Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers
Playoffs · Sunday, April 9, 1989 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Sunday, April 9, 1989 at Spectrum. The Capitals outshot the Flyers 32–31.
Goals came from Tim Kerr, Dave Poulin, Gord Murphy, Rick Tocchet, Scott Mellanby, Dino Ciccarelli and Michal Pivonka.
Ron Hextall made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
2nd period
Tim Kerr (2)Mark Howe (3)0–103:41 PHI · 
Dave Poulin (1)Unassisted0–208:54 PHI
Gord Murphy (1)Unassisted0–312:01 PHI
Rick Tocchet (2)Mike Bullard (2), Tim Kerr (4)0–419:00 PHI ·
3rd period
Scott Mellanby (2)Unassisted0–502:11 PHI
Dino Ciccarelli (2)Mike Ridley (3), Kevin Hatcher (2)1–510:03 WSH · 
Michal Pivonka (2)Kevin Hatcher (3), Bobby Gould (2)2–511:32 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHPHI
3231
0%0%
1/92/6
3652
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:21 into the first period
Scott Stevens · hooking2 min - 9:27 into the first period
Tim Kerr · holding2 min - 12:19 into the first periodRod Langway · holding2 min
- 17:58 into the first periodCraig Berube · slashing2 min
- 18:52 into the first periodBrian Propp · high sticking2 min
- 2:42 into the second periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 10:04 into the second periodBrian Propp · roughing2 min
- 10:04 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
- 12:36 into the second periodRon Sutter · high sticking2 min
- 15:13 into the second periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · elbowing2 min
- 18:11 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 2:32 into the third periodKjell Samuelsson · tripping2 min
- 3:24 into the third periodDave Poulin · hooking2 min
- 5:56 into the third periodAl Secord · elbowing2 min
- 9:18 into the third periodKeith Acton · charging2 min
- 10:42 into the third periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · roughing2 min
- 16:19 into the third periodJay Wells · holding2 min
- 19:18 into the third periodMike Bullard · misconduct10 min
- 19:18 into the third periodAl Secord · fighting5 min
- 19:18 into the third periodRick Tocchet · instigator2 min
- 19:18 into the third periodRick Tocchet · fighting5 min
- 19:18 into the third periodRick Tocchet · game misconduct10 min
- 19:18 into the third periodStephen Leach · fighting5 min
- 19:18 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · roughing2 min
- 19:18 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · fighting5 min
- 19:18 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · misconduct10 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 18Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 12Tim KerrR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 10Mike BullardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Gord MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 25Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 35Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – |