Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, December 6, 1989 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Wednesday, December 6, 1989 at Civic Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 39–22.
Phil Bourque scored twice. Mario Lemieux, Mark Recchi, Geoff Courtnall, Nick Kypreos, Scott Stevens and John Cullen also scored.
Wendell Young made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; Bob Mason stopped 16 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Mario Lemieux (17)Paul Coffey (14), Rob Brown (18)0–102:04 PIT · 
Mark Recchi (5)Paul Coffey (15), John Cullen (16)0–215:22 PIT
2nd period
Geoff Courtnall (9)Dino Ciccarelli (13), Mike Ridley (14)1–211:13 WSH
Nick Kypreos (2)Alan May (3), Rob Murray (4)2–218:05 WSH
Phil Bourque (4)John Cullen (17), Rob Brown (19)2–318:47 PIT
Scott Stevens (3)Geoff Courtnall (15), Michal Pivonka (13)3–319:17 WSH
3rd period
- Phil Bourque (5)Zarley Zalapski (6)3–404:02 PIT
John Cullen (11)Paul Coffey (16)3–506:12 PIT ·
Team stats
WSHPIT
3922
0%0%
0/62/5
2133
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:40 into the first period
Rod Langway · hooking2 min - 3:41 into the first period
John Cullen · holding2 min - 10:17 into the first periodJay Caufield · roughing2 min
- 10:17 into the first periodMark Kachowski · fighting5 min
- 10:17 into the first periodBob Rouse · fighting5 min
- 11:55 into the first periodBob Errey · tripping2 min
- 19:29 into the first periodZarley Zalapski · roughing2 min
- 19:29 into the first periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 19:29 into the first periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 1:40 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · holding2 min
- 7:23 into the second periodZarley Zalapski · holding2 min
- 8:58 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · tripping2 min
- 13:40 into the second periodGilbert Delorme · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodMario Lemieux · misconduct10 min
- 4:32 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
- 7:22 into the third periodChris Dahlquist · roughing2 min
- 7:22 into the third periodChris Dahlquist · roughing2 min
- 7:22 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 14:09 into the third periodJohn Cullen · roughing2 min
- 14:09 into the third periodRob Murray · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 9Nick KypreosL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 23Rob MurrayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | L | 21 | 5 | .762 |
| 35Jim HrivnakG | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 11John CullenC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 33Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 9Andrew McbainR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Jay CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mark KachowskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Jim KyteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wendell YoungG | W | 39 | 3 | .923 |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | 0 | 0 | – |