Washington Capitals vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, March 18, 1989 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Hartford Whalers 8–2 on Saturday, March 18, 1989 at Hartford Civic Center. The Capitals outshot the Whalers 37–29.
Dino Ciccarelli scored 4 goals. Mike Ridley, Geoff Courtnall, Ray Ferraro, Sylvain Cote, Michal Pivonka and Dale Hunter also scored.
Don Beaupre made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 29 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Dino Ciccarelli (36)Scott Stevens (50), Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (45)1–001:29 WSH
2nd period
- Dino Ciccarelli (37)Dale Hunter (34), Calle Johansson (17)2–005:21 WSH
- Dino Ciccarelli (38)Dave Christian (28)3–016:37 WSH
Mike Ridley (38)Dino Ciccarelli (28), Kevin Hatcher (23)4–017:49 WSH ·
3rd period
Geoff Courtnall (38)Dino Ciccarelli (29)5–003:18 WSH
Ray Ferraro (36)John Anderson (19), Ulf Samuelsson (23)5–108:26 HFD · 
Sylvain Cote (8)John Anderson (20), Paul Macdermid (23)5–210:35 HFD · 
Michal Pivonka (7)Mike Ridley (46), Rod Langway (16)6–211:31 WSH- Dino Ciccarelli (39)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (46), Rod Langway (17)7–213:52 WSH
Dale Hunter (19)Dino Ciccarelli (30), Scott Stevens (51)8–216:51 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHHFD
3729
0%0%
2/42/7
3024
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:42 into the first period
Tom Martin · fighting5 min - 2:42 into the first period
Stephen Leach · fighting5 min - 3:20 into the first periodNeil Sheehy · tripping2 min
- 9:17 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 11:28 into the first periodScott Stevens · slashing2 min
- 1:40 into the second periodDean Evason · roughing2 min
- 1:40 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · roughing2 min
- 2:55 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · holding2 min
- 17:17 into the second periodSylvain Cote · holding2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodKevin Dineen · high sticking2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodStephen Leach · high sticking2 min
- 19:35 into the second periodBob Rouse · tripping2 min
- 6:57 into the third periodKelly Miller · slashing2 min
- 8:52 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min
- 14:39 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · hooking2 min
- 15:58 into the third periodDean Evason · instigator2 min
- 15:58 into the third periodDean Evason · instigator2 min
- 15:58 into the third periodDean Evason · fighting5 min
- 15:58 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · high sticking2 min
- 15:58 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · fighting5 min
- 17:57 into the third periodLou Franceschetti · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 4 | 3 | 7 | +5 | 8 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
Hartford Whalers
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 7Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Jim ThomsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Tom MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 33Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 37 | 8 | .784 |
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | 0 | 0 | – |