New York Islanders vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, November 27, 1988 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 5–3 on Sunday, November 27, 1988 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 31–25.
Goals came from Brad Dalgarno, Pat LaFontaine, Jason Lafreniere, Brian Lawton, Mick Vukota, Brian Mullen, Guy Lafleur and Tomas Sandstrom.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Brad Dalgarno (3)Bryan Trottier (8), Mikko Makela (8)1–012:44 NYI ·
2nd period
Pat LaFontaine (14)Bryan Trottier (9)2–004:23 NYI · 
Jason Lafreniere (2)Guy Lafleur (9), James Patrick (11)2–110:56 NYR · 
Brian Lawton (6)Igor Liba (2)2–211:20 NYR
Mick Vukota (1)Raimo Helminen (6), Greg Gilbert (5)3–218:39 NYI
3rd period
Brian Mullen (11)Guy Lafleur (10), Jason Lafreniere (5)3–300:37 NYR
Guy Lafleur (6)James Patrick (12), Norm MacIver (8)3–402:51 NYR · 
Tomas Sandstrom (8)Igor Liba (3), Brian Lawton (6)3–513:51 NYR
Team stats
NYINYR
2531
0%0%
2/52/5
2325
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:06 into the first period
Alan Kerr · cross checking5 min - 3:06 into the first periodAlan Kerr · game misconduct10 min
- 3:06 into the first period
Michel Petit · roughing2 min - 6:25 into the first periodRich Pilon · interference2 min
- 11:21 into the first periodRudy Poeschek · roughing2 min
- 4:10 into the second periodMichel Petit · tripping2 min
- 5:30 into the second periodKelly Kisio · high sticking5 min
- 5:30 into the second periodKelly Kisio · game misconduct10 min
- 9:10 into the second periodBryan Trottier · holding2 min
- 14:38 into the second periodBrent Sutter · high sticking2 min
- 1:15 into the third periodPat LaFontaine · tripping2 min
- 4:35 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · tripping2 min
- 14:32 into the third periodMichel Petit · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 38Mick VukotaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 40Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25David VolekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 55Mike StevensR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 58Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 34Christopher PryorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Gary NylundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
New York Rangers
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Jason LafreniereC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Brian LawtonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Igor LibaL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |