Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Friday, January 26, 1990 · Capital Centre

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3–6

34–25

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–3 on Friday, January 26, 1990 at Capital Centre. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 34–25.

Geoff Courtnall scored twice. Dale Hunter, John Druce, Mike Ridley, Bob Rouse, Bobby Smith, Chris Chelios and Shayne Corson also scored.

Goals
MTL	2	0	1	3	34
WSH	4	2	0	6	25

Scoring

1st period

Dale Hunter (13)John Tucker (9), Geoff Courtnall (27)0–106:23 WSH
John Druce (3)Unassisted0–207:19 WSH
Mike Ridley (18)Kelly Miller (13), Stephen Leach (8)0–310:24 WSH
Bob Rouse (2)John Tucker (10), Dale Hunter (23)0–412:27 WSH
Bobby Smith (11)Mats Naslund (10), Petr Svoboda (16)1–414:38 MTL
Chris Chelios (9)Mike Mcphee (9)2–416:05 MTL ·

2nd period

Geoff Courtnall (17)Kevin Hatcher (25), Calle Johansson (14)2–510:55 WSH ·
Geoff Courtnall (18)Kent Paynter (2), Dale Hunter (24)2–614:24 WSH

3rd period

Shayne Corson (22)Claude Lemieux (4), Petr Svoboda (17)3–613:45 MTL ·

Team stats

MTLWSH

3425

0%0%

1/71/4

2642

00

00

00

00

Penalties

2:14 into the first periodPetr Svoboda · hooking2 min
3:52 into the first periodBrian Hayward · delaying game2 min
12:50 into the first periodBob Rouse · high sticking2 min
14:15 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · instigator2 min
14:15 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · fighting5 min
14:15 into the first periodNeil Sheehy · fighting5 min
16:05 into the first periodMike Mcphee · fighting5 min
16:05 into the first periodBob Rouse · fighting5 min
20:00 into the first periodTim Bergland · holding2 min
9:53 into the second periodChris Chelios · delaying game2 min
16:52 into the second periodRod Langway · holding2 min
3:21 into the third periodRod Langway · interference2 min
8:07 into the third periodMike Keane · roughing2 min
8:07 into the third periodMike Keane · slashing2 min
8:07 into the third periodStephen Leach · roughing2 min
8:07 into the third periodStephen Leach · roughing2 min
8:13 into the third periodTodd Ewen · roughing2 min
8:13 into the third periodJohn Druce · roughing2 min
10:01 into the third periodKent Paynter · high sticking2 min
13:32 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · slashing2 min
14:17 into the third periodTodd Ewen · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
14:17 into the third periodAlan May · misconduct10 min
14:17 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
18:27 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · roughing2 min

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