Pittsburgh Penguins vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Thursday, December 8, 1988 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 on Thursday, December 8, 1988 at Spectrum. The Penguins outshot the Flyers 30–28.
Pelle Eklund scored twice. Dan Quinn, Paul Coffey, Jay Wells, Rick Tocchet and Mario Lemieux also scored.
Ron Hextall made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Dan Quinn (16)Unassisted1–002:32 PIT · 
Paul Coffey (10)Zarley Zalapski (13), Dan Quinn (18)2–005:15 PIT · 
Jay Wells (1)Dave Poulin (6)2–107:03 PHI
Pelle Eklund (7)Rick Tocchet (16), Jay Wells (6)2–208:00 PHI ·
2nd period
- Pelle Eklund (8)Unassisted2–311:46 PHI
3rd period
Rick Tocchet (16)Tim Kerr (14), Terry Carkner (12)2–413:38 PHI · 
Mario Lemieux (26)Bob Errey (15)3–419:21 PIT ·
Team stats
PITPHI
3028
0%0%
2/112/8
140139
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:43 into the first period
Jeff Chychrun · fighting5 min - 0:43 into the first periodRick Tocchet · roughing2 min
- 0:43 into the first period
Jay Caufield · fighting5 min - 0:43 into the first periodRandy Hillier · roughing2 min
- 1:47 into the first periodDave Poulin · high sticking2 min
- 3:20 into the first periodCraig Berube · fighting5 min
- 3:20 into the first periodRichard Zemlak · fighting5 min
- 3:48 into the first periodJay Wells · cross checking2 min
- 7:21 into the first periodRandy Cunneyworth · elbowing2 min
- 8:00 into the first periodDave Hannan · high sticking5 min
- 8:00 into the first periodDave Hannan · game misconduct10 min
- 15:50 into the first periodJim Johnson · hooking2 min
- 16:55 into the first periodGord Murphy · roughing2 min
- 17:53 into the first periodRick Tocchet · roughing2 min
- 17:53 into the first periodRod Buskas · roughing2 min
- 17:53 into the first periodZarley Zalapski · high sticking2 min
- 18:07 into the first periodTerry Carkner · roughing2 min
- 19:04 into the first periodKjell Samuelsson · tripping2 min
- 3:04 into the second periodDave Brown · fighting5 min
- 3:04 into the second periodDave Brown · misconduct10 min
- 3:04 into the second periodJay Caufield · fighting5 min
- 3:04 into the second periodJay Caufield · misconduct10 min
- 4:08 into the second periodRichard Zemlak · holding2 min
- 5:32 into the second periodGord Murphy · holding2 min
- 6:36 into the second periodPaul Coffey · interference2 min
- 12:13 into the second periodPelle Eklund · fighting5 min
- 12:13 into the second periodJeff Harding · fighting5 min
- 12:13 into the second periodJeff Harding · game misconduct10 min
- 12:13 into the second periodJeff Harding · game misconduct10 min
- 12:13 into the second periodKerry Huffman · fighting5 min
- 12:13 into the second periodKerry Huffman · game misconduct10 min
- 12:13 into the second periodTim Kerr · instigator2 min
- 12:13 into the second periodTim Kerr · fighting5 min
- 12:13 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · instigator2 min
- 12:13 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · fighting5 min
- 12:13 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · game misconduct10 min
- 12:13 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · fighting5 min
- 12:13 into the second periodSteve Dykstra · boarding2 min
- 12:13 into the second periodSteve Dykstra · fighting5 min
- 12:13 into the second periodSteve Dykstra · game misconduct10 min
- 12:13 into the second periodJim Johnson · instigator2 min
- 12:13 into the second periodJim Johnson · fighting5 min
- 12:13 into the second periodJim Johnson · game misconduct10 min
- 12:13 into the second periodDan Quinn · fighting5 min
- 12:13 into the second periodDan Quinn · game misconduct10 min
- 12:13 into the second periodRichard Zemlak · fighting5 min
- 12:13 into the second periodRichard Zemlak · game misconduct10 min
- 12:32 into the second periodScott Mellanby · holding2 min
- 17:57 into the second periodChris Dahlquist · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodScott Mellanby · instigator2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodScott Mellanby · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the second periodScott Mellanby · game misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBob Errey · fighting5 min
- 3:32 into the third periodJay Wells · hooking2 min
- 4:20 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · hooking2 min
- 5:28 into the third periodGord Murphy · holding2 min
- 7:44 into the third periodRon Hextall · roughing2 min
- 7:44 into the third periodRob Brown · roughing2 min
- 12:11 into the third periodChris Dahlquist · cross checking2 min
- 14:16 into the third periodJeff Chychrun · interference2 min
- 18:06 into the third periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
- 19:51 into the third periodTerry Carkner · roughing2 min
- 19:51 into the third periodZarley Zalapski · roughing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Dan QuinnC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 33Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11John CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Jay CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Richard ZemlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Tom BarrassoG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 9Pelle EklundC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 7Jay WellsD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Terry CarknerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Jeff HardingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 42Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 33Mark LaforestG | 0 | 0 | – |