The Washington Capitals used 22 players in the 1988-89 playoffs, with a 2-4-0 record. Geoff Courtnall led the team with 7 points (2 goals, 5 assists) in 6 games. Pete Peeters played the most games in goal (6).
| # | 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 | Geoff Courtnall 🇨🇦 LW 26 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1.17 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 2 | Dino Ciccarelli 🇨🇦 RW 29 | 6 | 🔥 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.00 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 3 | Bengt-Ake Gustafsson 🇸🇪 LW 31 | 4 | 🔥 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.25 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 4 | Scott Stevens 🇨🇦 D 25 | 6 | 🔥 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.83 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — |
| 5 | Kevin Hatcher 🇺🇸 D 22 | 6 | 🔥 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0.83 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 20 | — |
| 6 | Mike Ridley 🇨🇦 C 25 | 6 | 🔥 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.83 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 7 | Michal Pivonka 🇨🇿 C 23 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.67 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| 8 | Dale Hunter 🇨🇦 C 28 | 6 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.67 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 29 | — |
| 9 | Calle Johansson 🇸🇪 D 22 | 6 | 🔥 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.50 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Bob Rouse 🇨🇦 D 24 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| 11 | Dave Christian 🇺🇸 RW 29 | 6 | 🧊 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.33 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 12 | Bobby Gould 🇨🇦 RW 31 | 6 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 13 | Kelly Miller 🇺🇸 LW 26 | 6 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 14 | Stephen Leach 🇺🇸 RW 23 | 6 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 15 | Lou Franceschetti 🇨🇦 LW 31 | 6 | 🧊 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| 16 | Chris Felix 🇨🇦 D 24 | 1 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 17 | Doug Wickenheiser 🇨🇦 C 28 | 5 | 🧊 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 18 | Rod Langway 🇹🇼 D 31 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — |
| 19 | Neil Sheehy 🇨🇦 D 29 | 6 | 🧊 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — |
| 20 | Yvon Corriveau 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 21 | John Druce 🇨🇦 RW 23 | 1 | 🧊 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 21 skaters | 6 | 19 | 35 | 54 | 9.00 | 9 | 201 | 0 | 0 | 155 |
| # | 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 | 6 | 2 | 4.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 24 | 59:51 |
64% of this roster was born in Canada, against 76% across the league. The team leans on Sweden: 9% of its players, against 3% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 61% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 14 |
|
-12 | 33 (61%) | Courtnall, Ciccarelli, Ridley, Stevens +10 |
| United States | 4 |
|
+4 | 9 (17%) | Hatcher, Christian, Miller, Leach |
| Sweden | 2 |
|
+6 | 8 (15%) | Gustafsson, Johansson |
| Czechia | 1 |
|
+3 | 4 (7%) | Pivonka |
| Taiwan | 1 |
|
+5 | 0 | Langway |
Geoff Courtnall led the Washington Capitals in scoring in the 1988-89 playoffs with 7 points — 2 goals and 5 assists in 6 games. Next came Dino Ciccarelli (6) and Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (5).
Michal Pivonka scored 3 goals for the Washington Capitals in the 1988-89 playoffs, 0 of them on the power play.
The Washington Capitals dressed 22 players in the 1988-89 playoffs: 21 skaters and 1 goalies. Together the skaters scored 19 goals.
Pete Peeters played the most games in goal for the Washington Capitals in the 1988-89 playoffs: 6 games, 2 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 4.00 goals against average.
The average age was 26.5 years. Kevin Hatcher was the youngest at 22, and Bengt-Ake Gustafsson the oldest at 31.
The Washington Capitals used 22 players in the 1988-89 playoffs with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 14 in Canada, 4 in the United States and 2 in Sweden. The other 2 came from Czechia and Taiwan. League-wide that season, 76% of players were born in Canada, against 64% on this roster.