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New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Tuesday, January 16, 1990 · Capital Centre

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 9–6 on Tuesday, January 16, 1990 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Devils 40–34.

Ken Daneyko scored twice, Geoff Courtnall scored twice and Michal Pivonka scored twice. Janne Ojanen, Dino Ciccarelli, John MacLean, John Tucker, Stephen Leach, Kevin Hatcher, Doug Brown, Bob Rouse and David Maley also scored.

Don Beaupre made 28 saves on 34 shots for the win; Chris Terreri stopped 13 of 17.

Goals
New Jersey DevilsNJD402634
Washington CapitalsWSH333940

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Team stats

NJDWSH
3440
0%0%
0/21/5
1711
00
00
00
00

Penalties

  • 4:15 into the first periodJohn MacLean · hooking2 min
  • 16:36 into the first periodKen Daneyko · holding2 min
  • 6:38 into the second periodMichal Pivonka · tripping2 min
  • 9:19 into the second periodViacheslav Fetisov · hooking2 min
  • 16:37 into the second periodJamie Huscroft · cross checking2 min
  • 16:37 into the second periodJamie Huscroft · roughing2 min
  • 16:37 into the second periodRob Murray · roughing2 min
  • 18:20 into the second periodBob Rouse · holding2 min
  • 5:56 into the third periodPatrik Sundstrom · tripping2 min
  • 9:00 into the third periodKen Daneyko · fighting5 min
  • 9:00 into the third periodAlan May · fighting5 min

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