Washington Capitals vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Playoffs · Friday, April 19, 1991 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 7–6 in overtime on Friday, April 19, 1991 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Capitals 43–42.
Mark Recchi scored twice, Kevin Stevens scored twice and Dino Ciccarelli scored twice. Dale Hunter, Phil Bourque, Joe Mullen, John Druce, Mike Ridley, Calle Johansson and Randy Gilhen also scored.
Frank Pietrangelo made 36 saves on 42 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 17 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Dale Hunter (1)Dave Tippett (3), Dino Ciccarelli (3)1–012:42 WSH
Phil Bourque (2)Mark Recchi (11), Mario Lemieux (6)1–113:59 PIT
Joe Mullen (2)Kevin Stevens (7), Larry Murphy (1)1–218:11 PIT
2nd period
Mark Recchi (3)Paul Coffey (4), Mario Lemieux (7)1–300:35 PIT · 
John Druce (1)Michal Pivonka (2), Dale Hunter (7)2–303:46 WSH · - Mark Recchi (4)Paul Coffey (5), Mario Lemieux (8)2–405:51 PIT ·
Mike Ridley (3)Calle Johansson (4)3–411:36 WSH · 
Kevin Stevens (4)Paul Coffey (6), Paul Stanton (1)3–513:35 PIT
3rd period
Dino Ciccarelli (3)Kevin Hatcher (3), Calle Johansson (5)4–502:17 WSH · - Dino Ciccarelli (4)Calle Johansson (6), Dmitri Khristich (3)5–508:05 WSH
Calle Johansson (2)Dale Hunter (8), Stephen Leach (2)6–510:26 WSH
Randy Gilhen (1)Mark Recchi (12), Paul Coffey (7)6–615:25 PIT
Overtime
- Kevin Stevens (5)Ron Francis (3), Joe Mullen (2)6–708:10 PIT
Team stats
WSHPIT
4243
0%0%
3/62/6
2323
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:00 into the first period
Kevin Stevens · roughing2 min - 6:46 into the first periodJiri Hrdina · cross checking2 min
- 8:42 into the first period
Al Iafrate · roughing2 min - 13:09 into the first periodBob Errey · roughing2 min
- 13:09 into the first periodCalle Johansson · roughing2 min
- 13:59 into the first periodMike Lalor · roughing2 min
- 18:39 into the first periodDave Tippett · holding2 min
- 1:56 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 4:21 into the second periodNick Kypreos · charging2 min
- 7:33 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 9:59 into the second periodBryan Trottier · holding2 min
- 11:21 into the second periodBob Errey · roughing2 min
- 11:21 into the second periodAl Iafrate · roughing2 min
- 15:06 into the second periodBob Errey · charging2 min
- 17:10 into the second periodAl Iafrate · hooking2 min
- 1:00 into the third periodStephen Leach · roughing2 min
- 1:22 into the third periodBryan Trottier · fighting5 min
- 1:22 into the third periodDale Hunter · fighting5 min
- 2:02 into the third periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 8:17 into the third periodGordie Roberts · elbowing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 11 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Dave TippettL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 9Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Tim BerglandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Ken SabourinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 34Al IafrateD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 19 | 2 | .895 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 24 | 5 | .792 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 8Mark RecchiR | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 9 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy GilhenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Paul StantonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 38Jiri HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bruce RacineG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | W | 42 | 6 | .857 |