1988–89 Washington Capitals season

The 1988-89 Washington Capitals season saw the team finish in first place in the Patrick Division with a 41-29-10 record for 92 points. However, they lost their first-round playoff match-up to the Philadelphia Flyers, four games to two.

Regular season

The Capitals tied the St. Louis Blues for most shutouts in the league, with 6.^[1]

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

^[2]Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

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 statistics

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
Malarchuk, ClintClint Malarchuk	G	42	0	1	1	16	0	0	0	0
Peeters, PetePete Peeters	G	35	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Beaupre, DonDon Beaupre	G	11	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Cronin, ShawnShawn Cronin	D	1	0	0	0	0	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
Langway, RodRod Langway	D	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Peeters, PetePete Peeters	G	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Sheehy, NeilNeil Sheehy	D	6	0	0	0	19	0	0	0
Wickenheiser, DougDoug Wickenheiser	C	5	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

^[3]

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;

References

↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1989_games.html
↑ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
↑ "1988-89 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-01.

Washington Capitals seasons

1970s	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Washington Capitals

Founded in 1974 Based in Washington, D.C.

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	1974 NHL Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owners Monumental Sports & Entertainment (Ted Leonsis, chairman) General manager Brian MacLellan Head coach Barry Trotz Team captain Alexander Ovechkin Current roster

Arenas	Capital Centre Verizon Center Kettler Capitals Iceplex (practice facility)

Affiliates	AHL Hershey Bears ECHL Reading Royals

General managers	Schmidt McNab Crozier Poile McPhee MacLellan

Head coaches	Anderson Sullivan Schmidt McVie Belisle Green Crozier B. Murray T. Murray Schoenfeld Wilson Cassidy Hanlon Boudreau Hunter Oates Trotz

Media	TV CSN Mid-Atlantic Radio WFED WJFK

Culture/Lore	Easter Epic 2011 NHL Winter Classic 2015 NHL Winter Classic

1988–89 NHL season

Patrick	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Adams	Boston Buffalo Hartford Montreal Quebec

Norris	Chicago Detroit Minnesota St. Louis Toronto

Smythe	Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles Vancouver Winnipeg

See also	Entry Draft Supplemental Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals