Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, December 10, 1989 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 on Sunday, December 10, 1989 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 34–27.
Dino Ciccarelli scored twice. Dave Andreychuk, Dale Hunter, Scott Arniel, Rick Vaive and Alexander Mogilny also scored.
Daren Puppa made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Andreychuk (16)Pierre Turgeon (30), Uwe Krupp (5)0–109:47 BUF
Dale Hunter (10)Doug Wickenheiser (6)1–113:38 WSH · 
Scott Arniel (8)Benoit Hogue (3), Dave Snuggerud (6)1–214:29 BUF
2nd period
Rick Vaive (11)Christian Ruuttu (18), Phil Housley (20)1–301:24 BUF
Dino Ciccarelli (13)Kelly Miller (7), Mike Ridley (17)2–314:55 WSH
3rd period
Alexander Mogilny (5)Rick Vaive (9)2–404:41 BUF- Dino Ciccarelli (14)Dale Hunter (13), Scott Stevens (17)3–419:53 WSH
Team stats
WSHBUF
3427
0%0%
0/20/3
617
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:32 into the first period
Dean Kennedy · holding2 min - 12:04 into the first period
Bill Houlder · holding2 min - 2:08 into the second periodJeff Parker · high sticking5 min
- 2:08 into the second periodJeff Parker · game misconduct10 min
- 15:45 into the second periodDoug Wickenheiser · holding2 min
- 5:28 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · cross checking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave SnuggerudL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jeff ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Daren PuppaG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |