New York Islanders vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, December 20, 1988 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 5–3 on Tuesday, December 20, 1988 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Islanders 34–31.
Mario Lemieux scored twice. Jeff Norton, John Cullen, Patrick Flatley, Pat LaFontaine, Bob Errey and Dan Quinn also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 29 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Norton (1)Pat LaFontaine (20), Bryan Trottier (11)1–003:49 NYI · 
John Cullen (6)Randy Cunneyworth (14), Mario Lemieux (52)1–114:47 PIT ·
2nd period
Patrick Flatley (1)Reed Larson (9), Bryan Trottier (12)2–102:09 NYI
Mario Lemieux (32)Jim Johnson (5), Rob Brown (35)2–210:29 PIT
Pat LaFontaine (18)Mikko Makela (10), Rich Pilon (10)3–213:24 NYI
3rd period
- Mario Lemieux (33)Bob Errey (18), Dan Quinn (23)3–314:09 PIT
Bob Errey (13)Mario Lemieux (53)3–416:34 PIT
Dan Quinn (17)Unassisted3–519:40 PIT ·
Team stats
NYIPIT
3134
0%0%
1/31/4
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:31 into the first period
Dave Hannan · hooking2 min - 12:44 into the first period
Gary Nylund · hooking2 min - 14:00 into the first periodRich Pilon · tripping2 min
- 4:50 into the second periodRichard Zemlak · hooking2 min
- 9:05 into the second periodRaimo Helminen · tripping2 min
- 9:05 into the second periodDan Quinn · holding2 min
- 13:51 into the second periodReed Larson · holding2 min
- 17:58 into the second periodPatrick Flatley · hooking2 min
- 2:09 into the third periodMarc Bergevin · interference2 min
- 2:09 into the third periodDave Hannan · roughing2 min
- 4:00 into the third periodRandy Hillier · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Jeff NortonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 35Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25David VolekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 38Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 40Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Gary NylundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 39Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 8 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11John CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Richard ZemlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Tom BarrassoG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | 0 | 0 | – |