Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Sunday, January 15, 1989 · Madison Square Garden

4–6

31–43

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–4 on Sunday, January 15, 1989 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Penguins 43–31.

Mario Lemieux scored twice, Brian Leetch scored twice and John Ogrodnick scored twice. John Cullen, Rob Brown, Tony Granato and Kevin Miller also scored.

John Vanbiesbrouck made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Frank Pietrangelo stopped 37 of 43.

Goals
PIT	3	1	0	4	31
NYR	1	3	2	6	43

Scoring

1st period

John Cullen (8)Chris Dahlquist (3)1–000:33 PIT
Mario Lemieux (48)John Cullen (26), Randy Cunneyworth (17)2–010:01 PIT ·
Mario Lemieux (49)Rob Brown (48), Paul Coffey (43)3–013:27 PIT ·
Brian Leetch (11)Unassisted3–118:51 NYR ·

2nd period

Rob Brown (31)Dan Quinn (32), Paul Coffey (44)4–106:51 PIT ·
Tony Granato (26)Carey Wilson (21), Ron Greschner (5)4–214:27 NYR
Brian Leetch (12)Tony Granato (16), Carey Wilson (22)4–315:27 NYR ·
John Ogrodnick (6)Brian Mullen (22)4–417:31 NYR

3rd period

Kevin Miller (3)Jan Erixon (7)4–506:13 NYR
John Ogrodnick (7)Kelly Kisio (23)4–615:40 NYR

Team stats

PITNYR

3143

0%0%

3/71/6

2025

Penalties

4:21 into the first periodDave Mcllwain · interference2 min
8:20 into the first periodMark Hardy · roughing2 min
12:04 into the first periodTomas Sandstrom · tripping2 min
15:12 into the first periodDavid Shaw · roughing2 min
15:12 into the first periodJohn Cullen · roughing2 min
15:56 into the first periodRudy Poeschek · charging2 min
15:56 into the first periodRudy Poeschek · instigator2 min
15:56 into the first periodRudy Poeschek · fighting5 min
15:56 into the first periodRandy Hillier · roughing2 min
6:36 into the second periodJohn Vanbiesbrouck · high sticking2 min
12:09 into the second periodJim Johnson · holding2 min
15:11 into the second periodPaul Coffey · interference2 min
1:58 into the third periodJohn Cullen · high sticking2 min
4:24 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · hooking2 min
14:47 into the third periodBrian Leetch · tripping2 min
15:12 into the third periodJan Erixon · hooking2 min
18:15 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · elbowing2 min
19:38 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · high sticking2 min
19:38 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
19:38 into the third periodDave Hannan · high sticking2 min
19:38 into the third periodDave Hannan · roughing2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

11John CullenC	1	1	2	0	3	4	–	–
44Rob BrownR	1	1	2	−1	3	0	–	–
66Mario LemieuxC	2	0	2	−2	5	0	–	–
77Paul CoffeyD	0	2	2	−3	5	2	–	–
10Dan QuinnC	0	1	1	−3	3	0	–	–
15Randy CunneyworthL	0	1	1	−2	1	4	–	–
4Chris DahlquistD	0	1	1	−1	1	0	–	–
8Mark RecchiR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
12Bob ErreyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
16Jay CaufieldR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
19Dave McllwainC	0	0	0	−1	2	2	–	–
24Troy LoneyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
27Scott BjugstadL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
29Phil BourqueL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
32Dave HannanC	0	0	0	−1	2	4	–	–
5Gord DineenD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
6Jim JohnsonD	0	0	0	−1	2	2	–	–
23Randy HillierD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
35Tom BarrassoG		0	0	0	–	–
40Frank PietrangeloG	L	43	37	6	.861	60:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

17Carey WilsonC	0	2	2	0	1	0	–	–
18Tony GranatoR	1	1	2	0	6	0	–	–
25John OgrodnickL	2	0	2	+2	7	0	–	–
2Brian LeetchD	2	0	2	+1	11	2	–	–
11Kelly KisioC	0	1	1	+2	2	0	–	–
19Brian MullenR	0	1	1	+2	1	0	–	–
20Jan ErixonL	0	1	1	+2	1	2	–	–
26Kevin MillerC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
4Ron GreschnerD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	–	–
10Guy LafleurR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
16Marcel DionneC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
23Lucien DeBloisC	0	0	0	+2	3	0	–	–
28Tomas SandstromR	0	0	0	0	3	6	–	–
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	+3	2	0	–	–
6Dean KennedyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
14Mark HardyD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	–	–
21David ShawD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	–	–
29Rudy PoeschekD	0	0	0	0	0	9	–	–

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
33Bob FroeseG		0	0	0	–	–
34John VanbiesbrouckG	W	31	27	4	.871	60:00