St. Louis Blues vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Tuesday, December 20, 1988 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the St. Louis Blues 6–3 on Tuesday, December 20, 1988 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Blues 26–21.
Greg Paslawski scored twice and Gerard Gallant scored twice. Sergio Momesso, Joey Kocur, Paul MacLean, Steve Yzerman and Miroslav Frycer also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Sergio Momesso (2)Herb Raglan (7), Rick Meagher (6)1–000:15 STL
Greg Paslawski (10)Cliff Ronning (8), Gino Cavallini (13)2–004:31 STL
Gerard Gallant (18)Steve Yzerman (35)2–109:19 DET ·
2nd period
- Greg Paslawski (11)Gordie Roberts (12), Sergio Momesso (5)3–101:13 STL
Joey Kocur (1)Shawn Burr (14), Kris King (2)3–202:11 DET
3rd period
Paul MacLean (20)Steve Chiasson (14), Steve Yzerman (36)3–307:56 DET · 
Steve Yzerman (32)Joe Murphy (7), Jim Nill (6)3–411:38 DET- Gerard Gallant (19)Steve Yzerman (37), Lee Norwood (14)3–518:15 DET ·
Miroslav Frycer (7)Tim Higgins (7), John Chabot (3)3–619:08 DET
Team stats
STLDET
2126
0%0%
0/43/4
2425
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00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:36 into the first period
Tom Tilley · cross checking2 min - 16:45 into the first periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
- 3:09 into the second period
Kris King · interference2 min - 7:31 into the second periodSteve Chiasson · tripping2 min
- 9:24 into the second periodGilbert Delorme · slashing2 min
- 19:50 into the second periodShawn Burr · elbowing5 min
- 19:50 into the second periodPaul Cavallini · roughing2 min
- 6:29 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:36 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:15 into the third periodPaul MacLean · roughing2 min
- 18:15 into the third periodLee Norwood · roughing2 min
- 18:15 into the third periodLee Norwood · misconduct10 min
- 18:15 into the third periodDoug Evans · roughing2 min
- 18:15 into the third periodDoug Evans · roughing2 min
- 18:15 into the third periodDoug Evans · misconduct10 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.