New York Rangers vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Thursday, December 8, 1988 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the New York Rangers 5–4 on Thursday, December 8, 1988 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Rangers 34–25.
Goals came from Guy Lafleur, Tomas Sandstrom, Scott Young, Ron Greschner, Tony Granato, Ron Francis, Kevin Dineen, Carey Wilson and Tom Martin.
Peter Sidorkiewicz made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Bob Froese stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Guy Lafleur (9)Brian Leetch (19), Kelly Kisio (14)1–005:51 NYR
Tomas Sandstrom (11)Brian Leetch (20), Brian Lawton (9)2–016:10 NYR
2nd period
Scott Young (8)Ron Francis (18), Tom Martin (3)2–105:27 HFD
Ron Greschner (1)Tony Granato (8)3–113:52 NYR
Tony Granato (15)Unassisted4–115:24 NYR · 
Ron Francis (10)Dave Babych (11), Dave Tippett (10)4–216:54 HFD ·
3rd period
Kevin Dineen (14)Ray Ferraro (13)4–305:02 HFD
Carey Wilson (9)Jody Hull (3)4–409:38 HFD
Tom Martin (4)Ray Ferraro (14), Scott Young (17)4–514:44 HFD
Team stats
NYRHFD
2534
0%0%
0/61/5
1416
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:53 into the first period
Kevin Dineen · roughing2 min - 1:53 into the first period
Tony Granato · roughing2 min - 3:43 into the first periodTom Martin · high sticking2 min
- 6:57 into the first periodMichel Petit · cross checking2 min
- 12:48 into the first periodSylvain Cote · holding2 min
- 1:17 into the second periodBrian Lawton · high sticking2 min
- 2:51 into the second periodJan Erixon · high sticking2 min
- 6:49 into the second periodSylvain Turgeon · tripping2 min
- 10:23 into the second periodGrant Jennings · roughing2 min
- 10:23 into the second periodJoe Paterson · roughing2 min
- 14:01 into the second periodDon Maloney · tripping2 min
- 15:41 into the second periodTony Granato · cross checking2 min
- 19:36 into the second periodGrant Jennings · interference2 min
- 5:46 into the third periodDean Evason · holding2 min
- 11:14 into the third periodTom Martin · elbowing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 18Tony GranatoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Brian LawtonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Jason LafreniereC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 39Peter LavioletteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |
| 35Mike RichterG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Tom MartinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Scott YoungR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 8Jody HullR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | W | 25 | 4 | .840 |