Hartford Whalers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, March 20, 1988 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Hartford Whalers 2–1 on Sunday, March 20, 1988 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Whalers 36–32.
Goals came from Lindsay Carson, Michel Petit and Marcel Dionne.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 34 of 36.
Scoring
2nd period
Lindsay Carson (6)Sylvain Cote (17), Carey Wilson (37)1–015:24 HFD ·
3rd period
Michel Petit (9)Walt Poddubny (48), Simon Wheeldon (1)1–111:38 NYR
Marcel Dionne (31)Ulf Dahlen (19), John Ogrodnick (29)1–215:59 NYR ·
Team stats
HFDNYR
3236
0%0%
1/61/6
2323
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:28 into the first period
Neil Sheehy · fighting5 min - 10:28 into the first period
Chris Nilan · elbowing2 min - 10:28 into the first periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 14:19 into the first periodKevin Dineen · hooking2 min
- 14:19 into the first periodPaul Cyr · slashing2 min
- 16:53 into the first periodPaul Macdermid · high sticking2 min
- 3:23 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 7:30 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · holding2 min
- 9:35 into the second periodPaul Macdermid · interference2 min
- 9:35 into the second periodPaul Macdermid · roughing2 min
- 9:35 into the second periodDavid Shaw · charging2 min
- 9:35 into the second periodDavid Shaw · roughing2 min
- 10:17 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · boarding2 min
- 10:35 into the second periodRon Francis · hooking2 min
- 13:27 into the second periodMichel Petit · holding2 min
- 15:24 into the second periodJohn Vanbiesbrouck · delaying game2 min
- 18:33 into the second periodDave Tippett · holding2 min
- 7:08 into the third periodPaul Macdermid · boarding2 min
- 14:14 into the third periodRay Ferraro · interference2 min
- 16:21 into the third periodJan Erixon · holding2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 28Lindsay CarsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 0Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 36 | 2 | .944 |
| 31Richard BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 41Simon WheeldonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |