Washington Capitals vs New Jersey Devils

Playoffs · Thursday, April 5, 1990 · Brendan Byrne Arena

5–4

24–30

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5–4 in overtime on Thursday, April 5, 1990 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Capitals 30–24.

Dino Ciccarelli scored a hat trick. Bruce Driver, Pat Conacher, Dale Hunter, John Druce, John MacLean and Peter Stastny also scored.

Goals
WSH	2	2	0	1	5	24
NJD	1	1	2	0	4	30

Scoring

1st period

Dino Ciccarelli (1)Michal Pivonka (1)1–001:23 WSH
Dino Ciccarelli (2)Mike Ridley (1), Scott Stevens (1)2–001:47 WSH
Bruce Driver (1)Peter Stastny (1), Kirk Muller (1)2–109:14 NJD

2nd period

Pat Conacher (1)Doug Brown (1)2–208:02 NJD
Dale Hunter (1)Kevin Hatcher (1), Geoff Courtnall (1)3–208:12 WSH
John Druce (1)Michal Pivonka (2), Dino Ciccarelli (1)4–211:01 WSH ·

3rd period

John MacLean (1)Patrik Sundstrom (1)4–301:45 NJD ·
Peter Stastny (1)Alexei Kasatonov (1), Viacheslav Fetisov (1)4–408:37 NJD ·

Overtime

Dino Ciccarelli (3)Kevin Hatcher (2)5–405:34 WSH

Team stats

WSHNJD

2430

0%0%

1/61/7

6172

Penalties

2:53 into the first periodRandy Velischek · holding2 min
7:33 into the first periodJamie Huscroft · roughing2 min
7:33 into the first periodDavid Maley · roughing2 min
7:33 into the first periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
7:33 into the first periodNeil Sheehy · roughing2 min
10:17 into the first periodJohn MacLean · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
10:17 into the first periodKirk Muller · fighting5 min
10:17 into the first periodGeoff Courtnall · fighting5 min
10:17 into the first periodBob Rouse · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
13:41 into the first periodJohn MacLean · slashing2 min
13:41 into the first periodJohn Druce · hooking2 min
13:41 into the first periodJohn Druce · roughing2 min
15:38 into the first periodKelly Miller · holding2 min
16:36 into the first periodEric Weinrich · hooking2 min
17:10 into the first periodJon Morris · high sticking5 min
17:10 into the first periodJon Morris · game misconduct10 min
7:21 into the second periodDavid Maley · high sticking2 min
7:21 into the second periodAlan May · high sticking2 min
8:21 into the second periodEric Weinrich · high sticking5 min
8:21 into the second periodEric Weinrich · game misconduct10 min
13:37 into the second periodJamie Huscroft · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
13:37 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
14:43 into the second periodKelly Miller · hooking2 min
1:30 into the third periodKen Daneyko · fighting5 min
1:30 into the third periodDavid Maley · roughing2 min
1:30 into the third periodDavid Maley · misconduct10 min
1:30 into the third periodJohn Druce · fighting5 min
1:30 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · misconduct10 min
2:30 into the third periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
6:05 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · high sticking5 min
6:05 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · game misconduct10 min
17:35 into the third periodJohn MacLean · high sticking2 min
17:35 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · roughing2 min
17:35 into the third periodDale Hunter · holding2 min
0:45 into overtimeDavid Maley · roughing2 min
0:45 into overtimeDale Hunter · roughing2 min

Game summary

Scoring

Team stats

Penalties

Season series