New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 23, 1989 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Saturday, December 23, 1989 at Capital Centre. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 40–28.
Goals came from Scott Stevens, Paul Broten, Mike Ridley, Kelly Kisio and Dale Hunter.
Don Beaupre made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
2nd period
Scott Stevens (5)Mike Ridley (20), Bob Joyce (4)0–102:12 WSH · 
Paul Broten (1)John Ogrodnick (8)1–119:13 NYR
3rd period
Mike Ridley (13)Kelly Miller (8), Dino Ciccarelli (17)1–201:20 WSH
Kelly Kisio (5)Brian Mullen (10), James Patrick (20)2–212:19 NYR · 
Dale Hunter (11)Bob Joyce (5), Geoff Courtnall (17)2–314:45 WSH
Team stats
NYRWSH
4028
0%0%
1/71/8
2628
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:55 into the first period
Michal Pivonka · holding2 min - 7:24 into the first period
Dave Archibald · hooking2 min - 8:31 into the first periodScott Stevens · high sticking2 min
- 8:57 into the first periodJeff Bloemberg · holding2 min
- 11:30 into the first periodRudy Poeschek · roughing2 min
- 13:51 into the first periodKelly Kisio · interference2 min
- 14:49 into the first periodKevin Hatcher · slashing2 min
- 1:07 into the second periodMark Janssens · high sticking2 min
- 2:26 into the second periodAlan May · cross checking2 min
- 5:23 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · high sticking2 min
- 8:23 into the second periodPaul Broten · slashing2 min
- 8:23 into the second periodYvon Corriveau · slashing2 min
- 15:53 into the second periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 16:35 into the second periodDale Hunter · hooking2 min
- 5:59 into the third periodTroy Mallette · roughing2 min
- 5:59 into the third periodDale Hunter · charging2 min
- 5:59 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 6:02 into the third periodScott Stevens · slashing2 min
- 6:03 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · high sticking2 min
- 11:55 into the third periodMark Janssens · roughing2 min
- 11:55 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · cross checking2 min
- 11:55 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 14:35 into the third periodKris King · roughing2 min
- 14:35 into the third periodKris King · roughing2 min
- 14:35 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 14:35 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · roughing2 min
- 14:35 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 11Kelly KisioC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 37Paul BrotenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Troy MalletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 44Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 6Miloslav HoravaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Jeff BloembergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 35Mike RichterG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Bob JoyceL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 40 | 2 | .950 |