Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Friday, October 21, 1988 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4 on Friday, October 21, 1988 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Penguins 35–22.
Mario Lemieux scored twice and Kirk Muller scored twice. Pat Verbeek, Rob Brown, Randy Cunneyworth, Aaron Broten, Jim Korn and Claude Loiselle also scored.
Sean Burke made 18 saves on 22 shots for the win; Wendell Young stopped 12 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Pat Verbeek (2)Aaron Broten (1)0–101:38 NJD · 
Rob Brown (6)Paul Coffey (6), Mario Lemieux (11)1–103:27 PIT · 
Randy Cunneyworth (5)Paul Coffey (7), Dan Quinn (6)2–118:25 PIT
2nd period
Aaron Broten (2)Bruce Driver (5), John MacLean (7)2–203:21 NJD
Mario Lemieux (10)Paul Coffey (8), Bob Errey (5)3–209:29 PIT
Kirk Muller (4)Unassisted3–312:20 NJD · 
Jim Korn (1)Kirk Muller (1), John MacLean (8)3–413:05 NJD- Mario Lemieux (11)Rob Brown (8), Randy Hillier (2)4–416:53 PIT
3rd period
- Kirk Muller (5)Aaron Broten (2), Jack O'Callahan (1)4–503:27 NJD ·
Claude Loiselle (1)Randy Velischek (2)4–615:41 NJD
Team stats
PITNJD
2235
0%0%
1/63/7
6042
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:51 into the first period
Steve Dykstra · high sticking2 min - 2:16 into the first period
John MacLean · hooking2 min - 4:55 into the first periodPat Verbeek · interference2 min
- 9:08 into the first periodJim Korn · roughing2 min
- 9:08 into the first periodBob Errey · roughing2 min
- 10:32 into the first periodJoe Cirella · cross checking2 min
- 16:16 into the first periodSean Burke · delaying game2 min
- 4:25 into the second periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
- 4:25 into the second periodDave Hannan · roughing2 min
- 5:57 into the second periodDave Hannan · misconduct10 min
- 7:10 into the second periodBob Errey · high sticking2 min
- 8:25 into the second periodTom Kurvers · hooking2 min
- 8:48 into the second periodRick Tabaracci · interference2 min
- 10:53 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · fighting5 min
- 10:53 into the second periodRod Buskas · interference2 min
- 10:53 into the second periodDan Frawley · fighting5 min
- 13:19 into the second periodJoe Cirella · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1:08 into the third periodDavid Maley · roughing2 min
- 1:08 into the third periodRod Buskas · roughing2 min
- 2:09 into the third periodMark Johnson · slashing2 min
- 2:09 into the third periodRob Brown · high sticking2 min
- 2:30 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · roughing2 min
- 7:08 into the third periodKirk Muller · tripping2 min
- 9:40 into the third periodDave Hannan · tripping2 min
- 11:35 into the third periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 11:35 into the third periodJim Johnson · roughing2 min
- 17:08 into the third periodBruce Driver · elbowing2 min
- 17:08 into the third periodDavid Maley · fighting5 min
- 17:08 into the third periodKirk Muller · roughing2 min
- 17:08 into the third periodRod Buskas · fighting5 min
- 17:08 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · high sticking2 min
- 17:08 into the third periodJim Johnson · roughing2 min
- 17:55 into the third periodClaude Loiselle · high sticking2 min
- 17:55 into the third periodPaul Coffey · high sticking2 min
- 17:55 into the third periodPaul Coffey · misconduct10 min
- 18:39 into the third periodMark Johnson · charging2 min
- 18:39 into the third periodRob Brown · boarding2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11John CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mark KachowskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wendell YoungG | L | 14 | 2 | .857 |
| 31Rick TabaracciG | 21 | 4 | .809 |
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 22 | 4 | .818 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |