New York Islanders vs New Jersey Devils
Playoffs · Sunday, April 10, 1988 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 5–4 in overtime on Sunday, April 10, 1988 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Islanders outshot the Devils 38–28.
John MacLean scored twice and Brent Sutter scored twice. Bruce Driver, Doug Brown, Alan Kerr, Brad Lauer and Pat LaFontaine also scored.
Kelly Hrudey made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 33 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Bruce Driver (1)Craig Wolanin (1), Kirk Muller (2)0–107:52 NJD · 
John MacLean (3)Tom Kurvers (2), Mark Johnson (1)0–212:40 NJD ·
2nd period
Doug Brown (1)Claude Loiselle (1), Pat Conacher (2)0–316:50 NJD
Alan Kerr (1)Pat LaFontaine (3)1–318:49 NYI
3rd period
Brent Sutter (1)Unassisted2–311:30 NYI
Brad Lauer (1)Mikko Makela (2), Denis Potvin (4)3–314:53 NYI
Pat LaFontaine (3)Mikko Makela (3)4–318:30 NYI- John MacLean (4)Claude Loiselle (2), Tom Kurvers (3)4–419:48 NJD
Overtime
- Brent Sutter (2)Unassisted5–415:07 NYI ·
Team stats
NYINJD
3828
0%0%
0/42/7
3733
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:33 into the first period
Tom Kurvers · roughing2 min - 0:33 into the first period
Brad Dalgarno · roughing2 min - 2:18 into the first periodAaron Broten · roughing2 min
- 2:18 into the first periodGerald Diduck · interference2 min
- 2:32 into the first periodBrent Sutter · holding2 min
- 7:22 into the first periodPerry Anderson · high sticking2 min
- 7:22 into the first periodPerry Anderson · roughing2 min
- 7:22 into the first periodPerry Anderson · fighting5 min
- 7:22 into the first periodGerald Diduck · high sticking2 min
- 7:22 into the first periodGerald Diduck · fighting5 min
- 11:00 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 11:00 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · holding2 min
- 11:08 into the first periodDenis Potvin · holding2 min
- 3:19 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · holding2 min
- 8:28 into the second periodBrent Sutter · roughing2 min
- 9:30 into the second periodJohn MacLean · high sticking2 min
- 9:30 into the second periodGerald Diduck · slashing2 min
- 9:49 into the second periodAaron Broten · cross checking2 min
- 9:49 into the second periodBryan Trottier · cross checking2 min
- 14:29 into the second periodSean Burke · slashing2 min
- 14:29 into the second periodClaude Loiselle · slashing2 min
- 14:29 into the second periodBob Bassen · slashing2 min
- 14:29 into the second periodRandy Wood · roughing2 min
- 16:08 into the second periodPerry Anderson · charging2 min
- 16:08 into the second periodDenis Potvin · slashing2 min
- 3:16 into the third periodPat Verbeek · high sticking2 min
- 19:41 into the third periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
- 19:41 into the third periodGerald Diduck · roughing2 min
- 4:42 into overtimeJohn MacLean · hooking2 min
- 6:56 into overtimeBob Bassen · slashing2 min
- 10:12 into overtimeAlan Kerr · boarding2 min
- 13:37 into overtimeKen Morrow · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | W | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 15John MacLeanR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 38 | 5 | .868 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |