Washington Capitals vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, February 17, 1989 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 8–2 on Friday, February 17, 1989 at Northlands Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Oilers 34–19.
Mike Ridley scored twice and Esa Tikkanen scored twice. Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Geoff Courtnall, Jim Thomson, Lou Franceschetti, Rod Langway and Stephen Leach also scored.
Pete Peeters made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 26 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Ridley (30)Michal Pivonka (8)1–000:30 WSH
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (16)Dave Christian (23)2–001:13 WSH
Geoff Courtnall (29)Dave Christian (24), Scott Stevens (46)3–012:56 WSH
2nd period
Jim Thomson (2)Peter Sundstrom (2), Larry Murphy (28)4–010:39 WSH
Lou Franceschetti (6)Mike Ridley (37)5–013:52 WSH
Rod Langway (2)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (37)6–019:15 WSH
3rd period
Stephen Leach (9)Kelly Miller (15), Dale Hunter (28)7–003:16 WSH
Esa Tikkanen (25)Jimmy Carson (38), Craig Simpson (33)7–107:29 EDM · - Esa Tikkanen (26)Jimmy Carson (39)7–208:54 EDM
- Mike Ridley (31)Michal Pivonka (9), Rod Langway (13)8–218:53 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHEDM
3419
0%0%
1/61/5
1023
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:19 into the first period
Tomas Jonsson · holding2 min - 16:05 into the first period
Jim Thomson · tripping2 min - 3:23 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · holding2 min
- 5:57 into the second periodLarry Murphy · tripping2 min
- 15:07 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · cross checking2 min
- 19:30 into the second periodKevin McClelland · elbowing2 min
- 7:25 into the third periodRod Langway · hooking2 min
- 12:38 into the third periodMike Gartner · tripping2 min
- 15:38 into the third periodDale Hunter · hooking2 min
- 18:41 into the third periodKelly Buchberger · fighting5 min
- 18:41 into the third periodKelly Buchberger · misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 17Mike RidleyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jim ThomsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | W | 19 | 2 | .895 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 7Mark LambC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 1 | – |
| 37Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 34 | 8 | .765 |