New York Islanders vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Wednesday, March 23, 1988 · The Forum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–2 on Wednesday, March 23, 1988 at The Forum. The Islanders outshot the Kings 31–25.
Bryan Trottier scored twice. Steve Duchesne, Brad Lauer, Pat LaFontaine, Luc Robitaille, Alan Kerr and Brent Sutter also scored.
Billy Smith made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Trottier (28)Brent Sutter (29), Tomas Jonsson (38)1–005:31 NYI · 
Steve Duchesne (14)Dave Taylor (38), Jimmy Carson (48)1–115:41 LAK
Brad Lauer (17)Brent Sutter (30), Denis Potvin (30)2–118:45 NYI
2nd period
Pat LaFontaine (44)Alan Kerr (33), Derek King (21)3–107:13 NYI- Bryan Trottier (29)Mikko Makela (35), Tomas Jonsson (39)4–108:35 NYI
3rd period
Luc Robitaille (45)Ken Baumgartner (3)4–201:30 LAK
Alan Kerr (21)Derek King (22), Pat LaFontaine (43)5–202:17 NYI
Brent Sutter (26)Denis Potvin (31)6–212:23 NYI
Team stats
NYILAK
3125
0%0%
1/40/4
2626
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:38 into the first period
Ken Baumgartner · instigator2 min - 0:38 into the first periodKen Baumgartner · fighting5 min
- 0:38 into the first period
Gerald Diduck · fighting5 min - 2:55 into the first periodSteve Konroyd · holding2 min
- 3:59 into the first periodJimmy Carson · interference2 min
- 7:24 into the first periodDean Kennedy · fighting5 min
- 7:24 into the first periodMick Vukota · fighting5 min
- 9:35 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · tripping2 min
- 0:20 into the second periodMike Allison · high sticking2 min
- 0:20 into the second periodBryan Trottier · high sticking2 min
- 8:00 into the second periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
- 8:00 into the second periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
- 8:00 into the second periodMick Vukota · roughing2 min
- 8:00 into the second periodMick Vukota · roughing2 min
- 9:42 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · tripping2 min
- 12:48 into the second periodKen Baumgartner · high sticking2 min
- 12:48 into the second periodKen Baumgartner · roughing2 min
- 12:48 into the second periodPat LaFontaine · roughing2 min
- 5:06 into the third periodSteve Duchesne · high sticking2 min
- 17:37 into the third periodRandy Wood · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 38Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Paul FentonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 81Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis LarocqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Lyle PhairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Roland MelansonG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |
| 35Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – |