1988–89 Washington Capitals season

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===
===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
==Playoffs==
===Philadelphia Flyers 4, Washington Capitals 2===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	80	41	48	89 	49 	17 	16 	0 	9
 	LW 	79	42	38	80 	112	11 	16 	0 	6
 	RW 	72	18	51	69 	18 	13 	5 	4 	6
 	D 	80	7 	61	68 	225	1 	6 	0 	3
 	RW 	80	34	31	65 	12 	2 	16 	1 	1
 	C 	80	20	37	57 	219	-3 	9 	0 	3
 	RW 	56	26	29	55 	71 	8 	6 	0 	1
 	LW 	78	19	21	40 	45 	13 	2 	1 	3
 	D 	62	13	27	40 	101	19 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	65	7 	29	36 	70 	-5 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	74	11	19	30 	94 	-4 	4 	0 	0
 	C 	52	8 	19	27 	30 	9 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	76	2 	19	21 	65 	12 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	75	5 	13	18 	65 	-2 	0 	1 	0
 	RW 	63	7 	10	17 	123	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	12	3 	15 	12 	10 	3 	0 	3
 	RW 	48	8 	7 	15 	62 	7 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	61	3 	11	14 	43 	1 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	18	6 	3 	9 	4 	-4 	3 	0 	1
 	D 	12	1 	7 	8 	4 	1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	21	0 	8 	8 	8 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	72	3 	4 	7 	179	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	16	2 	5 	7 	4 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	35	4 	2 	6 	12 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	33	3 	2 	5 	62 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	3 	3 	4 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	2 	0 	2 	53 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	2 	2 	36 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	1 	0 	1 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	1 	1 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	35	0 	1 	1 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	42	0 	1 	1 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	1854	33	20	7 	3 	88 	2.85	4 	790 	702 	.889
 	2428	42	16	18	7 	141	3.48	1 	1145	1004	.877
 	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
 	LW 	6 	2	5	7 	12 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	3	3	6 	12 	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	2	3	5 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	4	5 	20 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	4	5 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	5	5 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	3	1	4 	10 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	6 	0	4	4 	29 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1	2	3 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	2	0	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	1	1	2 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0	2	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	1	0	1 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	6 	1	0	1 	12 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	1	0	1 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	1 	0	1	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	19 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	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.
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==Farm Teams==
==See Also==
*1988-89 NHL season
==References==
Category:Washington Capitals seasons
Category:1988 in hockey
Category:1989 in hockey