Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 1988 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 6–4 on Saturday, December 31, 1988 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Capitals 28–25.
Goals came from Kelly Miller, Derek King, Geoff Courtnall, Mike Gartner, Richard Kromm, Brent Sutter, Patrick Flatley, Mike Ridley, David Volek and Greg Gilbert.
Kelly Hrudey made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Kelly Miller (8)Rod Langway (8)1–004:35 WSH
Derek King (6)Pat LaFontaine (21)1–106:53 NYI
Geoff Courtnall (21)Dale Hunter (20), Scott Stevens (26)2–114:38 WSH ·
2nd period
Mike Gartner (13)Mike Ridley (16), Grant Ledyard (7)3–101:33 WSH
Richard Kromm (1)Mikko Makela (11)3–205:06 NYI
Brent Sutter (11)Jeff Norton (9)3–313:42 NYI · 
Patrick Flatley (3)David Volek (13), Tomas Jonsson (14)3–418:44 NYI ·
3rd period
Mike Ridley (24)Mike Gartner (17), Kelly Miller (10)4–408:06 WSH
David Volek (12)Brent Sutter (18), Patrick Flatley (2)4–516:24 NYI
Greg Gilbert (5)Bryan Trottier (13), Gary Nylund (4)4–619:58 NYI ·
Team stats
WSHNYI
2528
0%0%
1/32/5
1713
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:14 into the first period
Alan Kerr · fighting5 min - 5:14 into the first period
Scott Stevens · fighting5 min - 14:19 into the first periodRich Pilon · interference2 min
- 18:29 into the first periodBobby Gould · cross checking2 min
- 11:40 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · cross checking2 min
- 12:38 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · hooking2 min
- 18:16 into the second periodRod Langway · hooking2 min
- 1:08 into the third periodPatrick Flatley · tripping2 min
- 8:57 into the third periodPat LaFontaine · high sticking2 min
- 8:57 into the third periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 12:03 into the third periodGary Nylund · holding2 min
- 13:15 into the third periodDale Hunter · cross checking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Grant LedyardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
New York Islanders
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25David VolekL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Richard KrommL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Jeff NortonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 36Gary NylundD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 35Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 39Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | W | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |