New York Islanders vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 15, 1989 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Friday, December 15, 1989 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 37–25.
Don Maloney scored twice. Brent Sutter, Dino Ciccarelli, Geoff Courtnall, Rob Murray, Pat LaFontaine and Hubie Mcdonough also scored.
Glenn Healy made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Brent Sutter (12)Unassisted1–007:19 NYI · 
Don Maloney (3)Mick Vukota (2), Jeff Norton (23)2–010:49 NYI
2nd period
Dino Ciccarelli (15)Kevin Hatcher (11), Scott Stevens (18)2–112:15 WSH · 
Geoff Courtnall (11)Michal Pivonka (15), Stephen Leach (5)2–213:28 WSH
3rd period
Rob Murray (1)Nick Kypreos (4), Alan May (4)2–303:58 WSH
Pat LaFontaine (22)Jeff Norton (24), Gerald Diduck (7)3–306:25 NYI · 
Hubie Mcdonough (7)Alan Kerr (8), Derek King (4)4–316:18 NYI- Don Maloney (4)Brent Sutter (13)5–319:02 NYI ·
Team stats
NYIWSH
2537
0%0%
1/51/6
1816
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:40 into the first period
Alan Kerr · charging2 min - 4:31 into the first period
Nick Kypreos · hooking2 min - 6:57 into the first periodAlan Kerr · elbowing2 min
- 13:13 into the first periodAlan Kerr · hooking2 min
- 4:07 into the second periodJeff Norton · holding2 min
- 4:40 into the second periodGary Nylund · roughing2 min
- 4:40 into the second periodDale Hunter · charging2 min
- 8:01 into the second periodRod Langway · cross checking2 min
- 8:09 into the second periodJeff Norton · roughing2 min
- 11:45 into the second periodKen Baumgartner · roughing2 min
- 16:41 into the second periodMichal Pivonka · tripping2 min
- 18:20 into the second periodGerald Diduck · roughing2 min
- 18:20 into the second periodAlan May · roughing2 min
- 4:47 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · high sticking2 min
- 6:11 into the third periodDoug Crossman · slashing2 min
- 6:11 into the third periodMichal Pivonka · high sticking2 min
- 19:19 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 28Don MaloneyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Jeff NortonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Mick VukotaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Hubie McdonoughC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25David VolekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 38Gilles ThibaudeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 36Gary NylundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 44Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Glenn HealyG | W | 37 | 3 | .919 |
Washington Capitals
| 9Nick KypreosL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 23Rob MurrayC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Bob JoyceL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |