Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, January 19, 1988 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 6–4 on Tuesday, January 19, 1988 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Penguins outshot the Islanders 39–30.
Goals came from Pat LaFontaine, Dan Quinn, Brent Sutter, Rob Brown, Charlie Simmer, Phil Bourque, Denis Potvin, Mario Lemieux, Rod Buskas and Brad Lauer.
Frank Pietrangelo made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 33 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Pat LaFontaine (32)Denis Potvin (22), Dale Henry (8)0–105:56 NYI · 
Dan Quinn (15)Mario Lemieux (51), Doug Bodger (12)1–111:11 PIT · 
Brent Sutter (16)Unassisted1–214:51 NYI
Rob Brown (8)Troy Loney (8), Perry Ganchar (3)2–216:21 PIT
Charlie Simmer (5)Jock Callander (15), Mario Lemieux (52)3–218:30 PIT
2nd period
Phil Bourque (4)Dave Mcllwain (7), Rod Buskas (5)4–202:35 PIT
Denis Potvin (11)Brad Lauer (11), Mikko Makela (21)4–312:56 NYI · 
Mario Lemieux (46)Unassisted5–313:38 PIT ·
3rd period
Rod Buskas (3)Dave Mcllwain (8), Dan Quinn (21)6–301:51 PIT
Brad Lauer (8)Greg Gilbert (19), Denis Potvin (23)6–402:40 NYI
Team stats
PITNYI
3930
0%0%
1/52/7
5349
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:49 into the first period
Gerald Diduck · fighting5 min - 3:49 into the first periodGerald Diduck · game misconduct10 min
- 3:49 into the first periodBrad Lauer · high sticking2 min
- 3:49 into the first periodBrad Lauer · fighting5 min
- 3:49 into the first period
Paul Coffey · high sticking2 min - 3:49 into the first periodPaul Coffey · fighting5 min
- 3:49 into the first periodWarren Young · fighting5 min
- 3:49 into the first periodWarren Young · game misconduct10 min
- 4:02 into the first periodGord Dineen · slashing2 min
- 4:02 into the first periodMark Kachowski · high sticking2 min
- 4:29 into the first periodRod Buskas · cross checking2 min
- 6:59 into the first periodDale Henry · holding2 min
- 7:12 into the first periodDoug Bodger · holding2 min
- 10:10 into the first periodKen Leiter · interference2 min
- 11:33 into the first periodBrad Lauer · fighting5 min
- 11:33 into the first periodMark Kachowski · instigator2 min
- 11:33 into the first periodMark Kachowski · fighting5 min
- 14:31 into the first periodAlan Kerr · slashing2 min
- 14:31 into the first periodRod Buskas · slashing2 min
- 2:51 into the second periodGord Dineen · high sticking2 min
- 2:51 into the second periodGord Dineen · roughing2 min
- 2:51 into the second periodPerry Ganchar · high sticking2 min
- 2:51 into the second periodPerry Ganchar · roughing2 min
- 3:20 into the second periodKen Morrow · holding2 min
- 3:20 into the second periodKen Morrow · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 7:33 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 10:57 into the second periodGreg Gilbert · holding2 min
- 10:57 into the second periodDoug Bodger · roughing2 min
- 10:57 into the second periodRob Brown · roughing2 min
- 14:54 into the second periodGreg Gilbert · hooking2 min
- 14:54 into the second periodDoug Bodger · high sticking2 min
- 17:31 into the second periodVille Siren · high sticking2 min
- 6:48 into the third periodDoug Bodger · cross checking2 min
- 10:58 into the third periodPat LaFontaine · high sticking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 19Dave McllwainC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Perry GancharR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 36Jock CallanderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Steve GotaasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Mark KachowskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |
New York Islanders
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Todd McLellanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Ari HaanpaaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 37Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 39 | 6 | .846 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |