1988-89 Washington Capitals Statistics
Team Record: 41-29-10 - 92 points
Finishing 1st in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 4-2
Coach: Bryan Murray (41-29-10)
Location: Landover, Maryland
1988-89 Washington Capitals Results
The Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League ended the 1988-89 season with a record of 41 wins and 29 losses and 10 ties for 92 points, finishing first in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
The Capitals scored 305 goals and gave up 259. Geoff Courtnall netted 42 goals for Washington, while Mike Ridley and Dave Christian tallied 30 or more, too. Scott Stevens contributed 61 assists. Pete Peeters topped the squad with 20 wins, and Clint Malarchuk added 15 or more victories also. Pete Peeters recorded a 2.85 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Bryan Murray coached the team. The 1988-89 Washington Capitals lost in the NHL division semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Ridley | C | 80 | 41 | 48 | 89 | 49 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 187 | 21.9 |
| Geoff Courtnall | L | 79 | 42 | 38 | 80 | 112 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 239 | 17.6 |
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | R | 72 | 18 | 51 | 69 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 107 | 16.8 |
| Scott Stevens | D | 80 | 7 | 61 | 68 | 225 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 195 | 3.6 |
| Dave Christian | R | 80 | 34 | 31 | 65 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 177 | 19.2 |
| Dale Hunter | C | 80 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 219 | -3 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 138 | 14.5 |
| Mike Gartner | R | 56 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 71 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 190 | 13.7 |
| Kelly Miller | L | 78 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 121 | 15.7 |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 62 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 101 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 148 | 8.8 |
| Larry Murphy | D | 65 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 70 | -5 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 5.4 |
| Stephen Leach | R | 74 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 94 | -4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 7.6 |
| Michal Pivonka | C | 52 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 11.0 |
| Rod Langway | D | 76 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2.5 |
| Bobby Gould | R | 75 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 65 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 5.5 |
| Lou Franceschetti | R | 63 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 123 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 12.7 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | R | 11 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 30.8 |
| John Druce | R | 48 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 13.6 |
| Grant Ledyard | D | 61 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 3.7 |
| Mike Millar | R | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | -4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 16.2 |
| Calle Johansson | D | 12 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Chris Felix | D | 21 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 |
| Neil Sheehy | D | 72 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 179 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13.6 |
| Doug Wickenheiser | C | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6.9 |
| Peter Sundstrom | L | 35 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 10.3 |
| Yvon Corriveau | L | 33 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 7.7 |
| Bill Houlder | D | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Jim Thomson | R | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 53 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Bob Rouse | D | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Kent Carlson | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Pete Peeters | G | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scot Kleinendorst | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clint Malarchuk | G | 42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Cronin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Beaupre | G | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1526 | 305 | 512 | 817 | 1822 | 111 | 96 | 172 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 4 | 2494 | 12.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Peeters | 33 | 1854 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 88 | 2.85 | 790 | 702 | .889 |
| Clint Malarchuk | 42 | 2428 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 141 | 3.48 | 1145 | 1004 | .877 |
| Don Beaupre | 11 | 578 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 2.91 | 269 | 241 | .896 |
| Totals | 86 | 4860 | 41 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 257 | 3.17 | 2461 | 2204 | .896 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Ridley | C | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Geoff Courtnall | L | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 | |
| Bengt-Ake Gustafsson | R | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25.0 | |
| Scott Stevens | D | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Dave Christian | R | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4.8 | |
| Dale Hunter | C | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Kelly Miller | L | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7.1 | |
| Kevin Hatcher | D | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20 | -3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 | |
| Stephen Leach | R | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Michal Pivonka | C | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.6 | |
| Rod Langway | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Bobby Gould | R | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Lou Franceschetti | R | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | |
| Dino Ciccarelli | R | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 | |
| John Druce | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Calle Johansson | D | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Chris Felix | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Neil Sheehy | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Doug Wickenheiser | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Yvon Corriveau | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Rouse | D | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22.2 | |
| Pete Peeters | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 114 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 155 | -32 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 204 | 9.3 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Peeters | 6 | 359 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4.01 | 164 | 140 | .854 |
| Totals | 6 | 359 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4.01 | 188 | 164 | .872 |
