New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, January 20, 1989 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 6–5 in overtime on Friday, January 20, 1989 at Capital Centre. The Devils outshot the Capitals 47–24.
Mike Gartner scored twice and Kirk Muller scored twice. Pat Verbeek, Dale Hunter, Dave Christian, Aaron Broten, Anders Carlsson, Yvon Corriveau and Ken Daneyko also scored.
Sean Burke made 19 saves on 24 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 41 of 47.
Scoring
1st period
Pat Verbeek (14)Brendan Shanahan (9), Sean Burke (2)1–009:07 NJD
Dale Hunter (10)Mike Gartner (20), Mike Ridley (29)1–116:20 WSH · 
Mike Gartner (19)Mike Ridley (30), Grant Ledyard (10)1–217:35 WSH
2nd period
Dave Christian (20)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (33), Geoff Courtnall (21)1–306:32 WSH
Aaron Broten (10)John MacLean (28)2–308:00 NJD
Anders Carlsson (3)Brendan Shanahan (10), Jim Korn (12)3–314:18 NJD
3rd period
Kirk Muller (17)Unassisted4–302:34 NJD
Yvon Corriveau (3)Dale Hunter (24), Stephen Leach (15)4–409:59 WSH
Ken Daneyko (3)Patrik Sundstrom (22), Aaron Broten (23)5–417:13 NJD · - Mike Gartner (20)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (34), Geoff Courtnall (22)5–518:29 WSH
Overtime
- Kirk Muller (18)Pat Verbeek (12), Joe Cirella (9)6–504:25 NJD
Team stats
NJDWSH
4724
0%0%
1/51/6
6361
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:43 into the first period
Kelly Miller · hooking2 min - 5:33 into the first period
Ken Daneyko · roughing2 min - 5:33 into the first periodCraig Wolanin · charging2 min
- 5:33 into the first periodYvon Corriveau · roughing2 min
- 9:28 into the first periodSteve Rooney · roughing2 min
- 9:28 into the first periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · high sticking2 min
- 9:44 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · elbowing2 min
- 9:44 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 9:44 into the first periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 9:44 into the first periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 12:25 into the first periodJoe Cirella · fighting5 min
- 12:25 into the first periodYvon Corriveau · fighting5 min
- 12:45 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · hooking2 min
- 18:05 into the first periodRod Langway · interference2 min
- 8:16 into the second periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 8:16 into the second periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 8:16 into the second periodSteve Rooney · fighting5 min
- 8:16 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 8:16 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 8:16 into the second periodStephen Leach · fighting5 min
- 11:56 into the second periodJoe Cirella · holding2 min
- 15:17 into the second periodJim Korn · roughing2 min
- 15:17 into the second periodJim Korn · roughing2 min
- 15:17 into the second periodBobby Gould · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 16:34 into the second periodJoe Cirella · roughing2 min
- 16:34 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
- 16:34 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:33 into the second periodPat Verbeek · high sticking2 min
- 17:33 into the second periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 17:33 into the second periodMike Gartner · high sticking2 min
- 17:33 into the second periodMike Gartner · roughing2 min
- 18:36 into the second periodAaron Broten · hooking2 min
- 19:55 into the second periodJoe Cirella · high sticking2 min
- 19:55 into the second periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodKen Daneyko · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · fighting5 min
- 7:04 into the third periodLarry Murphy · cross checking2 min
- 14:42 into the third periodAnders Carlsson · hooking2 min
- 15:26 into the third periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
- 4:18 into overtimeClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 4:18 into overtimeClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 4:18 into overtimeClaude Loiselle · misconduct10 min
- 4:18 into overtimeScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 4:18 into overtimeScott Stevens · roughing2 min
- 4:18 into overtimeScott Stevens · misconduct10 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Steve RooneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 26Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 24 | 5 | .792 |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 11Mike GartnerR | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Grant LedyardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 47 | 6 | .872 |