New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 7, 1990 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 5–2 on Friday, December 7, 1990 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Devils 33–29.
Mike Ridley scored a hat trick. Pat Conacher, Dino Ciccarelli, Peter Bondra and Allan Stewart also scored.
Don Beaupre made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Pat Conacher (4)Jon Morris (11), Doug Brown (6)1–013:02 NJD
2nd period
Dino Ciccarelli (2)Mikhail Tatarinov (6), Dale Hunter (17)1–106:08 WSH
Peter Bondra (10)Mikhail Tatarinov (7), Calle Johansson (15)1–215:41 WSH · 
Mike Ridley (7)Unassisted1–317:18 WSH ·
3rd period
Allan Stewart (4)Laurie Boschman (7), Eric Weinrich (12)2–306:28 NJD- Mike Ridley (8)Kelly Miller (10)2–409:47 WSH ·
- Mike Ridley (9)Mikhail Tatarinov (8)2–517:00 WSH ·
Team stats
NJDWSH
2933
0%0%
0/42/6
1612
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:37 into the first period
Allan Stewart · slashing2 min - 18:53 into the first periodBrendan Shanahan · roughing2 min
- 18:53 into the first period
Michal Pivonka · roughing2 min - 2:36 into the second periodTommy Albelin · high sticking2 min
- 11:44 into the second periodCalle Johansson · tripping2 min
- 13:51 into the second periodJohn MacLean · hooking2 min
- 16:53 into the second periodMichal Pivonka · holding2 min
- 6:50 into the third periodSteve Maltais · interference2 min
- 9:17 into the third periodBob Rouse · holding2 min
- 12:06 into the third periodLee Norwood · slashing2 min
- 14:38 into the third periodKen Daneyko · high sticking2 min
- 16:11 into the third periodSean Burke · roughing2 min
- 16:11 into the third periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
- 16:11 into the third periodMichal Pivonka · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 10Allan StewartL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Jon MorrisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 25Troy CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Alexei KasatonovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 31Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 17Mike RidleyC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 3Mikhail TatarinovD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Steve MaltaisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Bob JoyceL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Alfie TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |