New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 28, 1990 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Friday, December 28, 1990 at Capital Centre. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 31–21.
Goals came from Peter Zezel, James Patrick, Ray Sheppard, Normand Rochefort, Bernie Nicholls, Dmitri Khristich, Kevin Miller and Alan May.
Mike Richter made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Don Beaupre stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Zezel (7)Mikhail Tatarinov (12), Mike Ridley (19)0–102:47 WSH · 
James Patrick (7)Brian Leetch (39), Darren Turcotte (24)1–105:14 NYR · 
Ray Sheppard (17)Jody Hull (4), Kevin Miller (18)2–112:32 NYR
2nd period
Normand Rochefort (2)Kelly Kisio (5)3–111:42 NYR
Bernie Nicholls (16)Mike Gartner (6), Darren Turcotte (25)4–115:46 NYR ·
3rd period
Dmitri Khristich (1)Dino Ciccarelli (9), Mike Ridley (20)4–202:41 WSH
Kevin Miller (8)Unassisted5–214:06 NYR
Alan May (4)Nick Kypreos (3), Calle Johansson (17)5–314:49 WSH
Team stats
NYRWSH
3121
0%0%
2/51/3
2731
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:33 into the first period
Troy Mallette · fighting5 min - 0:33 into the first periodBernie Nicholls · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 0:33 into the first periodBernie Nicholls · misconduct10 min
- 0:33 into the first period
Dino Ciccarelli · slashing2 min - 0:33 into the first periodDino Ciccarelli · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 0:33 into the first periodMike Lalor · fighting5 min
- 1:31 into the first periodKelly Kisio · tripping2 min
- 4:09 into the first periodKris King · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:09 into the first periodDale Hunter · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:09 into the first periodAlan May · elbowing2 min
- 4:09 into the first periodAlan May · misconduct10 min
- 8:34 into the first periodTroy Mallette · high sticking2 min
- 8:34 into the first periodNick Kypreos · slashing2 min
- 8:43 into the first periodNormand Rochefort · hooking2 min
- 12:49 into the second periodAlan May · cross checking2 min
- 14:48 into the second periodMike Lalor · roughing2 min
- 16:50 into the second periodNormand Rochefort · tripping2 min
- 7:53 into the third periodDmitri Khristich · interference2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Kevin MillerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Jody HullR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Troy MalletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Tie DomiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 21 | 3 | .857 |
Washington Capitals
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Nick KypreosL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Dmitri KhristichR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Mikhail TatarinovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |