The Washington Capitals used 34 players in the 1988-89 season, with a 48-25-7 record. Mike Ridley led the team with 89 points (41 goals, 48 assists) in 80 games. Clint Malarchuk played the most games in goal (42).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Ridley 🇨🇦 C 25 | 80 | 🔥 4 | 41 | 48 | 89 | 1.11 | 16 | 187 | 0 | 0 | 49 | — |
| 2 | Geoff Courtnall 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 79 | 🧊 1 | 42 | 38 | 80 | 1.01 | 16 | 239 | 0 | 0 | 110 | — |
| 3 | Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 🇸🇪 LW 31 | 72 | 🔥 1 | 18 | 51 | 69 | 0.96 | 5 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 4 | Dave Christian 🇺🇸 RW 29 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 34 | 31 | 65 | 0.81 | 16 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 5 | Dale Hunter 🇨🇦 C 28 | 80 | 🔥 1 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 0.71 | 9 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 219 | — |
| 6 | Mike Gartner 🇨🇦 RW 29 | 56 | 🧊 1 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 0.98 | 6 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 71 | — |
| 7 | Kelly Miller 🇺🇸 LW 26 | 78 | 🔥 2 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 0.51 | 2 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 45 | — |
| 8 | Stephen Leach 🇺🇸 RW 23 | 74 | 🧊 2 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 0.41 | 4 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 92 | — |
| 9 | Michal Pivonka 🇨🇿 C 23 | 52 | 🧊 1 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 0.52 | 1 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| 10 | Bobby Gould 🇨🇦 RW 31 | 75 | 🧊 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 0.24 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 65 | — |
| 11 | Lou Franceschetti 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 63 | 🔥 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 0.27 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 123 | — |
| 12 | Dino Ciccarelli 🇨🇦 RW 29 | 11 | 🔥 5 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 1.36 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 13 | John Druce 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 48 | 🧊 2 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 0.31 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 62 | — |
| 14 | Mike Millar 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 18 | 🧊 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.50 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 15 | Doug Wickenheiser 🇨🇦 C 28 | 16 | 🔥 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.44 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 16 | Peter Sundstrom 🇸🇪 LW 27 | 35 | 🧊 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.17 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 14 | — |
| 17 | Yvon Corriveau 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 33 | 🧊 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.15 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 62 | — |
| 18 | Jim Thomson 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 14 | 🧊 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 53 | — |
| 19 | Scot Kleinendorst 🇺🇸 C 29 | 3 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| Team totals · 19 skaters | 80 | 268 | 339 | 607 | 7.59 | 82 | 1774 | 0 | 0 | 1055 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ▼ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ⇅ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete Peeters 🇨🇦 G 31 | 33 | 22 | 2.67 | 0.000 | 0 | 88 | 56:10 | |
| 2 | Clint Malarchuk 🇨🇦 G 27 | 42 | 21 | 3.36 | 0.000 | 0 | 141 | 57:48 | |
| 3 | Don Beaupre 🇨🇦 G 27 | 11 | 5 | 2.55 | 0.000 | 0 | 28 | 52:33 |
65% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. The team leans on United States: 21% of its players, against 15% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 62% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 22 |
|
-11 | 507 (62%) | Ridley, Courtnall, Stevens, Hunter +18 |
| United States | 7 |
|
+6 | 177 (22%) | Christian, Miller, Hatcher, Leach +3 |
| Sweden | 3 |
|
+6 | 83 (10%) | Gustafsson, Johansson, Sundstrom |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
+1 | 27 (3%) | Pivonka |
| Taiwan | 1 |
|
+3 | 21 (3%) | Langway |
Mike Ridley led the Washington Capitals in scoring in 1988-89 with 89 points — 41 goals and 48 assists in 80 games. Next came Geoff Courtnall (80) and Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (69).
Geoff Courtnall scored 42 goals for the Washington Capitals in 1988-89, 16 of them on the power play.
The Washington Capitals dressed 34 players in 1988-89: 31 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 305 goals.
Clint Malarchuk played the most games in goal for the Washington Capitals in 1988-89: 42 games, 21 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.36 goals against average. Pete Peeters was the backup, in 33 games.
The average age was 26.4 years. Yvon Corriveau was the youngest at 22, and Bobby Gould the oldest at 31.
The Washington Capitals used 34 players in 1988-89 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 22 in Canada, 7 in the United States and 3 in Sweden. The other 2 came from Czechia and Taiwan. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 65% on this roster.