Hartford Whalers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, February 6, 1988 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Hartford Whalers 5–4 on Saturday, February 6, 1988 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Whalers 31–25.
Mario Lemieux scored twice. Sylvain Cote, John Anderson, Dave Babych, Jock Callander, Dave Mcllwain, Sylvain Turgeon and Charlie Simmer also scored.
Frank Pietrangelo made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Sylvain Cote (3)Sylvain Turgeon (20), Paul Macdermid (8)1–000:35 HFD
John Anderson (17)Ray Ferraro (22)2–010:42 HFD
Mario Lemieux (51)Rod Buskas (6), Randy Cunneyworth (27)2–111:03 PIT
2nd period
Dave Babych (11)Ulf Samuelsson (20), Carey Wilson (27)3–100:17 HFD · 
Jock Callander (11)Mario Lemieux (60), Randy Cunneyworth (28)3–203:14 PIT- Mario Lemieux (52)Jim Johnson (9)3–305:54 PIT
Dave Mcllwain (11)Ville Siren (13)3–412:20 PIT
Sylvain Turgeon (18)Ron Francis (33), Ulf Samuelsson (21)4–418:09 HFD ·
3rd period
Charlie Simmer (9)Dan Quinn (25), Doug Bodger (15)4–516:50 PIT ·
Team stats
HFDPIT
2531
0%0%
2/51/6
4333
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:53 into the first period
Carey Wilson · slashing2 min - 4:36 into the first period
Dave Mcllwain · slashing2 min - 7:59 into the first periodKevin Dineen · high sticking2 min
- 7:59 into the first periodDave Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 8:12 into the first periodJoel Quenneville · high sticking2 min
- 18:48 into the first periodRod Buskas · slashing2 min
- 1:04 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · tripping2 min
- 9:36 into the second periodDave Hunter · holding2 min
- 9:50 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 16:46 into the second periodRod Buskas · holding2 min
- 19:27 into the second periodCarey Wilson · hooking2 min
- 1:55 into the third periodDave Mcllwain · tripping2 min
- 9:02 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 9:02 into the third periodSylvain Turgeon · fighting5 min
- 9:02 into the third periodRod Buskas · charging2 min
- 9:02 into the third periodMark Kachowski · fighting5 min
- 9:35 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · slashing2 min
- 9:35 into the third periodMario Lemieux · slashing2 min
- 11:37 into the third periodTorrie Robertson · misconduct10 min
- 11:37 into the third periodTroy Loney · misconduct10 min
- 15:59 into the third periodLindsay Carson · cross checking2 min
- 19:05 into the third periodRod Buskas · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodLindsay Carson · gross misconduct10 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 0Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 9 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 13Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Dave McllwainC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Jock CallanderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 14Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Lee GiffinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mark KachowskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | W | 25 | 4 | .840 |