Hartford Whalers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, January 16, 1988 · The Forum
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Los Angeles Kings 4–3 on Saturday, January 16, 1988 at The Forum. The Whalers outshot the Kings 34–29.
Goals came from Dave Babych, Jimmy Carson, Phil Sykes, Paul Guay, Ulf Samuelsson, Dave Williams and Ron Francis.
Mike Liut made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 30 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Babych (9)Ulf Samuelsson (10), Ron Francis (30)1–000:33 HFD · 
Jimmy Carson (26)Phil Sykes (2), Mark Hardy (18)1–107:34 LAK
Phil Sykes (2)Unassisted1–209:15 LAK · 
Paul Guay (2)Bernie Nicholls (25)1–309:38 LAK
2nd period
Ulf Samuelsson (3)Kevin Dineen (14), Dave Babych (24)2–312:33 HFD · 
Dave Williams (4)Ray Ferraro (19), John Anderson (24)3–318:58 HFD
3rd period
Ron Francis (15)Sylvain Turgeon (17), Mark Reeds (4)4–311:10 HFD
Team stats
HFDLAK
3429
0%0%
2/51/4
2221
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:12 into the first period
Roland Melanson · interference2 min - 2:39 into the first period
Torrie Robertson · fighting5 min - 2:39 into the first periodDean Kennedy · fighting5 min
- 7:51 into the first periodSylvain Cote · interference2 min
- 11:32 into the first periodJimmy Carson · hooking2 min
- 12:56 into the first periodDave Williams · high sticking5 min
- 17:24 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · cross checking2 min
- 1:21 into the second periodJimmy Carson · hooking2 min
- 5:22 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · holding2 min
- 5:58 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 5:58 into the second periodMike Allison · slashing2 min
- 11:36 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · roughing2 min
- 11:36 into the second periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
- 11:36 into the second periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
- 13:10 into the second periodRay Ferraro · roughing2 min
- 13:10 into the second periodSteve Duchesne · roughing2 min
- 12:29 into the third periodPhil Sykes · boarding2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mark ReedsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 7Phil SykesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Paul GuayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Paul FentonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Ken HammondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Roland MelansonG | L | 34 | 4 | .882 |
| 35Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – |