New York Rangers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, November 26, 1988 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 6–4 on Saturday, November 26, 1988 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Rangers 27–26.
Brian Mullen scored twice and Tony Granato scored twice. Ulf Dahlen, David Volek, Randy Wood, Bill Berg, Greg Gilbert and Tomas Sandstrom also scored.
Bob Froese made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Mullen (9)Michel Petit (7), Norm MacIver (6)1–003:18 NYR
Ulf Dahlen (11)Kelly Kisio (11), Chris Nilan (6)2–010:23 NYR
David Volek (7)Brad Dalgarno (3), Brent Sutter (9)2–112:10 NYI
Randy Wood (3)Alan Kerr (4), Pat LaFontaine (13)2–213:33 NYI
Bill Berg (1)Raimo Helminen (5), Pat LaFontaine (14)2–316:13 NYI ·
2nd period
Greg Gilbert (3)Mikko Makela (7)2–410:45 NYI- Brian Mullen (10)Brian Leetch (16)3–418:49 NYR
3rd period
Tomas Sandstrom (7)Norm MacIver (7), Michel Petit (8)4–401:45 NYR · 
Tony Granato (11)James Patrick (10)5–418:25 NYR- Tony Granato (12)Unassisted6–419:39 NYR ·
Team stats
NYRNYI
2627
0%0%
1/81/6
5053
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:18 into the first period
Randy Wood · boarding2 min - 2:44 into the first period
Tomas Sandstrom · slashing2 min - 5:01 into the first periodAlan Kerr · roughing2 min
- 7:15 into the first periodBob Froese · tripping2 min
- 15:25 into the first periodChris Nilan · high sticking2 min
- 17:52 into the first periodBill Berg · high sticking2 min
- 0:28 into the second periodChristopher Pryor · tripping2 min
- 11:28 into the second periodGreg Gilbert · hooking2 min
- 14:04 into the second periodGary Nylund · fighting5 min
- 14:04 into the second periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 16:31 into the second periodNorm MacIver · holding2 min
- 17:21 into the second periodRich Pilon · elbowing5 min
- 17:24 into the second periodMichel Petit · high sticking2 min
- 7:02 into the third periodKelly Kisio · interference2 min
- 12:04 into the third periodBrian Leetch · hooking2 min
- 13:03 into the third periodPat LaFontaine · hooking2 min
- 18:58 into the third periodRich Pilon · fighting5 min
- 18:58 into the third periodMike Stevens · roughing2 min
- 18:58 into the third periodMike Stevens · misconduct10 min
- 18:58 into the third periodMick Vukota · high sticking2 min
- 18:58 into the third periodMick Vukota · roughing2 min
- 18:58 into the third periodMick Vukota · misconduct10 min
- 18:58 into the third periodUlf Dahlen · fighting5 min
- 18:58 into the third periodRon Greschner · roughing2 min
- 18:58 into the third periodRon Greschner · misconduct10 min
- 18:58 into the third periodMichel Petit · high sticking2 min
- 18:58 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 18:58 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · misconduct10 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 18Tony GranatoR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Jason LafreniereC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 39Peter LavioletteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25David VolekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 40Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 58Bill BergL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 38Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 55Mike StevensR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Christopher PryorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 36Gary NylundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 39Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |