Vancouver Canucks vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, October 18, 1988 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Vancouver Canucks 3–2 on Tuesday, October 18, 1988 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Islanders 32–30.
Goals came from Steve Konroyd, Trevor Linden, Tomas Jonsson, Bryan Trottier and Larry Melnyk.
Kelly Hrudey made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Konroyd (1)Unassisted0–101:01 NYI
Trevor Linden (1)Doug Lidster (2), Tony Tanti (3)1–107:40 VAN · 
Tomas Jonsson (2)Pat LaFontaine (5), Steve Konroyd (1)1–213:41 NYI
2nd period
Bryan Trottier (3)Pat LaFontaine (6), Rich Pilon (5)1–302:12 NYI · 
Larry Melnyk (1)Petri Skriko (3), Barry Pederson (4)2–317:22 VAN ·
Team stats
VANNYI
3230
0%0%
1/51/4
2224
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:33 into the first period
Rich Pilon · interference2 min - 4:27 into the first period
Rich Sutter · elbowing2 min - 6:05 into the first periodMick Vukota · slashing2 min
- 6:05 into the first periodMick Vukota · fighting5 min
- 6:05 into the first periodLarry Melnyk · fighting5 min
- 16:27 into the first periodGerald Diduck · elbowing2 min
- 16:27 into the first periodTony Tanti · roughing2 min
- 0:51 into the second periodJim Sandlak · holding2 min
- 3:49 into the second periodRich Pilon · hooking2 min
- 16:16 into the second periodGarth Butcher · holding2 min
- 17:22 into the second periodMick Vukota · roughing2 min
- 1:36 into the third periodPaul Reinhart · holding2 min
- 6:53 into the third periodKen Morrow · interference2 min
- 9:33 into the third periodAlan Kerr · fighting5 min
- 9:33 into the third periodRonnie Stern · fighting5 min
- 11:06 into the third periodBrent Sutter · roughing2 min
- 11:06 into the third periodPetri Skriko · roughing2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Larry MelnykD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Ken BerryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Ronnie SternR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Rob MurphyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Robert NordmarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25David VolekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 38Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |