New York Rangers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 4, 1992 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the New York Rangers 8–4 on Friday, December 4, 1992 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Rangers 39–37.
Sylvain Cote scored twice and Kevin Hatcher scored twice. Paul Cavallini, Dmitri Khristich, Joe Cirella, Al Iafrate, Adam Graves, Pat Elynuik, Tony Amonte and Darren Turcotte also scored.
Don Beaupre made 33 saves on 37 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Cavallini (2)Dale Hunter (14), Shawn Anderson (6)0–102:24 WSH
Sylvain Cote (8)Calle Johansson (14), Peter Bondra (13)0–214:42 WSH · 
Dmitri Khristich (2)Michal Pivonka (8), Kevin Hatcher (12)0–315:05 WSH
2nd period
- Sylvain Cote (9)Unassisted0–404:08 WSH
Joe Cirella (1)Randy Gilhen (2)1–407:52 NYR · 
Kevin Hatcher (6)Michal Pivonka (9), Calle Johansson (15)1–508:49 WSH · 
Al Iafrate (6)Don Beaupre (1), Kevin Hatcher (13)1–615:05 WSH ·
3rd period
- Kevin Hatcher (7)Pat Elynuik (12), Dale Hunter (15)1–705:27 WSH
Adam Graves (10)Sergei Nemchinov (11), Jay Wells (4)2–708:33 NYR
Pat Elynuik (6)Mike Ridley (16), Peter Bondra (14)2–814:43 WSH · 
Tony Amonte (13)Mark Messier (29)3–818:23 NYR
Darren Turcotte (14)Paul Broten (6), Mark Hardy (6)4–818:37 NYR
Team stats
NYRWSH
3739
0%0%
0/54/11
4919
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:56 into the first period
Jay Wells · cross checking2 min - 7:13 into the first period
Bobby Carpenter · holding the stick2 min - 10:57 into the first periodAdam Graves · tripping2 min
- 12:50 into the first periodPaul Broten · tripping2 min
- 12:59 into the first periodJay Wells · cross checking2 min
- 18:25 into the first periodKeith Jones · interference2 min
- 5:00 into the second periodMark Hardy · elbowing2 min
- 5:00 into the second periodMark Hardy · roughing2 min
- 5:42 into the second periodPeter Bondra · interference2 min
- 9:28 into the second periodBrian Leetch · hooking2 min
- 11:21 into the second periodDale Hunter · holding2 min
- 13:12 into the second periodMark Hardy · hooking2 min
- 16:01 into the second periodKelly Miller · hooking2 min
- 19:01 into the second periodTie Domi · roughing2 min
- 2:05 into the third periodMike Ridley · hooking2 min
- 6:13 into the third periodMike Hurlbut · slashing2 min
- 8:33 into the third periodJay Wells · roughing2 min
- 8:33 into the third periodShawn Anderson · roughing2 min
- 12:02 into the third periodJoe Cirella · fighting5 min
- 12:02 into the third periodTie Domi · misconduct10 min
- 12:02 into the third periodTie Domi · game misconduct10 min
- 12:02 into the third periodAlan May · fighting5 min
- 13:41 into the third periodJoey Kocur · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Adam GravesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 13Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Randy GilhenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Tony AmonteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 37Paul BrotenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Joe CirellaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Tie DomiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Mike HurlbutD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |
| 35Mike RichterG | 14 | 3 | .786 |
Washington Capitals
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Pat ElynuikR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dmitri KhristichR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Paul CavalliniD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Al IafrateD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 36Shawn AndersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Alan MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Keith JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Don BeaupreG | W | 37 | 4 | .892 |
| 39Jim HrivnakG | 0 | 0 | – |