New York Islanders vs New Jersey Devils
Playoffs · Thursday, April 14, 1988 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Islanders 6–5 on Thursday, April 14, 1988 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Islanders 32–27.
Brad Lauer scored twice and Patrik Sundstrom scored twice. Doug Brown, Pat Verbeek, Mark Johnson, Bruce Driver, Dale Henry, Steve Konroyd and Randy Wood also scored.
Sean Burke made 22 saves on 27 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 26 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Brown (2)Claude Loiselle (3), Joe Cirella (1)0–108:41 NJD · 
Pat Verbeek (1)John MacLean (4), Bruce Driver (3)0–219:54 NJD ·
2nd period
Mark Johnson (4)Patrik Sundstrom (4), John MacLean (5)0–302:16 NJD · 
Brad Lauer (2)Tomas Jonsson (1)1–304:03 NYI
Bruce Driver (3)Aaron Broten (3), Tom Kurvers (4)1–406:22 NJD · 
Patrik Sundstrom (1)Mark Johnson (3), John MacLean (6)1–512:23 NJD
3rd period
- Patrik Sundstrom (2)Mark Johnson (4), John MacLean (7)1–606:18 NJD ·
Dale Henry (1)Brent Sutter (1)2–607:38 NYI · 
Steve Konroyd (1)Brad Lauer (1), Bob Bassen (1)3–608:46 NYI · - Brad Lauer (3)Pat LaFontaine (5), Tomas Jonsson (2)4–610:04 NYI
Randy Wood (1)Ken Leiter (1)5–612:40 NYI
Team stats
NYINJD
2732
0%0%
0/54/7
1615
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:12 into the first period
Steve Konroyd · holding2 min - 7:15 into the first period
Craig Wolanin · elbowing2 min - 10:10 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · holding2 min
- 13:27 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · hooking2 min
- 17:27 into the first periodJim Korn · interference2 min
- 18:18 into the first periodPat LaFontaine · interference2 min
- 1:19 into the second periodJeff Finley · holding2 min
- 4:58 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · interference2 min
- 14:55 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · elbowing5 min
- 4:39 into the third periodGreg Gilbert · roughing2 min
- 7:03 into the third periodGerald Diduck · roughing2 min
- 12:50 into the third periodCraig Wolanin · slashing2 min
- 12:50 into the third periodBrent Sutter · slashing2 min
- 15:18 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 32Brad LauerR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 32 | 6 | .813 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 4 | 4 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |