Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, December 26, 1989 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 on Tuesday, December 26, 1989 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 35–27.
Michal Pivonka scored twice. Mario Lemieux, Paul Coffey, Mark Recchi, Kelly Miller, Stephen Leach, Bob Joyce and Dino Ciccarelli also scored.
Don Beaupre made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Wendell Young stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Mario Lemieux (22)Paul Coffey (26)1–002:32 PIT
Paul Coffey (12)John Cullen (23), Kevin Stevens (24)2–011:40 PIT · 
Mark Recchi (9)Phil Bourque (9), Dan Quinn (18)3–012:14 PIT
2nd period
Kelly Miller (13)Dino Ciccarelli (18), Mike Ridley (21)3–102:13 WSH
Stephen Leach (9)Michal Pivonka (16), Bob Joyce (6)3–202:59 WSH
Michal Pivonka (10)Kevin Hatcher (14), Alan May (6)3–318:57 WSH
3rd period
Bob Joyce (3)Geoff Courtnall (18), Dale Hunter (16)3–400:43 WSH
Dino Ciccarelli (17)Geoff Courtnall (19), Scott Stevens (19)3–514:17 WSH- Michal Pivonka (11)Unassisted3–619:28 WSH · ·
Team stats
PITWSH
2735
0%0%
1/60/5
4446
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:14 into the first period
Jim Kyte · cross checking2 min - 10:44 into the first period
Dale Hunter · holding2 min - 3:50 into the second periodAlan May · roughing2 min
- 8:42 into the second periodKevin Stevens · holding2 min
- 10:28 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · cross checking2 min
- 13:00 into the second periodRandy Hillier · tripping2 min
- 16:42 into the second periodPaul Coffey · roughing2 min
- 16:42 into the second periodPaul Coffey · fighting5 min
- 16:42 into the second periodJim Kyte · roughing2 min
- 16:42 into the second periodJim Kyte · fighting5 min
- 16:42 into the second periodJim Kyte · game misconduct10 min
- 16:42 into the second periodAndrew Mcbain · misconduct10 min
- 16:42 into the second periodJohn Druce · misconduct10 min
- 16:42 into the second periodStephen Leach · roughing2 min
- 16:42 into the second periodStephen Leach · fighting5 min
- 16:42 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · fighting5 min
- 16:42 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · game misconduct10 min
- 7:27 into the third periodDan Quinn · holding2 min
- 11:00 into the third periodDoug Wickenheiser · holding2 min
- 14:45 into the third periodGilbert Delorme · roughing2 min
- 14:45 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 18:30 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · roughing2 min
- 19:55 into the third periodMichal Pivonka · high sticking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 11John CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 9Andrew McbainR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Randy GilhenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Jim KyteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wendell YoungG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 27Bob JoyceL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 38Dennis SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |