New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Tuesday, December 27, 1988 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New Jersey Devils 7–5 on Tuesday, December 27, 1988 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Rangers 35–27.
Doug Brown scored twice. Lucien DeBlois, Tom Kurvers, Kelly Kisio, Tony Granato, Brian Mullen, John Ogrodnick, James Patrick, John MacLean, Claude Loiselle and Carey Wilson also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 30 saves on 35 shots for the win; Chris Terreri stopped 17 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Lucien DeBlois (3)Kevin Miller (1), Jan Erixon (5)1–001:47 NYR
Tom Kurvers (9)John MacLean (20), Brendan Shanahan (5)1–108:14 NJD · 
Kelly Kisio (10)Ron Greschner (3), Brian Mullen (17)2–108:34 NYR
Tony Granato (19)Brian Leetch (21), Carey Wilson (15)3–110:01 NYR ·
2nd period
Brian Mullen (18)Carey Wilson (16), James Patrick (16)4–105:37 NYR · 
John Ogrodnick (5)Marcel Dionne (14)5–108:37 NYR
James Patrick (7)Ulf Dahlen (13), Marcel Dionne (15)6–110:22 NYR · 
John MacLean (26)Brendan Shanahan (6), Janne Ojanen (1)6–215:05 NJD
Claude Loiselle (5)Tommy Albelin (14), Doug Brown (4)6–316:13 NJD
3rd period
Doug Brown (3)Perry Anderson (3), Joe Cirella (6)6–401:43 NJD
Carey Wilson (12)Mark Hardy (8), David Shaw (5)7–409:25 NYR · - Doug Brown (4)Claude Loiselle (7)7–512:30 NJD
Team stats
NYRNJD
2735
0%0%
4/91/8
4173
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:28 into the first period
Ken Daneyko · fighting5 min - 0:28 into the first period
Rudy Poeschek · fighting5 min - 5:55 into the first periodRandy Velischek · slashing2 min
- 7:44 into the first periodMichel Petit · hooking2 min
- 9:14 into the first periodJack O'Callahan · cross checking2 min
- 10:30 into the first periodMichel Petit · tripping2 min
- 10:47 into the first periodJohn MacLean · holding2 min
- 13:05 into the first periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
- 13:05 into the first periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 14:03 into the first periodMarcel Dionne · holding2 min
- 16:55 into the first periodJoe Cirella · high sticking2 min
- 16:55 into the first periodTomas Sandstrom · high sticking2 min
- 18:09 into the first periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 18:09 into the first periodLucien DeBlois · roughing2 min
- 19:00 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 4:00 into the second periodBrian Leetch · high sticking2 min
- 4:02 into the second periodKirk Muller · high sticking2 min
- 5:16 into the second periodMark Johnson · hooking2 min
- 5:53 into the second periodTommy Albelin · slashing2 min
- 5:53 into the second periodLucien DeBlois · slashing2 min
- 8:37 into the second periodDavid Maley · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 8:37 into the second periodDavid Maley · misconduct10 min
- 8:37 into the second periodDavid Maley · game misconduct10 min
- 10:16 into the second periodJoe Cirella · cross checking2 min
- 11:22 into the second periodKen Daneyko · cross checking2 min
- 16:07 into the second periodPat Verbeek · misconduct10 min
- 17:33 into the second periodJohn MacLean · high sticking2 min
- 17:33 into the second periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
- 17:33 into the second periodTony Granato · roughing2 min
- 17:33 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
- 18:38 into the second periodLucien DeBlois · tripping2 min
- 4:57 into the third periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 4:57 into the third periodMarcel Dionne · high sticking2 min
- 7:35 into the third periodDoug Brown · tripping2 min
- 10:17 into the third periodBrian Mullen · hooking2 min
- 14:40 into the third periodJohn Vanbiesbrouck · slashing2 min
- 17:54 into the third periodKirk Muller · roughing2 min
- 17:54 into the third periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 17:54 into the third periodBrian Leetch · roughing2 min
- 17:54 into the third periodDavid Shaw · high sticking2 min
- 18:43 into the third periodClaude Loiselle · elbowing2 min
- 18:43 into the third periodRon Greschner · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 17Carey WilsonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Tony GranatoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Kevin MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 14Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 35 | 5 | .857 |
New Jersey Devils
| 24Doug BrownR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Janne OjanenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | 6 | 3 | .500 | |
| 30Chris TerreriG | L | 21 | 4 | .809 |