Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 17, 1991 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 on Wednesday, April 17, 1991 at Civic Arena. The Capitals outshot the Penguins 31–26.
Goals came from Larry Murphy, Calle Johansson, Mario Lemieux, Kevin Hatcher, Al Iafrate and Kelly Miller.
Don Beaupre made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Frank Pietrangelo stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Larry Murphy (2)Mark Recchi (10), Paul Coffey (3)0–117:45 PIT ·
2nd period
Calle Johansson (1)Kevin Hatcher (2)1–106:07 WSH · 
Mario Lemieux (4)Phil Bourque (3), Kevin Stevens (6)1–213:09 PIT ·
3rd period
Kevin Hatcher (3)Calle Johansson (3), Michal Pivonka (1)2–201:37 WSH · 
Al Iafrate (1)Dmitri Khristich (2), Mike Ridley (3)3–215:31 WSH
Kelly Miller (4)Mike Ridley (4), Rod Langway (2)4–219:10 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHPIT
3126
0%0%
2/42/3
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:47 into the first period
Mark Recchi · charging2 min - 4:26 into the first periodRon Francis · roughing2 min
- 4:26 into the first period
Dale Hunter · roughing2 min - 7:09 into the first periodBob Errey · elbowing2 min
- 7:09 into the first periodAl Iafrate · roughing2 min
- 17:09 into the first periodMike Lalor · high sticking2 min
- 3:19 into the second periodRod Langway · high sticking2 min
- 5:40 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · hooking2 min
- 11:58 into the second periodMichal Pivonka · slashing2 min
- 14:12 into the second periodPeter Taglianetti · roughing2 min
- 1:16 into the third periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 34Al IafrateD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Tim BerglandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Ken SabourinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 34Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Jiri HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Paul StantonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Peter TaglianettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bruce RacineG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |