Washington Capitals vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, January 31, 1990 · Met Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–3 in overtime on Wednesday, January 31, 1990 at Met Center.
Goals came from Ville Siren, Don Barber, Geoff Courtnall, Kent Paynter, Kevin Hatcher, Neal Broten and John Tucker.
Don Beaupre made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Daniel Berthiaume stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Ville Siren (1)Neal Broten (42)0–100:43 MNS
2nd period
Don Barber (4)Mike Modano (28), Larry Murphy (37)0–216:31 MNS · 
Geoff Courtnall (22)Dale Hunter (25), Bob Rouse (7)1–219:56 WSH ·
3rd period
Kent Paynter (1)Kelly Miller (14)2–201:10 WSH
Kevin Hatcher (9)Unassisted3–207:00 WSH
Neal Broten (17)Unassisted3–313:18 MNS
Overtime
John Tucker (6)Geoff Courtnall (29), Dale Hunter (26)4–300:35 WSH
Team stats
WSHMNS
2929
0%0%
1/71/5
1418
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:18 into the first period
Neil Sheehy · interference2 min - 9:11 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 11:37 into the first period
Neil Wilkinson · interference2 min - 3:07 into the second periodAaron Broten · slashing2 min
- 3:07 into the second periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 3:51 into the second periodStephen Leach · roughing2 min
- 5:15 into the second periodDave Gagner · slashing2 min
- 12:15 into the second periodPerry Berezan · high sticking2 min
- 12:15 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · high sticking2 min
- 14:08 into the second periodBasil Mcrae · interference2 min
- 14:41 into the second periodJohn Druce · slashing2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodBrian Bellows · holding2 min
- 1:38 into the third periodDaniel Berthiaume · slashing2 min
- 4:27 into the third periodDon Barber · holding2 min
- 9:04 into the third periodKent Paynter · hooking2 min
- 10:53 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12John TuckerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 8Bob RouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 36Kent PaynterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Tim BerglandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Yvon CorriveauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 7Neal BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 37Don BarberL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Perry BerezanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Daniel BerthiaumeG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |