New York Rangers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, January 7, 1989 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 5–1 on Saturday, January 7, 1989 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Rangers outshot the Islanders 32–20.
Goals came from Kelly Kisio, Lucien DeBlois, Carey Wilson, Marcel Dionne, Brian Leetch and Bryan Trottier.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Kelly Kisio (12)James Patrick (19), Guy Lafleur (15)1–009:39 NYR
Lucien DeBlois (5)John Ogrodnick (6), Jan Erixon (6)2–013:00 NYR
2nd period
Carey Wilson (15)Tomas Sandstrom (24), David Shaw (6)3–012:58 NYR
3rd period
Marcel Dionne (7)Ulf Dahlen (14), Brian Leetch (28)4–003:02 NYR
Brian Leetch (10)Tomas Sandstrom (25), James Patrick (20)5–006:57 NYR · 
Bryan Trottier (11)Greg Gilbert (7), Mikko Makela (12)5–117:35 NYI
Team stats
NYRNYI
3220
0%0%
1/30/0
06
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:37 into the first period
Gerald Diduck · elbowing2 min - 6:24 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:48 into the third periodRich Pilon · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Carey WilsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 18Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 20 | 1 | .950 |
New York Islanders
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25David VolekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 35Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |