Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, February 8, 1990 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 7–5 on Thursday, February 8, 1990 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 33–24.
John Druce scored twice, Tony Tanti scored twice and John Cullen scored twice. Mario Lemieux, Mike Ridley, Calle Johansson, Bob Errey, Alan May and Mark Recchi also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Mario Lemieux (43)Paul Coffey (51), John Cullen (34)0–116:21 PIT ·
2nd period
Mike Ridley (20)Kelly Miller (15), Scott Stevens (21)1–100:39 WSH
John Druce (4)Scott Stevens (22)2–103:46 WSH
Calle Johansson (8)Tim Bergland (3), John Druce (3)3–110:39 WSH
Tony Tanti (21)Mario Lemieux (73), Paul Coffey (52)3–211:15 PIT- John Druce (5)Stephen Leach (10), Calle Johansson (24)4–215:13 WSH
John Cullen (20)Mario Lemieux (74), Mark Recchi (22)4–318:14 PIT ·
3rd period
Bob Errey (15)Paul Coffey (53), Mario Lemieux (75)4–405:53 PIT- Tony Tanti (22)Paul Coffey (54), Randy Hillier (11)4–506:30 PIT
Alan May (6)Stephen Leach (11)5–508:46 WSH- John Cullen (21)Unassisted5–609:24 PIT ·
Mark Recchi (19)Mario Lemieux (76), Troy Loney (7)5–711:13 PIT
Team stats
WSHPIT
2433
0%0%
0/23/5
148
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:05 into the first period
Chris Dahlquist · holding2 min - 12:14 into the first period
Yvon Corriveau · interference2 min - 15:05 into the first periodGeoff Courtnall · holding2 min
- 1:35 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · interference2 min
- 16:37 into the second periodDale Hunter · holding2 min
- 18:14 into the second periodJohn Cullen · high sticking2 min
- 18:14 into the second periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 8:06 into the third periodRob Brown · high sticking2 min
- 8:06 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · slashing2 min
- 9:02 into the third periodYvon Corriveau · interference2 min
- 13:50 into the third periodJim Johnson · holding2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.