Detroit Red Wings vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, January 22, 1989 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 on Sunday, January 22, 1989 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Red Wings 25–17.
Goals came from Gerard Gallant, Neil Sheehy, Steve Yzerman, Dave Christian, Kelly Miller, Dave Barr and Joey Kocur.
Glen Hanlon made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 13 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Gerard Gallant (24)Steve Yzerman (53), Jim Nill (7)1–012:35 DET
Neil Sheehy (1)Unassisted1–115:08 WSH
2nd period
Steve Yzerman (43)Gerard Gallant (34)2–104:25 DET
3rd period
Dave Christian (21)Scott Stevens (32)2–205:16 WSH · 
Kelly Miller (10)Mike Ridley (31)2–305:43 WSH
Dave Barr (15)Lee Norwood (19)3–314:11 DET
Joey Kocur (5)Unassisted4–319:03 DET
Team stats
DETWSH
1725
0%0%
0/41/7
1812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:20 into the first period
Jim Pavese · roughing2 min - 5:10 into the first periodRick Zombo · roughing2 min
- 5:10 into the first period
Yvon Corriveau · roughing2 min - 5:10 into the first periodNeil Sheehy · charging2 min
- 16:40 into the first periodSteve Yzerman · holding2 min
- 18:58 into the first periodChris Felix · high sticking2 min
- 4:53 into the second periodScott Stevens · cross checking2 min
- 7:27 into the second periodGerard Gallant · holding2 min
- 13:17 into the second periodKris King · charging2 min
- 15:36 into the second periodMike Gartner · hooking2 min
- 17:08 into the second periodPaul MacLean · roughing2 min
- 17:08 into the second periodPaul MacLean · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:08 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · roughing2 min
- 4:31 into the third periodJim Pavese · holding2 min
- 12:04 into the third periodSteve Yzerman · slashing2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 17Gerard GallantL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave BarrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Dale KrentzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick ZomboD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Jim PaveseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 34Jeff SharplesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 30Greg StefanG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Chris FelixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 17 | 4 | .765 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |