Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Sunday, April 2, 1989 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Washington Capitals 7–4 on Sunday, April 2, 1989 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Capitals 36–33.
Pat Verbeek scored twice. Tommy Albelin, Perry Anderson, Pat Conacher, Lou Franceschetti, Neil Sheehy, Kelly Miller, Mike Ridley, Kirk Muller and Anders Carlsson also scored.
Bob Sauve made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 29 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Pat Verbeek (25)Kirk Muller (41)0–101:52 NJD
Tommy Albelin (9)Tom Kurvers (49), Mark Johnson (25)0–209:51 NJD
Perry Anderson (3)Pat Verbeek (21), Kirk Muller (42)0–311:41 NJD
Pat Conacher (7)Joe Cirella (19), Perry Anderson (6)0–419:23 NJD
2nd period
Lou Franceschetti (7)Doug Wickenheiser (5), Chris Felix (7)1–412:20 WSH
Neil Sheehy (3)Dale Hunter (37)2–413:54 WSH
3rd period
Kelly Miller (19)Scott Stevens (60), Chris Felix (8)3–402:33 WSH · 
Mike Ridley (41)Kelly Miller (21), Scott Stevens (61)4–407:21 WSH · 
Kirk Muller (31)Tom Kurvers (50)4–510:49 NJD
Anders Carlsson (4)Unassisted4–615:26 NJD- Pat Verbeek (26)Kirk Muller (43)4–716:27 NJD
Team stats
WSHNJD
3336
0%0%
2/40/3
3123
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:38 into the first period
Ken Daneyko · misconduct10 min - 2:38 into the first periodDavid Maley · fighting5 min
- 2:38 into the first period
John Druce · fighting5 min - 2:38 into the first periodScot Kleinendorst · misconduct10 min
- 16:58 into the first periodLou Franceschetti · tripping2 min
- 9:31 into the second periodKen Daneyko · tripping2 min
- 17:26 into the second periodDave Christian · holding2 min
- 19:46 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · penalty shot0 min
- 2:10 into the third periodCraig Wolanin · slashing2 min
- 7:04 into the third periodTommy Albelin · holding2 min
- 10:49 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:49 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · misconduct10 min
- 13:18 into the third periodPerry Anderson · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Chris FelixD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 18Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 8Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 36 | 7 | .806 |
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Tommy AlbelinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |