Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Playoffs · Friday, April 27, 1990 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 2–1 in overtime on Friday, April 27, 1990 at Madison Square Garden. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 34–29.
Goals came from Kelly Miller, Normand Rochefort and John Druce.
Mike Liut made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 32 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Kelly Miller (2)John Tucker (6), Rod Langway (4)1–003:16 WSH
3rd period
Normand Rochefort (2)Unassisted1–101:47 NYR
Overtime
John Druce (12)Geoff Courtnall (8), John Tucker (7)2–106:48 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYR
3429
0%0%
0/60/5
3133
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:12 into the first period
Normand Rochefort · holding2 min - 7:58 into the first period
Kevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min - 18:42 into the first periodLindy Ruff · roughing2 min
- 18:42 into the first periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
- 5:52 into the second periodKris King · tripping2 min
- 8:46 into the second periodRon Greschner · hooking2 min
- 8:46 into the second periodTroy Mallette · fighting5 min
- 8:46 into the second periodTroy Mallette · misconduct10 min
- 8:46 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · high sticking2 min
- 8:46 into the second periodNick Kypreos · roughing2 min
- 8:46 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · fighting5 min
- 8:46 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · misconduct10 min
- 15:29 into the second periodScott Stevens · hooking2 min
- 17:19 into the second periodRod Langway · delaying game2 min
- 2:10 into the third periodKris King · elbowing2 min
- 5:46 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · tripping2 min
- 7:02 into the third periodNormand Rochefort · cross checking2 min
- 8:52 into the third periodRon Greschner · roughing2 min
- 8:52 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 18:06 into the third periodBrian Mullen · tripping2 min
- 18:37 into the third periodJohn Druce · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 12John TuckerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Tim BerglandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 23Rob MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Bob JoyceL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |
| 35Jim HrivnakG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 5Normand RochefortD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Carey WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Troy MalletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 37Paul BrotenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 44Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 34 | 2 | .941 |
| 35Mike RichterG | 0 | 0 | – |