Los Angeles Kings vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, December 12, 1988 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Monday, December 12, 1988 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Kings 39–34.
Goals came from Wayne Gretzky, John Ogrodnick, Luc Robitaille, Mike Krushelnyski, Ulf Dahlen, Steve Duchesne and Mike Allison.
Glenn Healy made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 29 of 33.
Scoring
2nd period
Wayne Gretzky (24)Bernie Nicholls (38), Bobby Carpenter (12)1–003:29 LAK
John Ogrodnick (2)Kelly Kisio (15), Brian Mullen (14)1–105:58 NYR
Luc Robitaille (22)Steve Duchesne (27), Dave Taylor (23)2–114:15 LAK
Mike Krushelnyski (9)John Tonelli (10), Tim Watters (5)3–114:50 LAK
3rd period
Ulf Dahlen (13)John Ogrodnick (1), Marcel Dionne (12)3–201:39 NYR
Steve Duchesne (13)Bernie Nicholls (39), Luc Robitaille (27)4–202:29 LAK · 
Mike Allison (6)Unassisted5–219:25 LAK ·
Team stats
LAKNYR
3439
0%0%
1/30/6
3410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:44 into the first period
Marty McSorley · cross checking2 min - 1:44 into the first periodMarty McSorley · interference2 min
- 1:44 into the first periodMarty McSorley · misconduct10 min
- 1:44 into the first periodMarty McSorley · game misconduct10 min
- 3:12 into the first period
Marcel Dionne · tripping2 min - 3:19 into the first periodJohn Ogrodnick · holding2 min
- 13:46 into the first periodJohn Vanbiesbrouck · delaying game2 min
- 15:42 into the first periodDale Degray · hooking2 min
- 18:29 into the first periodWayne Mcbean · charging2 min
- 18:29 into the first periodKelly Kisio · boarding2 min
- 2:11 into the third periodJohn Vanbiesbrouck · high sticking2 min
- 3:54 into the third periodKen Baumgartner · hooking2 min
- 10:27 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · hooking2 min
- 10:52 into the third periodSteve Duchesne · cross checking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Mike AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Gilles HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Wayne McbeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Dale DegrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Glenn HealyG | W | 39 | 2 | .949 |
New York Rangers
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 39Peter LavioletteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |