Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Thursday, December 15, 1988 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

8–2

24–51

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 8–2 on Thursday, December 15, 1988 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Penguins 51–24.

Bob Errey scored twice. Rob Brown, Pat LaFontaine, Brad Dalgarno, Randy Cunneyworth, Phil Bourque, Paul Coffey, Mario Lemieux and Zarley Zalapski also scored.

Tom Barrasso made 49 saves on 51 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 16 of 24.

Goals
PIT	3	3	2	8	24
NYI	2	0	0	2	51

Scoring

1st period

Rob Brown (25)Paul Coffey (27), Bob Errey (17)1–004:31 PIT
Pat LaFontaine (17)Marc Bergevin (1)1–105:16 NYI
Brad Dalgarno (4)Brent Sutter (14)1–210:10 NYI
Randy Cunneyworth (17)Dave Hannan (7), Jay Caufield (2)2–216:22 PIT
Bob Errey (11)Rob Brown (33), Paul Coffey (28)3–217:05 PIT

2nd period

Phil Bourque (11)Mario Lemieux (47), Paul Coffey (29)4–205:16 PIT ·
Bob Errey (12)Mario Lemieux (48), Zarley Zalapski (15)5–210:07 PIT
Paul Coffey (11)Mario Lemieux (49), John Cullen (19)6–216:42 PIT ·

3rd period

Mario Lemieux (31)Paul Coffey (30), John Cullen (20)7–209:36 PIT ·
Zarley Zalapski (6)Rob Brown (34), Mario Lemieux (50)8–213:55 PIT

Team stats

PITNYI

2451

0%0%

3/50/5

4029

Penalties

1:25 into the first periodDan Quinn · interference2 min
10:30 into the first periodVille Siren · holding2 min
4:53 into the second periodBrad Dalgarno · holding2 min
6:58 into the second periodRich Pilon · roughing2 min
6:58 into the second periodMick Vukota · roughing2 min
6:58 into the second periodTroy Loney · roughing2 min
8:34 into the second periodMarc Bergevin · cross checking2 min
8:34 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · spearing5 min
8:34 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · game misconduct10 min
12:22 into the second periodSteve Dykstra · cross checking2 min
14:59 into the second periodKen Morrow · tripping2 min
2:42 into the third periodMick Vukota · fighting5 min
2:42 into the third periodJay Caufield · fighting5 min
3:40 into the third periodJeff Norton · fighting5 min
3:40 into the third periodDan Frawley · fighting5 min
7:39 into the third periodTomas Jonsson · tripping2 min
11:08 into the third periodMick Vukota · fighting5 min
11:08 into the third periodJay Caufield · fighting5 min
14:27 into the third periodDave Hannan · hooking2 min
18:28 into the third periodKelly Hrudey · slashing2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

66Mario LemieuxC	1	4	5	+3	2	0	–	–
77Paul CoffeyD	1	4	5	+1	3	0	–	–
12Bob ErreyL	2	1	3	+2	5	0	–	–
44Rob BrownR	1	2	3	+3	4	0	–	–
11John CullenC	0	2	2	−1	0	0	–	–
33Zarley ZalapskiD	1	1	2	+3	2	0	–	–
15Randy CunneyworthL	1	0	1	+1	2	15	–	–
16Jay CaufieldR	0	1	1	+2	0	10	–	–
20Dave HannanC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	–	–
29Phil BourqueL	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	–
10Dan QuinnC	0	0	0	−1	2	2	–	–
22Steve DykstraL	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
24Troy LoneyL	0	0	0	−1	2	2	–	–
28Dan FrawleyR	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	–
4Chris DahlquistD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
5Ville SirenD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	–	–
6Jim JohnsonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
23Randy HillierD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
35Tom BarrassoG	W	51	49	2	.961	60:00
40Frank PietrangeloG		0	0	0	–	–

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

16Pat LaFontaineC	1	0	1	−1	5	0	–	–
17Brad DalgarnoR	1	0	1	0	4	2	–	–
21Brent SutterC	0	1	1	−1	4	0	–	–
39Marc BergevinD	0	1	1	−1	2	2	–	–
7Greg GilbertL	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
11Randy WoodR	0	0	0	−1	5	0	–	–
12Richard KrommL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
19Bryan TrottierC	0	0	0	−1	7	0	–	–
24Mikko MakelaR	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
25David VolekL	0	0	0	0	5	0	–	–
38Mick VukotaR	0	0	0	0	0	12	–	–
40Raimo HelminenC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
53Michael WalshC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	0	0	0	−2	2	2	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
8Jeff NortonD	0	0	0	−2	1	5	–	–
35Reed LarsonD	0	0	0	−1	6	0	–	–
47Rich PilonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Kelly HrudeyG	L	24	16	8	.667	60:00
31Billy SmithG		0	0	0	–	–