Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, December 21, 1989 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Thursday, December 21, 1989 at Civic Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 31–29.
Kevin Stevens scored twice. Paul Coffey, Mark Recchi, Mario Lemieux, Geoff Courtnall and Bob Joyce also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Coffey (11)Gilbert Delorme (3)0–119:53 PIT
2nd period
Mark Recchi (7)Jim Johnson (7)0–201:08 PIT
Mario Lemieux (21)Rob Brown (24), Kevin Stevens (23)0–312:04 PIT
Geoff Courtnall (12)Alan May (5), Dale Hunter (14)1–319:36 WSH
3rd period
Kevin Stevens (17)Zarley Zalapski (8), Mario Lemieux (42)1–403:29 PIT · 
Bob Joyce (2)Dale Hunter (15), Geoff Courtnall (16)2–408:21 WSH- Kevin Stevens (18)Mario Lemieux (43), Rob Brown (25)2–514:48 PIT
Team stats
WSHPIT
3129
0%0%
0/71/5
2754
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:10 into the first period
Rob Brown · slashing2 min - 1:10 into the first period
Doug Wickenheiser · slashing2 min - 2:12 into the first periodTom Barrasso · tripping2 min
- 2:12 into the first periodDan Quinn · high sticking2 min
- 2:12 into the first periodYvon Corriveau · high sticking2 min
- 5:49 into the first periodPhil Bourque · cross checking2 min
- 5:49 into the first periodPhil Bourque · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:04 into the first periodJohn Cullen · elbowing2 min
- 10:04 into the first periodDoug Wickenheiser · slashing2 min
- 14:02 into the first periodYvon Corriveau · interference2 min
- 16:12 into the first periodRob Brown · high sticking2 min
- 16:12 into the first periodNeil Sheehy · high sticking2 min
- 16:39 into the first periodJay Caufield · misconduct10 min
- 1:31 into the second periodMark Kachowski · cross checking2 min
- 4:44 into the second periodZarley Zalapski · fighting5 min
- 4:44 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 4:44 into the second periodDale Hunter · fighting5 min
- 6:44 into the second periodJohn Cullen · spearing5 min
- 6:44 into the second periodJohn Cullen · game misconduct10 min
- 1:54 into the third periodDale Hunter · interference2 min
- 6:15 into the third periodGilbert Delorme · holding2 min
- 10:50 into the third periodRob Brown · roughing2 min
- 10:50 into the third periodBob Errey · roughing2 min
- 10:50 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · roughing2 min
- 10:50 into the third periodRod Langway · roughing2 min
- 11:08 into the third periodAndrew Mcbain · roughing2 min
- 12:41 into the third periodMichal Pivonka · hooking2 min
- 16:03 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Bob JoyceL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Rob MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 25Kevin StevensL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Andrew McbainR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11John CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Jay CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Randy GilhenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Mark KachowskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Jim KyteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wendell YoungG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |