New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 1988 · Civic Arena

6–8

35–19

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 8–6 on Saturday, December 31, 1988 at Civic Arena. The Devils outshot the Penguins 35–19.

Mario Lemieux scored 5 goals and Kirk Muller scored twice. Jim Korn, Rob Brown, Tommy Albelin, Dan Quinn, Tom Kurvers, Phil Bourque and Anders Carlsson also scored.

Goals
NJD	2	3	1	6	35
PIT	3	4	1	8	19

Scoring

1st period

Jim Korn (8)Kirk Muller (15), Tom Kurvers (15)1–003:39 NJD
Mario Lemieux (39)Rob Brown (38)1–104:17 PIT
Mario Lemieux (40)Randy Hillier (10)1–207:50 PIT ·
Kirk Muller (12)Pat Verbeek (10), Jim Korn (9)2–209:46 NJD ·
Mario Lemieux (41)Paul Coffey (35), Gord Dineen (2)2–310:59 PIT ·

2nd period

Rob Brown (27)Dan Quinn (26), Mario Lemieux (59)2–400:39 PIT ·
Tommy Albelin (4)Doug Brown (5), Anders Carlsson (4)3–405:14 NJD
Dan Quinn (18)Mario Lemieux (60), Rob Brown (39)3–507:39 PIT ·
Kirk Muller (13)Christopher Cichocki (1), Tommy Albelin (15)4–508:27 NJD
Mario Lemieux (42)Unassisted4–611:14 PIT ·
Tom Kurvers (11)Kirk Muller (16), Jim Korn (10)5–611:43 NJD
Phil Bourque (13)Mario Lemieux (61), Rob Brown (40)5–716:35 PIT ·

3rd period

Anders Carlsson (2)Kirk Muller (17), Perry Anderson (4)6–716:24 NJD
Mario Lemieux (43)Jay Caufield (4)6–819:59 PIT ·

Team stats

NJDPIT

3519

0%0%

1/94/7

3336

Penalties

0:13 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
0:13 into the first periodJohn Cullen · slashing2 min
6:29 into the first periodPhil Bourque · holding2 min
8:05 into the first periodAaron Broten · high sticking2 min
8:05 into the first periodBob Errey · high sticking2 min
9:40 into the first periodJim Johnson · hooking2 min
10:38 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
10:38 into the first periodKirk Muller · hooking2 min
17:00 into the first periodDan Quinn · hooking2 min
17:31 into the first periodSteve Rooney · roughing2 min
17:31 into the first periodSteve Rooney · cross checking5 min
17:31 into the first periodSteve Rooney · game misconduct10 min
17:31 into the first periodTroy Loney · roughing2 min
6:21 into the second periodChristopher Cichocki · holding2 min
9:10 into the second periodJim Korn · hooking2 min
9:30 into the second periodDan Quinn · hooking2 min
12:23 into the second periodRandy Hillier · roughing2 min
14:57 into the second periodPerry Anderson · high sticking2 min
18:41 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · high sticking2 min
19:56 into the second periodDave Hannan · holding2 min
5:43 into the third periodDave Hannan · hooking2 min
9:14 into the third periodPhil Bourque · interference2 min
10:37 into the third periodAaron Broten · roughing2 min
10:37 into the third periodMario Lemieux · roughing2 min
13:46 into the third periodDave Hannan · misconduct10 min

Game summary

Scoring

Team stats

Penalties

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