1988–89 Washington Capitals season

1988–89 Washington Capitals
Division	1st Patrick
Conference	2nd Prince of Wales
1988–89 record	41-29-10
Goals for	305
Goals against	259
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Bryan Murray
Captain	Rod Langway
Arena	Capital Centre
Team leaders
Goals	Geoff Courtnall (42)
Assists	Scott Stevens (61)
Points	Mike Ridley (89)
Penalty minutes	Scott Stevens (225)
Plus/minus	Kevin Hatcher (+19)
Wins	Pete Peeters (20)
Goals against average	Pete Peeters (2.85)

The 1988–89 Washington Capitals season was the 15th in the franchise's history. The Capitals finished 1st in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 2.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Washington Capitals	80	41	29	10	305	259	92
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	40	33	7	347	349	87
New York Rangers	80	37	35	8	310	307	82
Philadelphia Flyers	80	36	36	8	307	285	80
New Jersey Devils	80	27	41	12	281	325	66
New York Islanders	80	28	47	5	265	325	61

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 7, 1988	4–6	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	0–1–0
2	W	October 8, 1988	6–2	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	1–1–0
3	L	October 11, 1988	7–8	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	1–2–0
4	L	October 14, 1988	1–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	1–3–0
5	W	October 15, 1988	8–5	New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	2–3–0
6	L	October 19, 1988	1–5	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	2–4–0
7	L	October 21, 1988	1–4	New York Rangers (1988–89)	2–5–0
8	L	October 23, 1988	2–3	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	2–6–0
9	W	October 25, 1988	4–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	3–6–0
10	T	October 28, 1988	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	3–6–1
11	L	October 29, 1988	3–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	3–7–1
12	T	November 1, 1988	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	3–7–2
13	W	November 4, 1988	4–2	New York Islanders (1988–89)	4–7–2
14	L	November 5, 1988	3–4 OT	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	4–8–2
15	W	November 10, 1988	4–1	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	5–8–2
16	L	November 12, 1988	3–6	New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	5–9–2
17	W	November 15, 1988	4–2	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	6–9–2
18	W	November 18, 1988	3–2	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	7–9–2
19	W	November 19, 1988	3–2	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	8–9–2
20	W	November 22, 1988	4–2	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	9–9–2
21	W	November 23, 1988	7–6	New York Islanders (1988–89)	10–9–2
22	L	November 25, 1988	3–5	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	10–10–2
23	W	November 27, 1988	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	11–10–2
24	W	November 29, 1988	4–3	St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	12–10–2
25	L	November 30, 1988	4–6	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	12–11–2
26	T	December 3, 1988	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	12–11–3
27	W	December 6, 1988	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	13–11–3
28	L	December 7, 1988	1–5	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	13–12–3
29	T	December 10, 1988	0–0 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	13–12–4
30	W	December 11, 1988	6–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	14–12–4
31	W	December 13, 1988	4–1	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	15–12–4
32	L	December 15, 1988	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	15–13–4
33	W	December 17, 1988	6–3	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	16–13–4
34	L	December 19, 1988	1–3	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	16–14–4
35	W	December 21, 1988	4–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	17–14–4
36	T	December 23, 1988	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1988–89)	17–14–5
37	W	December 27, 1988	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	18–14–5
38	W	December 30, 1988	5–3	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89)	19–14–5
39	L	December 31, 1988	4–6	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	19–15–5
40	W	January 2, 1989	8–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	20–15–5
41	T	January 4, 1989	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	20–15–6
42	W	January 6, 1989	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	21–15–6
43	W	January 7, 1989	6–3	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	22–15–6
44	T	January 10, 1989	4–4 OT	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89)	22–15–7
45	W	January 11, 1989	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89)	23–15–7
46	W	January 13, 1989	5–3	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	24–15–7
47	L	January 15, 1989	3–4	Boston Bruins (1988–89)	24–16–7
48	L	January 20, 1989	5–6 OT	New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	24–17–7
49	L	January 22, 1989	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89)	24–18–7
50	T	January 24, 1989	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	24–18–8
51	W	January 26, 1989	1–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	25–18–8
52	T	January 28, 1989	4–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	25–18–9
53	T	January 30, 1989	4–4 OT	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	25–18–10
54	W	February 1, 1989	4–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1988–89)	26–18–10
55	W	February 3, 1989	1–0	Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	27–18–10
56	L	February 5, 1989	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	27–19–10
57	L	February 10, 1989	6–7 OT	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	27–20–10
58	L	February 11, 1989	1–2	Calgary Flames (1988–89)	27–21–10
59	W	February 14, 1989	5–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89)	28–21–10
60	L	February 15, 1989	4–7	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89)	28–22–10
61	W	February 17, 1989	8–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89)	29–22–10
62	L	February 19, 1989	2–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	29–23–10
63	L	February 20, 1989	2–6	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89)	29–24–10
64	W	February 22, 1989	7–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89)	30–24–10
65	L	February 28, 1989	3–4	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	30–25–10
66	W	March 3, 1989	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	31–25–10
67	W	March 5, 1989	3–0	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89)	32–25–10
68	L	March 8, 1989	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	32–26–10
69	W	March 9, 1989	7–2	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89)	33–26–10
70	W	March 11, 1989	4–2	New York Rangers (1988–89)	34–26–10
71	W	March 14, 1989	6–3	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89)	35–26–10
72	W	March 17, 1989	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89)	36–26–10
73	W	March 18, 1989	8–2	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89)	37–26–10
74	W	March 22, 1989	5–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1988–89)	38–26–10
75	W	March 24, 1989	6–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	39–26–10
76	W	March 26, 1989	3–2	New York Islanders (1988–89)	40–26–10
77	L	March 28, 1989	4–5	@ New York Islanders (1988–89)	40–27–10
78	L	March 30, 1989	4–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89)	40–28–10
79	W	April 1, 1989	6–4	New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	41–28–10
80	L	April 2, 1989	4–7	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89)	41–29–10

