Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, January 2, 1988 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 on Saturday, January 2, 1988 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Goals came from Gerald Diduck, Troy Loney, Mario Lemieux, Bryan Trottier and Pat LaFontaine.
Billy Smith made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 18 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Gerald Diduck (2)Bryan Trottier (27), Alan Kerr (19)0–109:44 NYI · 
Troy Loney (3)Dan Quinn (14), Charlie Simmer (9)1–119:46 PIT ·
2nd period
Mario Lemieux (32)Dave Hunter (7), Randy Hillier (7)2–103:11 PIT · 
Bryan Trottier (16)Mikko Makela (19), Tomas Jonsson (24)2–213:12 NYI
3rd period
Pat LaFontaine (26)Steve Konroyd (11), Tomas Jonsson (25)2–307:10 NYI ·
Team stats
PITNYI
2121
0%0%
1/82/6
1418
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:37 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 8:01 into the first period
Wilf Paiement · slashing2 min - 11:58 into the first periodGerald Diduck · holding2 min
- 12:56 into the first periodDenis Potvin · tripping2 min
- 15:22 into the first periodRandy Hillier · holding2 min
- 17:56 into the first periodBrian Curran · hooking2 min
- 2:52 into the second periodPhil Bourque · interference2 min
- 6:35 into the second periodDoug Bodger · cross checking2 min
- 8:00 into the second periodRandy Hillier · cross checking2 min
- 15:58 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · hooking2 min
- 19:02 into the second periodBrian Curran · holding2 min
- 3:42 into the third periodGreg Gilbert · hooking2 min
- 6:24 into the third periodRod Buskas · tripping2 min
- 8:47 into the third periodPatrick Flatley · hooking2 min
- 10:51 into the third periodBob Bassen · slashing2 min
- 10:51 into the third periodMario Lemieux · roughing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Perry GancharR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Wayne Van DorpL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Jock CallanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Kenneth GruhlL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Todd CharlesworthD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 21 | 3 | .857 |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Todd McLellanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |