Pittsburgh Penguins vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, December 26, 1990 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 7–3 on Wednesday, December 26, 1990 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 27–22.
Paul Coffey scored twice. Bryan Trottier, Barry Pederson, Zarley Zalapski, Dale Hunter, Stephen Leach, Jaromir Jagr, Alan May and Peter Taglianetti also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 1 of 5.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Coffey (15)Phil Bourque (6), Tony Tanti (11)1–006:07 PIT- Paul Coffey (16)Randy Gilhen (4), Jaromir Jagr (8)2–006:46 PIT
Bryan Trottier (5)Scott Young (10), Zarley Zalapski (23)3–007:48 PIT
Barry Pederson (5)Kevin Stevens (22), Joe Mullen (18)4–008:23 PIT
Zarley Zalapski (9)Joe Mullen (19)5–012:04 PIT · 
Dale Hunter (9)Michal Pivonka (25), John Druce (16)5–114:21 WSH ·
2nd period
Stephen Leach (8)Peter Zezel (5), John Druce (17)5–209:31 WSH
Jaromir Jagr (10)Randy Gilhen (5), Bob Errey (5)6–210:14 PIT
3rd period
Alan May (3)Bob Rouse (11), Dale Hunter (18)6–305:41 WSH
Peter Taglianetti (1)Jaromir Jagr (9)7–307:00 PIT
Team stats
PITWSH
2227
0%0%
1/31/5
218
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:15 into the first period
Alan May · elbowing2 min - 12:24 into the first period
Larry Murphy · hooking2 min - 17:37 into the first periodAlan May · cross checking2 min
- 5:58 into the second periodTony Tanti · interference2 min
- 12:22 into the second periodPhil Bourque · holding2 min
- 11:37 into the third periodMike Lalor · cross checking2 min
- 15:30 into the third periodBob Errey · high sticking5 min
- 15:30 into the third periodBob Errey · game misconduct10 min
- 16:25 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · interference2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy GilhenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 33Zarley ZalapskiD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Barry PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Scott YoungR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Peter TaglianettiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11John CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Paul StantonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wendell YoungG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |
Washington Capitals
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Bob RouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 29Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 37Kenneth LovsinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 5 | 4 | .200 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 17 | 3 | .824 |