Hartford Whalers vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 14, 1988 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Hartford Whalers 4–3 on Wednesday, December 14, 1988 at Chicago Stadium. The Blackhawks outshot the Whalers 40–26.
Wayne Presley scored twice. Denis Savard, Dirk Graham, Kevin Dineen, Dave Babych and Carey Wilson also scored.
Darren Pang made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 36 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Savard (13)Troy Murray (14), Rick Vaive (13)0–106:13 CHI · 
Dirk Graham (12)Steve Larmer (17), Denis Savard (38)0–210:42 CHI
Kevin Dineen (16)Ray Ferraro (15), Grant Jennings (5)1–212:19 HFD
Dave Babych (2)Scott Young (18), Dave Tippett (11)2–216:38 HFD ·
2nd period
Wayne Presley (6)Darren Pang (2)2–313:24 CHI · 
Carey Wilson (10)Unassisted3–317:36 HFD ·
3rd period
- Wayne Presley (7)Dave Manson (10), Steve Thomas (13)3–402:17 CHI
Team stats
HFDCHI
2640
0%0%
2/31/7
4730
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:21 into the first period
Tom Martin · high sticking2 min - 6:03 into the first periodDave Tippett · hooking2 min
- 15:31 into the first period
Duane Sutter · charging2 min - 15:31 into the first periodDuane Sutter · roughing2 min
- 15:31 into the first periodGrant Jennings · roughing2 min
- 15:31 into the first periodGrant Jennings · roughing2 min
- 15:45 into the first periodDirk Graham · holding2 min
- 17:39 into the first periodSylvain Turgeon · hooking2 min
- 8:52 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 12:38 into the second periodSteve Larmer · holding2 min
- 15:40 into the second periodDirk Graham · charging2 min
- 15:40 into the second periodSteve Konroyd · high sticking2 min
- 15:40 into the second periodDave Manson · roughing2 min
- 15:40 into the second periodRandy Ladouceur · roughing2 min
- 15:40 into the second periodTom Martin · roughing2 min
- 18:34 into the second periodKevin Dineen · interference2 min
- 4:36 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · hooking2 min
- 5:39 into the third periodEverett Sanipass · fighting5 min
- 5:39 into the third periodGrant Jennings · fighting5 min
- 10:05 into the third periodTroy Murray · instigator face shield2 min
- 10:05 into the third periodTroy Murray · instigator2 min
- 10:05 into the third periodTroy Murray · fighting5 min
- 10:05 into the third periodTom Martin · fighting5 min
- 10:05 into the third periodTom Martin · high sticking5 min
- 10:05 into the third periodTom Martin · game misconduct10 min
- 19:49 into the third periodDave Manson · slashing2 min
- 19:49 into the third periodKevin Dineen · slashing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Scott YoungR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Grant JenningsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 8Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Tom MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 40 | 4 | .900 |
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 17Wayne PresleyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Troy MurrayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Rick VaiveR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 33Dirk GrahamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Dave MansonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Everett SanipassL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Brian NoonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dan VinceletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Trent YawneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 25Bob McgillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 37Bruce CassidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ed BelfourG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Darren PangG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |