Washington Capitals vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, February 14, 1990 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–3 on Wednesday, February 14, 1990 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Capitals 29–24.
Geoff Courtnall scored twice and Dino Ciccarelli scored twice. Esa Tikkanen, Vladimir Ruzicka and Glenn Anderson also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Esa Tikkanen (25)Vladimir Ruzicka (3), Randy Gregg (17)0–106:00 EDM
Geoff Courtnall (24)Calle Johansson (27), Kevin Hatcher (32)1–108:33 WSH · 
Dino Ciccarelli (29)Bob Joyce (8)2–114:25 WSH
Vladimir Ruzicka (6)Esa Tikkanen (23), Charlie Huddy (19)2–214:37 EDM
2nd period
Glenn Anderson (22)Craig Simpson (25), Mark Messier (62)2–319:03 EDM ·
3rd period
- Dino Ciccarelli (30)Dale Hunter (30), Michal Pivonka (29)3–303:41 WSH ·
- Geoff Courtnall (25)Dino Ciccarelli (26), Dale Hunter (31)4–305:56 WSH
Team stats
WSHEDM
2429
0%0%
2/41/7
1913
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:25 into the first period
Scott Stevens · high sticking2 min - 6:52 into the first period
Petr Klima · tripping2 min - 9:00 into the first periodTim Bergland · tripping2 min
- 15:08 into the first periodEsa Tikkanen · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodGeoff Courtnall · slashing2 min
- 6:42 into the second periodKelly Buchberger · fighting5 min
- 6:42 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · fighting5 min
- 7:32 into the second periodDave Brown · holding2 min
- 12:11 into the second periodDale Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 18:29 into the second periodBob Rouse · hooking2 min
- 2:54 into the third periodCraig MacTavish · holding2 min
- 8:57 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 19:51 into the third periodJohn Druce · hooking2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.