Washington Capitals vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, January 31, 1991 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 4–3 in overtime on Thursday, January 31, 1991 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Islanders 29–23.
Derek King scored twice. Stephen Leach, Dino Ciccarelli, Brent Sutter, Mikhail Tatarinov and Dale Hunter also scored.
Don Beaupre made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Jeff Hackett stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Stephen Leach (9)Dmitri Khristich (4)1–008:01 WSH
2nd period
Derek King (14)Gary Nylund (11), Brent Sutter (21)1–100:30 NYI- Derek King (15)Patrick Flatley (23), Brent Sutter (22)1–216:20 NYI
3rd period
Dino Ciccarelli (14)Mike Ridley (34), Kelly Miller (16)2–202:49 WSH
Brent Sutter (19)Patrick Flatley (24), Derek King (17)2–311:57 NYI
Mikhail Tatarinov (4)Kelly Miller (17), Mike Ridley (35)3–316:50 WSH
Overtime
Dale Hunter (11)John Druce (19), Michal Pivonka (31)4–301:44 WSH
Team stats
WSHNYI
2923
0%0%
0/30/4
3250
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:23 into the first period
Ken Baumgartner · fighting5 min - 5:23 into the first periodKen Baumgartner · misconduct10 min
- 5:23 into the first periodMick Vukota · instigator2 min
- 5:23 into the first periodMick Vukota · fighting5 min
- 5:23 into the first periodMick Vukota · misconduct10 min
- 5:23 into the first periodMick Vukota · game misconduct10 min
- 5:23 into the first period
John Kordic · fighting5 min - 5:23 into the first periodAlan May · fighting5 min
- 5:23 into the first periodAlan May · misconduct10 min
- 12:52 into the first periodStephen Leach · roughing2 min
- 16:33 into the first periodRandy Wood · roughing2 min
- 16:33 into the first periodDale Hunter · roughing2 min
- 3:56 into the second periodKen Baumgartner · roughing2 min
- 3:56 into the second periodAlan May · charging2 min
- 3:56 into the second periodAlan May · roughing2 min
- 6:58 into the second periodRay Ferraro · tripping2 min
- 10:08 into the second periodNick Kypreos · charging2 min
- 11:14 into the second periodWayne Mcbean · cross checking2 min
- 17:09 into the second periodDmitri Khristich · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 29Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Mikhail TatarinovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 9Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Ken SabourinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Al IafrateD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |
New York Islanders
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 36Gary NylundD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 24Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25David VolekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 33Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 37Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Wayne McbeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jeff HackettG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 35Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – |