Vancouver Canucks vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, October 16, 1988 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Vancouver Canucks 3–2 on Sunday, October 16, 1988 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Canucks 39–33.
Petri Skriko scored twice. Guy Lafleur, Brian Leetch and Normand Rochefort also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 36 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Guy Lafleur (1)Marcel Dionne (3), Brian Mullen (1)0–107:22 NYR · 
Brian Leetch (2)Brian Mullen (2), Guy Lafleur (1)0–210:59 NYR · 
Normand Rochefort (1)Tony Granato (1), Chris Nilan (1)0–316:46 NYR
2nd period
Petri Skriko (4)Trevor Linden (2), Barry Pederson (3)1–304:15 VAN- Petri Skriko (5)Greg Adams (3), Robert Nordmark (6)2–317:48 VAN ·
Team stats
VANNYR
3339
0%0%
1/52/7
2622
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:08 into the first period
Tony Tanti · roughing2 min - 5:45 into the first periodDoug Lidster · holding2 min
- 7:39 into the first periodPaul Reinhart · tripping2 min
- 7:39 into the first periodPaul Reinhart · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:10 into the first period
Marcel Dionne · holding2 min - 18:46 into the first periodBrian Mullen · slashing2 min
- 19:36 into the first periodNormand Rochefort · cross checking2 min
- 19:36 into the first periodDavid Bruce · high sticking2 min
- 6:35 into the second periodNormand Rochefort · holding2 min
- 8:39 into the second periodRonnie Stern · slashing2 min
- 11:12 into the second periodBrian Mullen · roughing2 min
- 11:12 into the second periodGarth Butcher · roughing2 min
- 13:40 into the second periodTony Tanti · hooking2 min
- 16:43 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · tripping2 min
- 19:34 into the second periodChris Nilan · roughing2 min
- 19:34 into the second periodChris Nilan · roughing2 min
- 19:34 into the second periodNormand Rochefort · roughing2 min
- 19:34 into the second periodGarth Butcher · roughing2 min
- 19:34 into the second periodRich Sutter · roughing2 min
- 10:40 into the third periodRonnie Stern · interference2 min
- 12:36 into the third periodKelly Kisio · high sticking2 min
- 12:36 into the third periodGarth Butcher · roughing2 min
- 15:07 into the third periodBrian Lawton · high sticking2 min
- 15:07 into the third periodDavid Bruce · high sticking2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Robert NordmarkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Brian BradleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Ronnie SternR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25David BruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Kevan GuyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 39 | 3 | .923 |
New York Rangers
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 39Tony GranatoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |