Washington Capitals vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Tuesday, December 5, 1989 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4–3 on Tuesday, December 5, 1989 at Spectrum. The Capitals outshot the Flyers 43–31.
Alan May scored twice. Ron Sutter, Rick Tocchet, Geoff Courtnall, Gord Murphy and Kelly Miller also scored.
Bob Mason made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Ken Wregget stopped 39 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Alan May (4)Rob Murray (3), Nick Kypreos (2)1–005:31 WSH- Alan May (5)Nick Kypreos (3), Scott Stevens (16)2–008:30 WSH
Ron Sutter (9)Mark Howe (16), Murray Craven (21)2–111:41 PHI
Rick Tocchet (14)Mark Howe (17)2–219:49 PHI ·
2nd period
Geoff Courtnall (8)Unassisted3–216:09 WSH
3rd period
Gord Murphy (5)Dave Poulin (1)3–301:50 PHI
Kelly Miller (10)Mike Ridley (13), Dino Ciccarelli (12)4–311:29 WSH
Team stats
WSHPHI
4331
0%0%
0/41/3
3840
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:31 into the first period
Craig Berube · roughing2 min - 6:31 into the first period
Kevin Hatcher · roughing2 min - 11:44 into the first periodTony Horacek · fighting5 min
- 11:44 into the first periodAlan May · fighting5 min
- 14:22 into the first periodJay Wells · elbowing2 min
- 19:11 into the first periodNeil Sheehy · holding2 min
- 4:48 into the second periodCraig Berube · misconduct10 min
- 4:48 into the second periodMike Bullard · holding2 min
- 4:48 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · misconduct10 min
- 7:19 into the second periodDale Hunter · tripping2 min
- 12:11 into the second periodKerry Huffman · holding2 min
- 13:05 into the second periodScott Stevens · slashing2 min
- 19:09 into the second periodYvon Corriveau · roughing2 min
- 19:19 into the second periodRon Sutter · roughing2 min
- 3:19 into the third periodMark Howe · holding2 min
- 8:06 into the third periodMurray Craven · roughing2 min
- 8:06 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 9:46 into the third periodScott Mellanby · high sticking2 min
- 9:46 into the third periodScott Mellanby · slashing2 min
- 9:46 into the third periodScott Mellanby · fighting5 min
- 9:46 into the third periodBob Rouse · high sticking2 min
- 9:46 into the third periodBob Rouse · slashing2 min
- 9:46 into the third periodBob Rouse · fighting5 min
- 13:15 into the third periodJay Wells · roughing2 min
- 13:15 into the third periodNick Kypreos · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 9Nick KypreosL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 23Rob MurrayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 35Jim HrivnakG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Gord MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Tony HoracekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Ken WreggetG | L | 43 | 4 | .907 |