Quebec Nordiques vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, December 17, 1991 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Quebec Nordiques 3–1 on Tuesday, December 17, 1991 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Nordiques 32–24.
Dino Ciccarelli scored twice. Mats Sundin and Dale Hunter also scored.
Don Beaupre made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Ron Tugnutt stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
2nd period
Mats Sundin (10)Doug Smail (9), Claude Lapointe (6)1–006:42 QUE
Dino Ciccarelli (18)Sylvain Cote (11), Randy Burridge (29)1–109:02 WSH · 
Dale Hunter (9)Kevin Hatcher (16), Calle Johansson (22)1–211:25 WSH · - Dino Ciccarelli (19)Randy Burridge (30), Al Iafrate (15)1–316:54 WSH ·
Team stats
QUEWSH
2432
0%0%
0/53/8
4427
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:54 into the first period
Joe Sakic · hooking2 min - 10:14 into the first period
Calle Johansson · hooking2 min - 15:47 into the first periodTony Twist · fighting5 min
- 15:47 into the first periodAlan May · instigator2 min
- 15:47 into the first periodAlan May · fighting5 min
- 0:22 into the second periodClaude Lapointe · tripping2 min
- 2:49 into the second periodAl Iafrate · slashing2 min
- 7:11 into the second periodMike Hough · hooking2 min
- 11:20 into the second periodMike Hough · tripping2 min
- 12:19 into the second periodSteven Finn · fighting5 min
- 12:19 into the second periodSteven Finn · spearing5 min
- 12:19 into the second periodSteven Finn · game misconduct10 min
- 12:19 into the second periodAlan May · fighting5 min
- 19:09 into the second periodStephane Morin · roughing2 min
- 19:09 into the second periodAl Iafrate · roughing2 min
- 19:09 into the second periodAl Iafrate · roughing2 min
- 2:56 into the third periodTony Twist · roughing2 min
- 2:56 into the third periodTony Twist · fighting5 min
- 2:56 into the third periodNick Kypreos · fighting5 min
- 16:48 into the third periodMats Sundin · hooking2 min
- 19:18 into the third periodTodd Krygier · holding2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 13Mats SundinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 41Doug SmailL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 47Claude LapointeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Marc FortierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Herb RaglanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Tony TwistL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg PaslawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Stephane MorinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Jamie BakerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Mikhail TatarinovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Alexei GusarovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 50Dan LambertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ron TugnuttG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 32Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 18Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 34Al IafrateD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Ken SabourinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |