Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Wednesday, March 22, 1989 · Civic Arena

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5–4

26–28

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 on Wednesday, March 22, 1989 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 28–26.

Mario Lemieux scored twice. Kevin Stevens, Michal Pivonka, Kelly Miller, Rob Brown, Stephen Leach, Dave Christian and Geoff Courtnall also scored.

Goals
WSH	2	3	0	5	26
PIT	1	2	1	4	28

Scoring

1st period

Kevin Stevens (8)Rob Brown (58)0–108:17 PIT
Michal Pivonka (8)Rod Langway (18), John Druce (6)1–110:51 WSH
Kelly Miller (16)Unassisted2–115:20 WSH

2nd period

Rob Brown (46)Mario Lemieux (111), Dave Hannan (19)2–206:07 PIT
Stephen Leach (10)Scott Stevens (52), Kelly Miller (20)3–210:04 WSH
Mario Lemieux (73)Dave Hannan (20), Rob Brown (59)3–312:58 PIT
Dave Christian (31)Michal Pivonka (17), Bob Rouse (15)4–315:04 WSH
Geoff Courtnall (39)Dale Hunter (35), Scott Stevens (53)5–316:45 WSH

3rd period

Mario Lemieux (74)Paul Coffey (74), Zarley Zalapski (26)5–419:00 PIT ·

Team stats

WSHPIT

2628

0%0%

0/41/4

4128

00

00

00

00

Penalties

1:15 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · interference2 min
2:33 into the first periodMario Lemieux · roughing2 min
2:33 into the first periodNeil Sheehy · roughing2 min
5:08 into the first periodRod Buskas · hooking2 min
16:27 into the first periodRod Buskas · fighting5 min
16:27 into the first periodStephen Leach · fighting5 min
7:03 into the second periodRod Buskas · fighting5 min
7:03 into the second periodJock Callander · roughing2 min
7:03 into the second periodJock Callander · roughing2 min
7:03 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
7:03 into the second periodBobby Gould · fighting5 min
11:47 into the second periodPaul Coffey · roughing2 min
11:47 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · roughing2 min
13:02 into the second periodMario Lemieux · hooking2 min
13:39 into the second periodSteve Dykstra · roughing2 min
13:39 into the second periodDale Hunter · slashing2 min
6:32 into the third periodJohn Druce · interference2 min
12:08 into the third periodScott Stevens · high sticking5 min
12:08 into the third periodScott Stevens · game misconduct10 min
15:51 into the third periodMario Lemieux · roughing2 min
18:16 into the third periodBob Rouse · holding2 min
19:46 into the third periodRob Brown · high sticking2 min
19:46 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min

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