Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, February 7, 1988 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 on Sunday, February 7, 1988 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Penguins 34–31.
Goals came from Paul Cyr, Marcel Dionne, Walt Poddubny, Don Maloney, Doug Bodger, Norm MacIver, Randy Cunneyworth, Charlie Simmer and Ulf Dahlen.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Cyr (4)Lucien DeBlois (15)0–101:11 NYR
Marcel Dionne (24)Michel Petit (18), Norm MacIver (9)0–207:33 NYR
Walt Poddubny (32)Ulf Dahlen (10), Norm MacIver (10)0–308:47 NYR
Don Maloney (6)Walt Poddubny (33), James Patrick (37)0–414:58 NYR · 
Doug Bodger (8)Mario Lemieux (61), Dan Quinn (26)1–416:05 PIT ·
2nd period
Norm MacIver (4)Tomas Sandstrom (28), Michel Petit (19)1–504:59 NYR
Randy Cunneyworth (26)Dan Quinn (27)2–507:41 PIT ·
3rd period
Charlie Simmer (10)Mario Lemieux (62), Paul Coffey (25)3–504:52 PIT · 
Ulf Dahlen (19)Brian Mullen (23), Walt Poddubny (34)3–606:05 NYR ·
Team stats
PITNYR
3134
0%0%
3/52/4
2325
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:20 into the first period
David Shaw · high sticking2 min - 4:20 into the first periodDavid Shaw · roughing2 min
- 4:20 into the first period
Randy Cunneyworth · roughing2 min - 8:15 into the first periodJeff Brubaker · fighting5 min
- 8:15 into the first periodWayne Van Dorp · fighting5 min
- 9:14 into the first periodLucien DeBlois · high sticking2 min
- 9:14 into the first periodJim Johnson · high sticking2 min
- 9:41 into the first periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
- 13:23 into the first periodRandy Hillier · hooking2 min
- 15:37 into the first periodJari Gronstrand · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodJan Erixon · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodDave Hunter · roughing2 min
- 6:33 into the second periodJohn Vanbiesbrouck · slashing2 min
- 9:58 into the second periodJim Johnson · cross checking2 min
- 10:27 into the second periodDavid Shaw · high sticking2 min
- 10:27 into the second periodDave Hunter · roughing2 min
- 2:59 into the third periodJohn Vanbiesbrouck · tripping2 min
- 5:39 into the third periodVille Siren · roughing2 min
- 10:50 into the third periodLucien DeBlois · roughing2 min
- 12:58 into the third periodDavid Shaw · cross checking2 min
- 12:58 into the third periodCharlie Simmer · cross checking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 13Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 14Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Lee GiffinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Wayne Van DorpL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mark KachowskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 36Jock CallanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 6 | 3 | .500 |
New York Rangers
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Paul CyrL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Jeff BrubakerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |