Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Saturday, December 2, 1989 · Brendan Byrne Arena

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5–3

Final

SOG 31–33

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5-3 on Saturday, December 2, 1989 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Capitals 33-31.

Dino Ciccarelli scored twice. Sylvain Turgeon, Kelly Miller, Reijo Ruotsalainen, Mike Ridley, Kevin Hatcher and Kirk Muller also scored.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	2	2	5	31
NJD	1	1	1	3	33

Scoring

1st period

Sylvain Turgeon (15)Craig Wolanin (3)0–105:02 NJD
Kelly Miller (9)Kevin Hatcher (10), Calle Johansson (8)1–119:22 WSH · PPG

2nd period

Dino Ciccarelli (9)Bill Houlder (6), Geoff Courtnall (14)2–102:16 WSH
Reijo Ruotsalainen (1)Patrik Sundstrom (20), Bruce Driver (21)2–208:37 NJD · PPG
Mike Ridley (11)Calle Johansson (9), Rod Langway (3)3–209:16 WSH

3rd period

Dino Ciccarelli (10)Mike Ridley (11)4–204:19 WSH
Kevin Hatcher (2)Mike Ridley (12), Dino Ciccarelli (11)5–212:19 WSH · PPG
Kirk Muller (6)Mark Johnson (12), David Maley (9)5–319:03 NJD

Team stats

WSHNJD

31Shots on goal33

0%Faceoff %0%

2/4Power play1/3

15Penalty minutes17

0Hits0

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 16:32Bill Houlder · high sticking2 min
1st 18:53Reijo Ruotsalainen · high sticking2 min
2nd 07:56Dale Hunter · high sticking2 min
2nd 12:38Kirk Muller · hooking2 min
2nd 17:17Ken Daneyko · roughing2 min
2nd 17:17Alan May · roughing2 min
3rd 08:55Bob Rouse · hooking2 min
3rd 12:00Randy Velischek · holding2 min
3rd 15:59Ken Daneyko · fighting5 min
3rd 15:59Alan May · fighting5 min
3rd 16:51Craig Wolanin · charging2 min
3rd 16:51Craig Wolanin · roughing2 min
3rd 16:51Stephen Leach · roughing2 min

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