Washington Capitals vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 23, 1991 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-5 on Wednesday, October 23, 1991 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Capitals 33-30.
Kelly Buchberger scored twice and Dino Ciccarelli scored twice. Joe Murphy, Josef Beranek, Michal Pivonka, Peter Bondra, Randy Burridge, Esa Tikkanen and Dmitri Khristich also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Joe Murphy (5)Craig Simpson (2), Dave Manson (1)0–103:39 EDM · PPG
Kelly Buchberger (4)Dave Manson (2), Mark Lamb (2)0–208:27 EDM- Kelly Buchberger (5)Mark Lamb (3), Dave Manson (3)0–317:33 EDM
2nd period
Josef Beranek (3)Bill Ranford (1)0–402:18 EDM
Michal Pivonka (4)John Druce (1), Sylvain Cote (2)1–409:42 WSH
Dino Ciccarelli (4)Dale Hunter (12)2–413:21 WSH
Peter Bondra (6)Todd Krygier (6), Kevin Hatcher (5)3–417:20 WSH
3rd period
Randy Burridge (3)Dale Hunter (13), Dino Ciccarelli (3)4–402:00 WSH- Dino Ciccarelli (5)Dale Hunter (14), Randy Burridge (9)5–408:11 WSH
Esa Tikkanen (3)Vincent Damphousse (5), Craig Simpson (3)5–510:58 EDM · PPG
Dmitri Khristich (6)Randy Burridge (10), Dale Hunter (15)6–517:52 WSH · PPG
Team stats
WSHEDM
30Shots on goal33
0%Faceoff %0%
1/5Power play2/5
17Penalty minutes17
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:49
Mike Lalor · interference2 min - 1st 03:56John Druce · holding2 min
- 1st 14:47
Geoff Smith · interference2 min - 1st 18:02Peter Bondra · interference2 min
- 2nd 02:45Jeff Beukeboom · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 06:34Luke Richardson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 06:34Alan May · roughing2 min
- 2nd 13:54Mark Lamb · closing hand on puck2 min
- 2nd 14:28Craig Muni · interference2 min
- 2nd 18:12Sylvain Cote · slashing2 min
- 3rd 02:32Scott Mellanby · fighting5 min
- 3rd 02:32Mike Lalor · fighting5 min
- 3rd 10:02Mike Ridley · interference2 min
- 3rd 17:43Craig Muni · tripping2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.