Detroit Red Wings vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, March 12, 1988 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Islanders 4–3 on Saturday, March 12, 1988 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Red Wings 25–23.
Tim Higgins scored twice and Petr Klima scored twice. Derek King, Pat LaFontaine and Randy Wood also scored.
Greg Stefan made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Derek King (11)Unassisted0–112:23 NYI
2nd period
Tim Higgins (9)Steve Chiasson (9)1–105:42 DET- Tim Higgins (10)Rick Zombo (10)2–112:17 DET
3rd period
Pat LaFontaine (40)Randy Wood (13), Ken Leiter (13)2–208:32 NYI
Petr Klima (33)John Chabot (37), Brent Ashton (21)3–210:11 DET · 
Randy Wood (19)Pat LaFontaine (40), Derek King (16)3–310:36 NYI- Petr Klima (34)John Chabot (38)4–315:26 DET
Team stats
DETNYI
2325
0%0%
1/40/2
1519
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:59 into the first period
Gerard Gallant · fighting5 min - 3:59 into the first period
Alan Kerr · fighting5 min - 9:34 into the first periodBrent Sutter · holding2 min
- 19:29 into the first periodJim Nill · roughing2 min
- 19:29 into the first periodMikko Makela · roughing2 min
- 2:20 into the second periodSteve Konroyd · hooking2 min
- 5:17 into the second periodPetr Klima · roughing2 min
- 5:17 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · roughing2 min
- 6:59 into the second periodGreg Stefan · slashing2 min
- 12:57 into the second periodJim Nill · roughing2 min
- 12:57 into the second periodBilly Smith · roughing2 min
- 15:51 into the second periodRick Zombo · hooking2 min
- 16:46 into the second periodJeff Norton · hooking2 min
- 8:50 into the third periodBrad Lauer · boarding2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 16John ChabotC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Brent AshtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Rick ZomboD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Joe MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave BarrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 39Dale KrentzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Jeff SharplesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Greg StefanG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
New York Islanders
| 11Randy WoodR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 38Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |