Los Angeles Kings vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, January 24, 1989 · Capital Centre
Scoring
1st period
Tom Laidlaw (3)John Tonelli (19)1–000:41 LAK
Mike Ridley (27)Dave Christian (19), Mike Millar (2)1–118:28 WSH ·
2nd period
Mike Krushelnyski (14)Wayne Gretzky (70), John Tonelli (20)2–111:32 LAK
Luc Robitaille (33)Bernie Nicholls (55), Jay Miller (5)3–112:49 LAK
John Tonelli (26)Dale Degray (12), Wayne Gretzky (71)4–114:18 LAK
3rd period
Mike Millar (4)Mike Gartner (21), Mike Ridley (32)4–213:22 WSH · 
Scott Stevens (5)Dave Christian (20), Geoff Courtnall (23)4–319:11 WSH · 
Dave Christian (22)Larry Murphy (22), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (35)4–419:55 WSH
Team stats
LAKWSH
2740
0%0%
0/23/6
346
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:54 into the first period
Ron Duguay · high sticking2 min - 17:18 into the first periodJay Miller · holding2 min
- 7:38 into the second period
Dale Hunter · holding2 min - 20:00 into the second periodMarty McSorley · high sticking2 min
- 1:42 into the third periodTim Watters · roughing2 min
- 1:42 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 1:42 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 5:52 into the third periodDoug Crossman · holding2 min
- 11:39 into the third periodDale Degray · interference2 min
- 11:39 into the third periodBernie Nicholls · misconduct10 min
- 11:39 into the third periodBernie Nicholls · game misconduct10 min
- 18:04 into the third periodPhil Sykes · tripping2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.