New York Islanders vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Friday, December 9, 1988 · Brendan Byrne Arena

5–6

30–27

Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Islanders 6–5 on Friday, December 9, 1988 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Islanders outshot the Devils 30–27.

Tom Kurvers scored twice, David Volek scored twice and John MacLean scored a hat trick. Greg Gilbert, Alan Kerr, Patrik Sundstrom and Mikko Makela also scored.

Sean Burke made 25 saves on 30 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 21 of 27.

Goals
NYI	4	1	0	5	30
NJD	3	2	1	6	27

Scoring

1st period

Tom Kurvers (5)Jim Korn (3), Brendan Shanahan (4)0–104:11 NJD
Greg Gilbert (4)Pat LaFontaine (16), Mick Vukota (1)1–105:54 NYI
Alan Kerr (5)Bryan Trottier (10), Tomas Jonsson (10)2–107:29 NYI
Tom Kurvers (6)Unassisted2–210:59 NJD
David Volek (8)Brad Dalgarno (4), Pat LaFontaine (17)3–212:43 NYI
David Volek (9)Brent Sutter (12), Raimo Helminen (8)4–217:15 NYI ·
Patrik Sundstrom (12)Jamie Huscroft (1), Aaron Broten (12)4–318:19 NJD

2nd period

John MacLean (15)Patrik Sundstrom (12), Jamie Huscroft (2)4–407:50 NJD
John MacLean (16)Aaron Broten (13), Patrik Sundstrom (13)4–515:02 NJD
Mikko Makela (6)Pat LaFontaine (18), Tomas Jonsson (11)5–517:07 NYI ·

3rd period

John MacLean (17)Patrik Sundstrom (14), Jim Korn (4)5–601:11 NJD

Team stats

NYINJD

3027

0%0%

2/70/6

2426

Penalties

0:44 into the first periodBrendan Shanahan · roughing2 min
0:54 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · tripping2 min
8:46 into the first periodKen Daneyko · fighting5 min
8:46 into the first periodGreg Gilbert · fighting5 min
16:32 into the first periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
16:32 into the first periodGreg Gilbert · roughing2 min
16:52 into the first periodTom Kurvers · hooking2 min
19:10 into the first periodBrad Dalgarno · holding2 min
19:54 into the first periodJack O'Callahan · tripping2 min
3:16 into the second periodDavid Maley · fighting5 min
3:16 into the second periodBrad Dalgarno · fighting5 min
3:56 into the second periodBrent Sutter · hooking2 min
8:07 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · hooking2 min
16:12 into the second periodPerry Anderson · interference2 min
16:46 into the second periodAaron Broten · tripping2 min
19:06 into the second periodRandy Wood · high sticking2 min
3:49 into the third periodJoe Cirella · roughing2 min
11:37 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
14:19 into the third periodBrendan Shanahan · holding2 min

Season series

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

16Pat LaFontaineC	0	3	3	+2	7	0	–	–
25David VolekL	2	0	2	0	2	0	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	0	2	2	−1	5	4	–	–
7Greg GilbertL	1	0	1	+1	2	7	–	–
10Alan KerrR	1	0	1	−1	1	0	–	–
17Brad DalgarnoR	0	1	1	+1	2	7	–	–
19Bryan TrottierC	0	1	1	−2	1	0	–	–
21Brent SutterC	0	1	1	−3	0	2	–	–
24Mikko MakelaR	1	0	1	−3	1	0	–	–
38Mick VukotaR	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	–
40Raimo HelminenC	0	1	1	−1	1	0	–	–
11Randy WoodR	0	0	0	−2	0	2	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	0	0	−4	1	0	–	–
8Jeff NortonD	0	0	0	−4	1	0	–	–
35Reed LarsonD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	–	–
36Gary NylundD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	–	–
39Marc BergevinD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
47Rich PilonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Kelly HrudeyG	L	27	21	6	.778	59:49
31Billy SmithG		0	0	0	–	–

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

17Patrik SundstromC	1	3	4	+5	2	0	–	–
15John MacLeanR	3	0	3	+5	6	0	–	–
10Aaron BrotenC	0	2	2	+4	3	2	–	–
4Jamie HuscroftD	0	2	2	+3	1	0	–	–
5Tom KurversD	2	0	2	+1	2	2	–	–
14Jim KornD	0	2	2	+1	0	0	–	–
11Brendan ShanahanL	0	1	1	−1	2	4	–	–
8David MaleyL	0	0	0	−1	0	5	–	–
9Kirk MullerL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
16Pat VerbeekR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
18Steve RooneyC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
19Claude LoiselleC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
25Perry AndersonL	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
32Pat ConacherL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
2Joe CirellaD	0	0	0	−1	2	2	–	–
3Ken DaneykoD	0	0	0	−1	0	7	–	–
7Jack O'CallahanD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	–	–
27Randy VelischekD	0	0	0	+3	1	0	–	–

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
1Sean BurkeG	W	30	25	5	.833	60:00
28Bob SauveG		0	0	0	–	–