Los Angeles Kings vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, December 10, 1988 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Islanders 4–3 on Saturday, December 10, 1988 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Kings 33–29.
John Tonelli scored twice. Dave Taylor, Gary Nylund, Luc Robitaille, Mikko Makela and Tomas Jonsson also scored.
Mark Fitzpatrick made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
John Tonelli (9)Unassisted1–000:50 LAK
Dave Taylor (13)Bernie Nicholls (37), Steve Duchesne (25)2–004:22 LAK- John Tonelli (10)Mike Krushelnyski (17), Marty McSorley (11)3–016:31 LAK
3rd period
Gary Nylund (4)Brad Dalgarno (5), David Volek (8)3–101:28 NYI
Luc Robitaille (21)Wayne Gretzky (48), Steve Duchesne (26)4–105:03 LAK · 
Mikko Makela (7)Pat LaFontaine (19), David Volek (9)4–211:45 NYI · 
Tomas Jonsson (5)Jeff Norton (6), Richard Kromm (1)4–315:54 NYI
Team stats
LAKNYI
2933
0%0%
1/51/5
1515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:36 into the first period
Tom Laidlaw · hooking2 min - 2:19 into the first period
David Volek · interference2 min - 5:46 into the first periodMarty McSorley · fighting5 min
- 5:46 into the first periodMick Vukota · fighting5 min
- 11:56 into the first periodRandy Wood · hooking2 min
- 17:02 into the first periodWayne Mcbean · holding2 min
- 6:46 into the second periodWayne Mcbean · holding2 min
- 9:55 into the second periodKen Morrow · hooking2 min
- 14:26 into the second periodBrad Dalgarno · hooking2 min
- 3:36 into the third periodTomas Jonsson · holding2 min
- 8:45 into the third periodSteve Duchesne · holding2 min
- 11:23 into the third periodKen Baumgartner · elbowing2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 27John TonelliL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Wayne McbeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mark FitzpatrickG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 35Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 25David VolekL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 12Richard KrommL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Jeff NortonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 36Gary NylundD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 38Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 40Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 53Michael WalshC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 35Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 39Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |