Murphy and Bengt-Ake Gustafsson also scored.
Pete Peeters made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 39 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Geoff Courtnall (20)Stephen Leach (13), Dale Hunter (19)0–112:19 WSH
Mike Ridley (22)Mike Gartner (15), Kelly Miller (9)0–215:21 WSH
Moe Mantha (2)Unassisted1–217:58 PHI
Ron Sutter (11)Tim Kerr (20)2–218:05 PHI
Gord Murphy (3)Ron Sutter (11), Jay Wells (11)3–219:24 PHI
2nd period
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (9)Unassisted3–315:30 WSH ·
3rd period
- Mike Ridley (23)Mike Gartner (16)3–403:37 WSH
Team stats
PHIWSH
2843
0%0%
0/10/3
62
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:32 into the second period
Murray Craven · tripping2 min - 14:15 into the second period
Kelly Miller · boarding2 min - 8:17 into the third periodGord Murphy · slashing2 min
- 14:06 into the third periodDave Poulin · tripping2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 14Ron SutterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Gord MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Jay WellsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Moe ManthaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 34Jeff HardingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | L | 43 | 4 | .907 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |