New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Thursday, January 5, 1989 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Boston Bruins 5–3 on Thursday, January 5, 1989 at Boston Garden. The Islanders outshot the Bruins 34–25.
Goals came from Ken Linseman, Cam Neely, Reed Larson, Pat LaFontaine, Randy Wood, David Volek, Brent Sutter and Garry Galley.
Billy Smith made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Rejean Lemelin stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Ken Linseman (12)Don Sweeney (4), John Carter (3)0–101:22 BOS
Cam Neely (13)Craig Janney (24), Glen Wesley (17)0–203:20 BOS ·
2nd period
Reed Larson (5)Unassisted1–208:59 NYI · 
Pat LaFontaine (20)Richard Kromm (4), Jeff Norton (10)2–209:58 NYI
Randy Wood (5)Greg Gilbert (6), Marc Bergevin (2)3–210:14 NYI
David Volek (13)Brent Sutter (19), Tomas Jonsson (15)4–217:05 NYI · 
Brent Sutter (12)Richard Kromm (5), Rich Pilon (11)5–219:43 NYI
3rd period
Garry Galley (4)Unassisted5–312:56 BOS
Team stats
NYIBOS
3425
0%0%
2/31/3
1111
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:48 into the first period
Gary Nylund · hooking2 min - 4:37 into the first periodReed Larson · holding2 min
- 7:11 into the first period
Lyndon Byers · cross checking2 min - 8:08 into the second periodGlen Wesley · hooking2 min
- 13:50 into the second periodCarl Mokosak · fighting5 min
- 13:50 into the second periodGerald Diduck · fighting5 min
- 15:43 into the second periodGreg Hawgood · interference2 min
- 16:24 into the third periodMarc Bergevin · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 12Richard KrommL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 25David VolekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Jeff NortonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 35Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 39Marc BergevinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 36Gary NylundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
Boston Bruins
| 8Cam NeelyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Craig JanneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 31John CarterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 28Garry GalleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Bob JoyceL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 34Lyndon ByersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 45Carl MokosakL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Alain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 38Greg HawgoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |