Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Wednesday, March 8, 1989 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Wednesday, March 8, 1989 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 35–34.
Geoff Courtnall scored twice. Bobby Smith, Rick Green and Mats Naslund also scored.
Patrick Roy made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
2nd period
Geoff Courtnall (31)Neil Sheehy (4), Bobby Gould (8)1–000:50 WSH
Bobby Smith (30)Mike Keane (16), Petr Svoboda (34)1–113:27 MTL
3rd period
Rick Green (1)Unassisted1–202:06 MTL- Geoff Courtnall (32)Bobby Gould (9), Dale Hunter (31)2–207:55 WSH
Mats Naslund (28)Petr Svoboda (35), Bobby Smith (40)2–309:55 MTL ·
Team stats
WSHMTL
3435
0%0%
0/31/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:10 into the first period
Craig Ludwig · cross checking2 min - 3:04 into the second period
Calle Johansson · holding2 min - 7:36 into the second periodBob Rouse · holding2 min
- 13:44 into the second periodRyan Walter · high sticking2 min
- 16:05 into the second periodPetr Svoboda · holding2 min
- 9:39 into the third periodScott Stevens · cross checking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 35 | 3 | .914 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Gilles ThibaudeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 34Donald DufresneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |