Washington Capitals vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Sunday, March 18, 1990 · Met Center
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–3 on Sunday, March 18, 1990 at Met Center. The North Stars outshot the Capitals 36–27.
Goals came from Dino Ciccarelli, Michal Pivonka, Bob Joyce, Dale Hunter, Don Barber, Brian Bellows and Dave Gagner.
Don Beaupre made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Jon Casey stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Dino Ciccarelli (38)Dale Hunter (39), Calle Johansson (31)1–003:12 WSH
Michal Pivonka (25)Geoff Courtnall (37)2–009:25 WSH
2nd period
Bob Joyce (6)Dino Ciccarelli (34), Neil Sheehy (5)3–005:12 WSH
3rd period
Dale Hunter (21)Dino Ciccarelli (35)4–004:13 WSH
Don Barber (14)Neal Broten (55), Larry Murphy (53)4–105:23 MNS
Brian Bellows (47)Neil Wilkinson (5), Dave Gagner (33)4–215:51 MNS · 
Dave Gagner (36)Ulf Dahlen (22), Mike Modano (37)4–316:52 MNS
Team stats
WSHMNS
2736
0%0%
0/70/7
4868
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:37 into the first period
Shane Churla · high sticking2 min - 4:48 into the first period
Dale Hunter · charging2 min - 5:38 into the first periodJon Casey · tripping2 min
- 10:07 into the first periodBasil Mcrae · cross checking2 min
- 12:16 into the first periodBasil Mcrae · fighting5 min
- 12:16 into the first periodAlan May · elbowing2 min
- 12:16 into the first periodAlan May · fighting5 min
- 16:05 into the first periodBrian Bellows · roughing2 min
- 16:05 into the first periodShane Churla · high sticking2 min
- 16:05 into the first periodMark Tinordi · misconduct10 min
- 16:05 into the first periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
- 16:05 into the first periodStephen Leach · misconduct10 min
- 18:07 into the first periodGaetan Duchesne · roughing2 min
- 18:07 into the first periodNeil Wilkinson · fighting5 min
- 18:07 into the first periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 18:07 into the first periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 18:07 into the first periodBob Rouse · fighting5 min
- 1:21 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · hooking2 min
- 8:21 into the second periodShane Churla · instigator2 min
- 8:21 into the second periodShane Churla · fighting5 min
- 8:21 into the second periodBasil Mcrae · misconduct10 min
- 8:21 into the second periodCalle Johansson · fighting5 min
- 12:45 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · cross checking2 min
- 19:08 into the second periodMichal Pivonka · holding2 min
- 19:53 into the second periodBasil Mcrae · instigator2 min
- 19:53 into the second periodBasil Mcrae · fighting5 min
- 19:53 into the second periodBasil Mcrae · game misconduct10 min
- 19:53 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · fighting5 min
- 9:04 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · holding2 min
- 14:07 into the third periodMark Tinordi · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Bob JoyceL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Tim BerglandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve MaltaisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Alfie TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 40Mark FernerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Dave GagnerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 37Don BarberL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 39Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Perry BerezanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Shane ChurlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 43Helmut BalderisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jon CaseyG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |