Hartford Whalers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, January 14, 1989 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Hartford Whalers 9–6 on Saturday, January 14, 1989 at Great Western Forum. The Whalers outshot the Kings 37–33.
John Tonelli scored twice, Wayne Gretzky scored twice, Ron Duguay scored twice and Bernie Nicholls scored twice. Luc Robitaille, Ron Francis, Ray Ferraro, Dean Evason, Scott Young, Kevin Dineen and Paul Macdermid also scored.
Mark Fitzpatrick made 31 saves on 37 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 24 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
John Tonelli (22)Mike Krushelnyski (27), Igor Liba (11)0–101:20 LAK
Luc Robitaille (30)Wayne Mcbean (5)0–203:11 LAK
Wayne Gretzky (31)Bernie Nicholls (50), Steve Duchesne (36)0–306:45 LAK · 
Ron Francis (17)Norm MacIver (16), Scott Young (23)1–308:37 HFD · 
Ray Ferraro (19)John Anderson (5), Dave Babych (17)2–314:32 HFD · 
Dean Evason (3)Scott Young (24)3–318:26 HFD
2nd period
Scott Young (12)Brian Lawton (15)4–308:17 HFD- Wayne Gretzky (32)Marty McSorley (15)4–409:13 LAK
Kevin Dineen (23)Ron Francis (30), Brian Lawton (16)5–413:41 HFD
Paul Macdermid (8)Unassisted6–418:30 HFD ·
3rd period
Ron Duguay (6)John Tonelli (17), Tom Laidlaw (11)6–502:04 LAK- Ron Duguay (7)Luc Robitaille (35)6–606:49 LAK
- John Tonelli (23)Bernie Nicholls (51), Tom Laidlaw (12)6–710:08 LAK
Bernie Nicholls (44)Ron Duguay (16), Steve Duchesne (37)6–813:25 LAK- Bernie Nicholls (45)John Tonelli (18), Wayne Gretzky (65)6–919:18 LAK ·
Team stats
HFDLAK
3733
0%0%
3/41/3
1921
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:53 into the first period
Kevin Dineen · instigator2 min - 1:53 into the first periodKevin Dineen · fighting5 min
- 1:53 into the first period
Ron Duguay · roughing2 min - 1:53 into the first periodRon Duguay · fighting5 min
- 5:25 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 7:41 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · holding2 min
- 9:03 into the first periodDave Tippett · holding2 min
- 12:29 into the first periodDave Tippett · hooking2 min
- 12:55 into the first periodMike Krushelnyski · tripping2 min
- 12:06 into the second periodScot Kleinendorst · roughing2 min
- 12:06 into the second periodDoug Crossman · roughing2 min
- 16:43 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · roughing2 min
- 5:15 into the third periodPaul Macdermid · roughing2 min
- 5:15 into the third periodDave Taylor · slashing2 min
- 19:55 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · slashing2 min
- 19:55 into the third periodMarty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 19:55 into the third periodMarty McSorley · tripping2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 27Scott YoungR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Brian LawtonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 33Norm MacIverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 32 | 8 | .750 |
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Igor LibaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Wayne McbeanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Sylvain CouturierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Dale DegrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 42Steve RichmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mark FitzpatrickG | W | 37 | 6 | .838 |
| 35Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – |