Pittsburgh Penguins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Monday, December 26, 1988 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Hartford Whalers 4–3 in overtime on Monday, December 26, 1988 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Penguins 40–27.
Goals came from Zarley Zalapski, Don Maloney, Paul Macdermid, Dave Hannan, Mario Lemieux, Ron Francis and Rob Brown.
Tom Barrasso made 37 saves on 40 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Zarley Zalapski (8)Paul Coffey (34), Mario Lemieux (57)1–011:51 PIT · 
Don Maloney (5)Unassisted1–113:41 HFD
2nd period
Paul Macdermid (5)Ray Ferraro (17), Dave Tippett (13)1–200:19 HFD
Dave Hannan (4)Randy Cunneyworth (15), Jay Caufield (3)2–219:05 PIT
3rd period
Mario Lemieux (37)Zarley Zalapski (18), John Cullen (24)3–204:44 PIT · 
Ron Francis (13)Don Maloney (10)3–305:52 HFD
Overtime
Rob Brown (26)Phil Bourque (12), Mario Lemieux (58)4–301:39 PIT
Team stats
PITHFD
2740
0%0%
2/50/3
1721
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:20 into the first period
Tom Martin · slashing2 min - 7:25 into the first period
Zarley Zalapski · hooking2 min - 7:57 into the first periodTom Barrasso · tripping2 min
- 11:19 into the first periodSylvain Cote · tripping2 min
- 11:33 into the first periodGrant Jennings · cross checking2 min
- 1:48 into the second periodJim Johnson · tripping2 min
- 4:31 into the second periodTom Martin · roughing2 min
- 4:31 into the second periodRandy Hillier · roughing2 min
- 9:51 into the second periodRay Ferraro · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:51 into the second periodDave Hannan · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:15 into the second periodGrant Jennings · holding2 min
- 16:26 into the second periodTom Martin · roughing2 min
- 16:26 into the second periodTom Martin · fighting5 min
- 16:26 into the second periodTroy Loney · roughing2 min
- 16:26 into the second periodTroy Loney · fighting5 min
- 4:26 into the third periodBrian Lawton · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Zarley ZalapskiD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11John CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Jay CaufieldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave HannanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Tom BarrassoG | W | 40 | 3 | .925 |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 14Don MaloneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Tom MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 37Dallas GaumeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 33Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | 0 | 0 | – |