New York Islanders vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Sunday, February 21, 1988 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Hartford Whalers 7–2 on Sunday, February 21, 1988 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Islanders 41–21.
Pat LaFontaine scored twice. Randy Wood, Derek King, Dean Evason, Mick Vukota, Rod Dallman, Kevin Dineen and Mikko Makela also scored.
Billy Smith made 39 saves on 41 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 7 of 11.
Scoring
1st period
Pat LaFontaine (38)Randy Wood (10), Gerald Diduck (7)1–007:11 NYI
Randy Wood (18)Pat LaFontaine (38), Alan Kerr (25)2–017:32 NYI
2nd period
Derek King (7)Unassisted3–002:34 NYI
Dean Evason (9)Ulf Samuelsson (25), Ron Francis (36)3–107:35 HFD · 
Mick Vukota (1)Tomas Jonsson (33), Dale Henry (10)4–110:59 NYI- Pat LaFontaine (39)Unassisted5–111:57 NYI
Rod Dallman (1)Mikko Makela (28), Bryan Trottier (39)6–114:40 NYI
Kevin Dineen (20)Ron Francis (37)6–215:35 HFD
3rd period
Mikko Makela (31)Unassisted7–218:17 NYI
Team stats
NYIHFD
2141
0%0%
0/21/5
3529
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:53 into the first period
Ken Leiter · charging2 min - 8:43 into the first period
Kevin Dineen · roughing2 min - 8:43 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · roughing2 min
- 9:41 into the first periodPaul Macdermid · interference2 min
- 12:51 into the first periodPaul Macdermid · roughing2 min
- 12:51 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · tripping2 min
- 12:51 into the first periodMick Vukota · charging2 min
- 19:44 into the first periodBilly Smith · delaying game2 min
- 3:36 into the second periodKevin Dineen · high sticking2 min
- 3:36 into the second periodKevin Dineen · roughing2 min
- 3:36 into the second periodRod Dallman · high sticking2 min
- 3:36 into the second periodRod Dallman · roughing2 min
- 5:51 into the second periodDale Henry · cross checking2 min
- 5:58 into the second periodPaul Macdermid · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:58 into the second periodBrent Sutter · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:17 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · elbowing2 min
- 14:17 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · high sticking2 min
- 14:17 into the second periodBob Bassen · charging2 min
- 14:17 into the second periodMick Vukota · slashing2 min
- 16:00 into the second periodKevin Dineen · roughing2 min
- 16:00 into the second periodGerald Diduck · roughing2 min
- 18:27 into the second periodAlan Kerr · hooking2 min
- 7:53 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · roughing2 min
- 7:53 into the third periodMick Vukota · roughing2 min
- 10:35 into the third periodTorrie Robertson · holding2 min
- 10:35 into the third periodTorrie Robertson · fighting5 min
- 10:35 into the third periodMick Vukota · fighting5 min
- 18:33 into the third periodDean Evason · cross checking2 min
- 18:33 into the third periodMikko Makela · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Rod DallmanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 38Mick VukotaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 37Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 41 | 2 | .951 |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 3 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 0Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 10 | 3 | .700 | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 11 | 4 | .636 |