Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, February 1, 1989 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 4–3 in overtime on Wednesday, February 1, 1989 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 37–33.
Goals came from John Ogrodnick, Dale Hunter, Lou Franceschetti, Dave Christian, Tony Granato, Tomas Sandstrom and Mike Ridley.
Clint Malarchuk made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 29 of 33.
Scoring
2nd period
John Ogrodnick (9)Carey Wilson (30), Lucien DeBlois (14)0–104:53 NYR
Dale Hunter (13)Scott Stevens (36), Mike Gartner (24)1–105:24 WSH
Lou Franceschetti (5)Bobby Gould (7)2–112:21 WSH
Dave Christian (24)Kevin Hatcher (22), Kelly Miller (13)3–114:10 WSH ·
3rd period
Tony Granato (32)Tomas Sandstrom (40), Carey Wilson (31)3–207:16 NYR
Tomas Sandstrom (18)Tony Granato (21), James Patrick (23)3–309:33 NYR
Overtime
Mike Ridley (28)Stephen Leach (16), Scott Stevens (37)4–301:51 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYR
3337
0%0%
0/30/5
1612
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:11 into the first period
Dale Hunter · hooking2 min - 12:41 into the first period
Kelly Kisio · hooking2 min - 14:25 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · hooking2 min
- 1:49 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 1:49 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
- 2:09 into the second periodLarry Murphy · tripping2 min
- 9:07 into the second periodLucien DeBlois · tripping2 min
- 13:37 into the second periodLarry Murphy · slashing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 12:41 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
- 18:14 into the third periodRon Greschner · roughing2 min
- 18:14 into the third periodBobby Gould · roughing2 min
- 19:27 into the third periodJohn Vanbiesbrouck · delaying game2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Chris FelixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | W | 37 | 3 | .919 |
New York Rangers
| 17Carey WilsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Tony GranatoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Jason LafreniereC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |