New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Thursday, December 26, 1991 · Capital Centre

8–6

46–25

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Washington Capitals 8–6 on Thursday, December 26, 1991 at Capital Centre. The Rangers outshot the Capitals 46–25.

Dmitri Khristich scored twice and Michal Pivonka scored a hat trick. Mark Messier, Randy Burridge, John Ogrodnick, Joey Kocur, Darren Turcotte, Paul Broten, Kris King, Mike Gartner and Sergei Nemchinov also scored.

Goals
NYR	2	1	5	8	46
WSH	6	0	0	6	25

Scoring

1st period

Dmitri Khristich (17)Rod Langway (5), Alan May (3)0–100:27 WSH
Mark Messier (16)Tony Amonte (13), Adam Graves (12)1–106:21 NYR
Dmitri Khristich (18)Dale Hunter (26), Calle Johansson (23)1–210:05 WSH ·
Michal Pivonka (12)Dino Ciccarelli (18), Mike Ridley (22)1–313:37 WSH ·
Randy Burridge (14)Dino Ciccarelli (19), Dale Hunter (27)1–413:58 WSH ·
Michal Pivonka (13)Dmitri Khristich (17), Peter Bondra (13)1–515:08 WSH
Michal Pivonka (14)Randy Burridge (33)1–618:51 WSH ·
John Ogrodnick (12)Mark Messier (31), Brian Leetch (39)2–619:59 NYR

2nd period

Joey Kocur (6)Sergei Nemchinov (6), Mark Hardy (5)3–607:47 NYR

3rd period

Darren Turcotte (11)Mike Gartner (17), Randy Moller (5)4–602:10 NYR
Paul Broten (5)Darren Turcotte (11)5–605:41 NYR ·
Kris King (5)Brian Leetch (40)6–611:07 NYR
Mike Gartner (21)Adam Graves (13), Mark Messier (32)7–612:07 NYR
Sergei Nemchinov (17)Unassisted8–619:24 NYR ·

Team stats

NYRWSH

4625

0%0%

0/53/9

2510

Penalties

2:17 into the first periodSergei Nemchinov · slashing2 min
8:04 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · high sticking2 min
9:25 into the first periodJoe Cirella · slashing5 min
9:25 into the first periodJoe Cirella · game misconduct10 min
17:58 into the first periodNick Kypreos · slashing2 min
10:18 into the second periodTodd Krygier · holding2 min
13:35 into the second periodJoey Kocur · roughing2 min
14:07 into the second periodRandy Burridge · high sticking double minor4 min
15:30 into the second periodBench · delaying game2 min
17:36 into the second periodRandy Moller · holding2 min
5:18 into the third periodAdam Graves · tripping2 min

Game summary

Scoring

Team stats

Penalties

Season series