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Clint Malarchuk's 1988-1989 season

Wins
19
NHL#17
Save pct
.880
NHL#30
GAA
3.36
NHL#20
Shutouts
2
NHL#7
Games
49
61%
61% of 80

Goaltender Clint Malarchuk was 27 years old when the 1988-1989 season began, his 7th in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals och Buffalo Sabres. He played 49 games and won 19 of them, at .880. He moved from Washington Capitals to Buffalo Sabres in March. In the playoffs he played 1 game and won 0.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1988-1989Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Clint Malarchuk opens the 1988-1989 season with Washington Capitals

    WSHWashington Capitals

    Clint was 27 years old when the 1988-1989 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 7th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      PIT6–4WSH
      L
      game 1/801
      His night
      .727SV%
      16SV22SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .727
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH7–8PIT
      L
      game 3/801
      His night
      .818SV%in relief
      9SV11SA2GA32:06TOIL
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–5NYR
      L
      game 6/804
      His night
      .833SV%
      25SV30SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR4–1WSH
      L
      game 7/805
      His night
      .938SV%in relief
      15SV16SA1GA31:43TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–3WIN
      L
      game 8/804
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA59:14TOIL
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–3VAN
      W
      game 9/802
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA62:55TOIW
      .912
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–2CGY
      game 10/803
      His night
      .951SV%
      39SV41SA2GA65:00TOI
      .951
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4EDM
      L
      game 11/802
      His night
      .867SV%
      26SV30SA4GA64:44TOIL
      .867
      View the game
    • November 1988
    • The game
      WSH3–3DET
      game 12/802
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA64:08TOI
      .880
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI2–4WSH
      W
      game 13/802
      His night
      .931SV%
      27SV29SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .931
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–4NYI
      L
      game 14/803
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA60:10TOIL
      .852
      View the game
    • The game
      QUE1–4WSH
      W
      game 15/802
      His night
      .947SV%
      18SV19SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .947
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD6–3WSH
      L
      game 16/804
      His night
      .714SV%
      10SV14SA4GA40:00TOIL
      .714
      View the game
    • The game
      MNS2–4WSH
      W
      game 17/801
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      HFD2–3WSH
      W
      game 18/802
      His night
      .933SV%
      28SV30SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .933
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH3–2NJD
      W
      game 19/803
      His night
      .905SV%
      19SV21SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .905
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–2NYI
      W
      game 20/803
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .920
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 20 of 8015 of 20 started
      7
      wins
      NHL#6
      .890
      SV%
      NHL#7
      3.0
      GAA
      NHL#5
      WSH
      9-9-0W-L-OT20Points
      12th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI6–7WSH
      W
      game 21/803
      His night
      .813SV%
      26SV32SA6GA60:00TOIW
      .813
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–3WSH
      L
      game 22/802
      His night
      .688SV%
      11SV16SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .688
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–3DET
      W
      game 23/802
      His night
      .889SV%
      24SV27SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .889
      View the game
    • The game
      STL3–4WSH
      W
      game 24/801
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .900
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–6PIT
      L
      game 25/801
      His night
      .800SV%
      24SV30SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .800
      View the game
    • December 1988
    • The game
      WSH1–5NJD
      L
      game 28/803
      His night
      .800SV%
      20SV25SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .800
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–1QUE
      W
      game 31/801
      His night
      .969SV%
      31SV32SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .969
      View the game
    • The game
      WIN3–6WSH
      W
      game 33/804
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .885
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–3NYR
      L
      game 34/805
      His night
      .914SV%
      32SV35SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .914
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–2WSH
      game 36/803
      His night
      .895SV%
      17SV19SA2GA65:00TOI
      .895
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–5WSH
      W
      game 38/802
      His night
      .864SV%
      19SV22SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .864
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–6NYI
      L
      game 39/802
      His night
      .815SV%
      22SV27SA5GA58:45TOIL
      .815
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 40 of 8027 of 40 started
      13
      wins
      NHL#6
      .877
      SV%
      NHL#15
      3.3
      GAA
      NHL#13
      WSH
      20-15-0W-L-OT45Points
      7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH4–4QUE
      game 44/801
      His night
      .875SV%
      28SV32SA4GA65:00TOI
      .875
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD6–5WSH
      L
      game 48/804
      His night
      .872SV%
      41SV47SA6GA64:25TOIL
      .872
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK4–4WSH
      game 50/801
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA65:00TOI
      .852
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–0PHI
      W
      game 51/803
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      42SV42SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    Milestone

    Clint Malarchuk reaches 100 career wins

    in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · January 26

    • The game
      WSH4–4STL
      game 52/801
      His night
      .833SV%
      20SV24SA4GA65:00TOI
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–4MNS
      game 53/801
      His night
      .852SV%
      23SV27SA4GA65:00TOI
      .852
      View the game
    • February 1989
    • The game
      WSH4–3NYR
      W
      game 54/803
      His night
      .919SV%
      34SV37SA3GA61:51TOIW
      .919
      View the game
    • The game
      LAK7–6WSH
      L
      game 57/801
      His night
      .813SV%in relief
      13SV16SA3GA37:39TOIL
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY2–1WSH
      L
      game 58/803
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA60:00TOIL
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH5–3STL
      W
      game 59/802
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .885
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH4–7CHI
      L
      game 60/801
      His night
      .841SV%
      37SV44SA7GA60:00TOIL
      .841
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 60 of 8037 of 60 started
      16
      wins
      NHL#8
      .880
      SV%
      NHL#15
      3.4
      GAA
      NHL#15
      1
      shutouts
      NHL#7
      WSH
      28-22-0W-L-OT66Points
      Playoff spot
      5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH2–3VAN
      L
      game 62/803
      His night
      .857SV%in relief
      12SV14SA2GA40:00TOIL
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH2–6CGY
      L
      game 63/802
      His night
      .739SV%
      17SV23SA6GA40:00TOIL
      .739
      View the game
    • March 1989
    • The game
      BUF2–0NYR
      W
      game 68/801
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      32SV32SA0GA60:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF6–6BOS
      game 69/80
      His night
      .769SV%
      20SV26SA6GA65:00TOI
      .769
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS2–3BUF
      W
      game 70/801
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .935
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF6–1HFD
      W
      game 71/801
      His night
      .960SV%
      24SV25SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .960
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF0–3MNS
      L
      game 72/80
      His night
      .833SV%
      15SV18SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .833
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–1BUF
      L
      game 74/80
      His night
      .889SV%
      8SV9SA1GA15:17TOI
      .889
      View the game
    • April 1989
    • The game
      QUE2–4BUF
      W
      game 80/80
      His night
      1.000SV%in relief
      1SV1SA0GA05:28TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Clint Malarchuk closes the 1988-1989 season with 19 wins

    WSHWashington CapitalsBUFBuffalo Sabres
    Wins
    19
    Games
    49of 80
    61%
    Shutouts
    2
    SV%
    .880
    GAA
    3.36
    Starts
    44
    Events
    100
    career wins
    10
    career shutouts
    5 i rad
    straight wins
    3 days later
    Playoffs

    Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

    First round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Boston Bruins

    BUFvsBOS
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    View the whole round
    • Game 2
      BUF3–5BOS
      L
      1
      His night
      .844SV%
      27SV32SA5GA59:10TOIL
      .844
      View the game
    First round

    Boston Bruins knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–1

    BUF1–4BOS
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Clint Malarchuk ends the 1988-1989 playoffs with 0 wins

    WSHWashington CapitalsBUFBuffalo Sabres
    Wins
    0
    Games
    1
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .844
    GAA
    5.07
    Starts
    1
    BOS1–4