🦅 Away Capitals 0-0 in series
5–4
Final / OT
WSH leads 4–2
😈 Home Devils 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
WSH 00005
NJD 00004

Capitals at Devils — First Round Game 1

Capitals, First Round Game 1, beat Devils 5–4 in overtime at Prudential Center on April 5, 1990.

🗓 Thu, Apr 5, 1990 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Prudential Center, Newark 🏒 1989-90 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

WSH vs NJD · WSH leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
5–4
OT · WSH
Game 2
5–6
Final · NJD
Game 3
2–1
Final · NJD
Game 4
1–3
Final · WSH
Game 5
4–3
Final · WSH
Game 6
2–3
Final · WSH

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Dino Ciccarelli
3 G, 1 A
4 shots
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Kevin Hatcher
2 A
5 shots · +1
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Michal Pivonka
2 A
1 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH NJD😈
24 Shots on goal 30
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7
61 Penalty minutes 72
WSH shooting 20.8% (5/24) NJD shooting 13.3% (4/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Mike Liut
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 65:34 TOI
😈Devils
Sean Burke
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 65:34 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 30-28-2 (50% win rate, 60 games)
Devils
Devils — tied after 1st: 33-23-4 (55% win rate, 60 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 30-28-2 (50% win rate, 60 games)
Devils
Devils — tied after 2nd: 33-23-4 (55% win rate, 60 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Mar 27, 1990
🦅WSH @ 😈NJD
1–4 · Devils won
Mar 4, 1990
😈NJD @ 🦅WSH
3–4 · Capitals won
Feb 9, 1990
😈NJD @ 🦅WSH
5–3 · Devils won
Jan 24, 1990
🦅WSH @ 😈NJD
2–3 · Devils won
Jan 16, 1990
😈NJD @ 🦅WSH
6–9 · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs NJD, answered

Who won Capitals vs Devils on April 5, 1990?

Capitals won 5–4 in overtime.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Devils?

The final score was Capitals 5, Devils 4, in overtime.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Mike Liut made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Devils goalie play?

Sean Burke made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Devils played?

At Prudential Center in Newark, the Devils home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Apr 1
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
3–2 · WSH won
Next game · Apr 7
🦅WSH @ 😈NJD
5–6 · NJD won
😈Devils
Previous game · Apr 1
😈NJD @ 🐻BOS
3–3 · NJD won
Next game · Apr 7
🦅WSH @ 😈NJD
5–6 · NJD won
Also on April 5, 1990
🐳HFD @ 🐻BOS
4–3 final
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
1–4 final
🏝️NYI @ 🗽NYR
1–2 final
Capitals season page Devils season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule