Washington Capitals vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Wednesday, February 22, 1989 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Los Angeles Kings 7–2 on Wednesday, February 22, 1989 at Great Western Forum. The Capitals outshot the Kings 27–25.
Dave Christian scored twice and Bengt-Ake Gustafsson scored twice. Mike Gartner, Steve Duchesne, Dean Kennedy, Mike Ridley and Kelly Miller also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Christian (26)Scott Stevens (47), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (38)1–003:54 WSH ·
2nd period
Mike Gartner (25)Unassisted2–000:56 WSH
Steve Duchesne (20)Wayne Gretzky (89), Igor Liba (16)2–105:39 LAK
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (17)Bill Houlder (2)3–107:12 WSH- Dave Christian (27)Mike Gartner (27), Rod Langway (15)4–113:28 WSH
3rd period
Dean Kennedy (3)Steve Kasper (22), Bernie Nicholls (65)4–210:45 LAK- Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (18)Mike Gartner (28), Dave Christian (25)5–213:11 WSH
Mike Ridley (32)Scott Stevens (48), Michal Pivonka (12)6–214:41 WSH
Kelly Miller (13)Dale Hunter (30), Bill Houlder (3)7–217:06 WSH
Team stats
WSHLAK
2725
0%0%
1/40/5
1223
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:09 into the first period
Don Beaupre · delaying game2 min - 3:40 into the first period
Steve Kasper · high sticking2 min - 5:35 into the first periodDon Beaupre · delaying game2 min
- 6:06 into the first periodScott Stevens · interference2 min
- 8:57 into the first periodMike Ridley · hooking2 min
- 16:50 into the first periodKen Baumgartner · holding2 min
- 2:10 into the second periodDave Taylor · high sticking2 min
- 2:10 into the second periodScott Stevens · high sticking2 min
- 7:12 into the second periodTim Watters · high sticking5 min
- 7:12 into the second periodTim Watters · game misconduct10 min
- 19:32 into the second periodChris Felix · holding2 min
- 8:32 into the third periodGlenn Healy · slashing2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.