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ridley, MikeMike Ridley	C	80	41	48	89	49	17	16	0	9
Courtnall, GeoffGeoff Courtnall	LW	79	42	38	80	112	11	16	0	6
Gustafsson, Bengt-AkeBengt-Ake Gustafsson	RW	72	18	51	69	18	13	5	4	6
Stevens, ScottScott Stevens	D	80	7	61	68	225	1	6	0	3
Christian, DaveDave Christian	RW	80	34	31	65	12	2	16	1	1
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter	C	80	20	37	57	219	-3	9	0	3
Gartner, MikeMike Gartner	RW	56	26	29	55	71	8	6	0	1
Miller, KellyKelly Miller	LW	78	19	21	40	45	13	2	1	3
Hatcher, KevinKevin Hatcher	D	62	13	27	40	101	19	3	0	2
Murphy, LarryLarry Murphy	D	65	7	29	36	70	-5	3	0	0
Leach, StephenStephen Leach	RW	74	11	19	30	94	-4	4	0	0
Pivonka, MichalMichal Pivonka	C	52	8	19	27	30	9	1	0	1
Langway, RodRod Langway	D	76	2	19	21	65	12	0	0	0
Gould, BobbyBobby Gould	RW	75	5	13	18	65	-2	0	1	0
Franceschetti, LouLou Franceschetti	RW	63	7	10	17	123	-4	0	0	0
Ciccarelli, DinoDino Ciccarelli	RW	11	12	3	15	12	10	3	0	3
Druce, JohnJohn Druce	RW	48	8	7	15	62	7	0	0	1
Ledyard, GrantGrant Ledyard	D	61	3	11	14	43	1	1	0	1
Millar, MikeMike Millar	RW	18	6	3	9	4	-4	3	0	1
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson	D	12	1	7	8	4	1	1	0	0
Felix, ChrisChris Felix	D	21	0	8	8	8	7	0	0	0
Sheehy, NeilNeil Sheehy	D	72	3	4	7	179	-1	0	0	0
Wickenheiser, DougDoug Wickenheiser	C	16	2	5	7	4	0	1	0	0
Sundstrom, PeterPeter Sundstrom	LW	35	4	2	6	12	-5	0	0	0
Corriveau, YvonYvon Corriveau	LW	33	3	2	5	62	0	0	0	0
Houlder, BillBill Houlder	D	8	0	3	3	4	7	0	0	0
Thomson, JimJim Thomson	RW	14	2	0	2	53	-3	0	0	0
Rouse, BobBob Rouse	D	13	0	2	2	36	2	0	0	0
Carlson, KentKent Carlson	D	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Kleinendorst, ScotScot Kleinendorst	D	3	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0
Peeters, PetePete Peeters	G	35	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk	G	42	0	1	1	16	0	0	0	0
Cronin, ShawnShawn Cronin	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beaupre, DonDon Beaupre	G	11	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Peeters, PetePete Peeters	1854	33	20	7	3	88	2.85	4	790	702	.889
Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk	2428	42	16	18	7	141	3.48	1	1145	1004	.877
Beaupre, DonDon Beaupre	578	11	5	4	0	28	2.91	1	269	241	.896
Team:	4860	80	41	29	10	257	3.17	6	2204	1947	.883

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Courtnall, GeoffGeoff Courtnall	LW	6	2	5	7	12	1	0	0
Ciccarelli, DinoDino Ciccarelli	RW	6	3	3	6	12	3	0	0
Gustafsson, Bengt-AkeBengt-Ake Gustafsson	RW	4	2	3	5	6	1	0	0
Hatcher, KevinKevin Hatcher	D	6	1	4	5	20	1	0	0
Stevens, ScottScott Stevens	D	6	1	4	5	11	0	0	0
Ridley, MikeMike Ridley	C	6	0	5	5	2	0	0	0
Pivonka, MichalMichal Pivonka	C	6	3	1	4	10	0	1	0
Hunter, DaleDale Hunter	C	6	0	4	4	29	0	0	0
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson	D	6	1	2	3	0	1	0	0
Rouse, BobBob Rouse	D	6	2	0	2	4	0	0	0
Christian, DaveDave Christian	RW	6	1	1	2	0	1	0	0
Gould, BobbyBobby Gould	RW	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Franceschetti, LouLou Franceschetti	RW	6	1	0	1	8	0	0	1
Leach, StephenStephen Leach	RW	6	1	0	1	12	1	0	0
Miller, KellyKelly Miller	LW	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	1
Felix, ChrisChris Felix	D	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Corriveau, YvonYvon Corriveau	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Druce, JohnJohn Druce	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wickenheiser, DougDoug Wickenheiser	C	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Langway, RodRod Langway	D	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Sheehy, NeilNeil Sheehy	D	6	0	0	0	19	0	0	0
Peeters, PetePete Peeters	G	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Peeters, PetePete Peeters	359	6	2	4	24	4.01	0	164	140	.854
Team:	359	6	2	4	24	4.01	0	164	140	.854

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals

MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts; SA=Shots Against; SV=Shots saved; SV% = Save Percentage

Awards and Records

• The Capitals did not win any awards this season.

See Also

• 1988-89 NHL season