Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, December 17, 1990 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Monday, December 17, 1990 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 31–29.
John Ogrodnick scored twice. Dino Ciccarelli, Calle Johansson, Kelly Miller, Kelly Kisio, Bernie Nicholls and Ray Sheppard also scored.
Mike Richter made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Dino Ciccarelli (6)Bob Joyce (2), Rod Langway (3)1–009:10 WSH
John Ogrodnick (16)Kelly Kisio (3), Brian Mullen (23)1–115:59 NYR
Calle Johansson (5)Mike Ridley (16), Peter Bondra (12)2–119:25 WSH ·
2nd period
Kelly Miller (7)Bob Rouse (10), Dino Ciccarelli (7)3–112:17 WSH
Kelly Kisio (4)James Patrick (19), Brian Leetch (34)3–215:01 NYR · 
Bernie Nicholls (14)Mike Gartner (5), Mark Hardy (4)3–319:47 NYR
3rd period
Ray Sheppard (14)Bernie Nicholls (24), Brian Leetch (35)3–404:45 NYR · - John Ogrodnick (17)Brian Mullen (24), Kelly Kisio (4)3–515:16 NYR
Team stats
WSHNYR
2931
0%0%
1/52/4
2325
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:33 into the first period
Kris King · roughing2 min - 1:33 into the first periodDarren Turcotte · holding2 min
- 1:33 into the first period
Bob Joyce · roughing2 min - 7:41 into the first periodTroy Mallette · slashing2 min
- 7:41 into the first periodDale Hunter · interference2 min
- 9:57 into the first periodMark Janssens · fighting5 min
- 9:57 into the first periodRandy Moller · elbowing2 min
- 9:57 into the first periodNick Kypreos · roughing2 min
- 9:57 into the first periodNick Kypreos · fighting5 min
- 10:40 into the first periodDino Ciccarelli · high sticking2 min
- 13:56 into the first periodDale Hunter · holding2 min
- 17:52 into the first periodBrian Leetch · tripping2 min
- 3:22 into the second periodDarren Turcotte · roughing2 min
- 3:22 into the second periodMikhail Tatarinov · holding2 min
- 7:52 into the second periodMark Janssens · elbowing2 min
- 7:52 into the second periodBob Rouse · slashing2 min
- 13:55 into the second periodTim Bergland · interference2 min
- 17:17 into the second periodDavid Shaw · interference2 min
- 2:49 into the third periodDale Hunter · interference2 min
- 9:17 into the third periodRandy Moller · hooking2 min
- 15:48 into the third periodJames Patrick · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Bob JoyceL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 8Bob RouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Tim BerglandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 3Mikhail TatarinovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 11Kelly KisioC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 15Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Troy MalletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Tie DomiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |