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New Jersey Devils vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Tuesday, January 1, 1991 · Capital Centre

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the New Jersey Devils 4–3 on Tuesday, January 1, 1991 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Devils 34–19.

John Druce scored twice. Nick Kypreos, Claude Lemieux, Kirk Muller, Lee Norwood and Dino Ciccarelli also scored.

Don Beaupre made 16 saves on 19 shots for the win; Chris Terreri stopped 30 of 34.

Goals
New Jersey DevilsNJD210319
Washington CapitalsWSH121434

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Team stats

NJDWSH
1934
0%0%
0/31/4
2321
00
00
00
00

Penalties

  • 5:15 into the first periodJohn Druce · holding2 min
  • 13:10 into the first periodKen Daneyko · high sticking2 min
  • 1:20 into the second periodKen Daneyko · fighting5 min
  • 1:20 into the second periodNick Kypreos · fighting5 min
  • 2:09 into the second periodDale Hunter · slashing2 min
  • 10:02 into the second periodDavid Maley · slashing2 min
  • 15:07 into the second periodBrendan Shanahan · holding2 min
  • 15:24 into the second periodLaurie Boschman · roughing2 min
  • 15:24 into the second periodMichal Pivonka · roughing2 min
  • 3:01 into the third periodDavid Maley · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  • 3:01 into the third periodAlan May · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  • 5:29 into the third periodBrendan Shanahan · roughing2 min
  • 5:29 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
  • 10:31 into the third periodPeter Bondra · holding2 min
  • 15:49 into the third periodBruce Driver · tripping2 min
  • 20:00 into the third periodClaude Lemieux · roughing2 min
  • 20:00 into the third periodClaude Lemieux · roughing2 min
  • 20:00 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
  • 20:00 into the third periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min

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