Washington Capitals vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, December 16, 1989 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Hartford Whalers 5–2 on Saturday, December 16, 1989 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Capitals 32–24.
Goals came from Scott Stevens, Randy Cunneyworth, Stephen Leach, Dino Ciccarelli, Kevin Dineen, Yvon Corriveau and John Druce.
Don Beaupre made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Stevens (4)Unassisted1–004:43 WSH ·
2nd period
Randy Cunneyworth (6)Ray Ferraro (15), Brad Shaw (10)1–105:31 HFD · 
Stephen Leach (8)Unassisted2–113:17 WSH
Dino Ciccarelli (16)Mike Ridley (18), Kevin Hatcher (12)3–115:37 WSH
3rd period
Kevin Dineen (11)Ray Ferraro (16), Scott Young (18)3–204:13 HFD · 
Yvon Corriveau (6)Kevin Hatcher (13), Bob Joyce (3)4–205:08 WSH
John Druce (1)Doug Wickenheiser (7)5–210:06 WSH
Team stats
WSHHFD
2432
0%0%
1/32/6
2126
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:22 into the first period
Ulf Samuelsson · interference2 min - 14:12 into the first period
Mike Ridley · interference2 min - 0:25 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 0:25 into the second periodYvon Corriveau · high sticking2 min
- 0:25 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 3:43 into the second periodBill Houlder · holding2 min
- 10:35 into the second periodDean Evason · slashing2 min
- 13:47 into the second periodTom Martin · fighting5 min
- 13:47 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · high sticking5 min
- 13:47 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · game misconduct10 min
- 13:47 into the second periodJohn Druce · roughing2 min
- 13:47 into the second periodAlan May · fighting5 min
- 19:22 into the second periodRod Langway · holding2 min
- 2:19 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · holding2 min
- 12:17 into the third periodDale Hunter · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Bob JoyceL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
Hartford Whalers
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 27Scott YoungR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 32Brad ShawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 24Tom MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Mike TomlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | 0 | 0 | – |