Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 30, 1988 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Friday, December 30, 1988 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 44–22.
Mike Gartner scored twice. Dave Christian, Rick Vaive, Mike Foligno, Phil Housley, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson and Kelly Miller also scored.
Clint Malarchuk made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Jacques Cloutier stopped 39 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Christian (16)Neil Sheehy (1)0–103:51 WSH
Mike Gartner (11)Mike Ridley (14), Scott Stevens (25)0–214:07 WSH
2nd period
Rick Vaive (14)John Tucker (21)1–203:17 BUF ·
3rd period
Mike Foligno (10)Doug Bodger (18), Christian Ruuttu (19)2–201:29 BUF · 
Phil Housley (16)Christian Ruuttu (20), Lindy Ruff (5)3–208:27 BUF- Mike Gartner (12)Mike Ridley (15), Larry Murphy (15)3–316:05 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (10)Larry Murphy (16)3–417:38 WSH
Kelly Miller (7)Unassisted3–518:40 WSH ·
Team stats
BUFWSH
2244
0%0%
2/50/6
1614
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:15 into the first period
Rick Vaive · high sticking2 min - 2:15 into the first period
Dale Hunter · high sticking2 min - 5:27 into the first periodUwe Krupp · tripping2 min
- 5:57 into the first periodChristian Ruuttu · roughing2 min
- 5:57 into the first periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 8:33 into the first periodLarry Playfair · high sticking2 min
- 8:33 into the first periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
- 15:40 into the first periodDale Hunter · holding2 min
- 16:53 into the first periodClint Malarchuk · tripping2 min
- 19:40 into the first periodChristian Ruuttu · cross checking2 min
- 3:12 into the second periodDale Hunter · tripping2 min
- 5:00 into the second periodClint Malarchuk · delaying game2 min
- 14:36 into the second periodMike Ramsey · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodScott Stevens · interference2 min
- 1:52 into the third periodJeff Parker · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Rick VaiveR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Mike DonnellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jeff ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Scott MetcalfeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 56Ken PriestlayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 3Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | L | 43 | 4 | .907 |
| 31Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |