New Jersey Devils vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, December 9, 1989 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the New Jersey Devils 7–3 on Saturday, December 9, 1989 at Hartford Civic Center. The Devils outshot the Whalers 32–25.
John MacLean scored twice, Ray Ferraro scored a hat trick and Kevin Dineen scored twice. Jim Korn, Mikael Andersson and Adam Burt also scored.
Peter Sidorkiewicz made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 5 of 10.
Scoring
1st period
Jim Korn (2)Walt Poddubny (5), Aaron Broten (6)1–003:05 NJD
John MacLean (14)Brendan Shanahan (15), Bruce Driver (22)2–006:20 NJD · 
Mikael Andersson (8)Kevin Dineen (19), Ray Ferraro (11)2–106:38 HFD
Ray Ferraro (12)Joel Quenneville (1), Kevin Dineen (20)2–206:57 HFD
Kevin Dineen (8)Ron Francis (23), Pat Verbeek (14)2–312:06 HFD · - Ray Ferraro (13)Mikael Andersson (11), Randy Ladouceur (4)2–416:06 HFD
- Kevin Dineen (9)Ray Ferraro (12), Mikael Andersson (12)2–516:18 HFD
- Ray Ferraro (14)Paul Macdermid (12), Mikael Andersson (13)2–617:40 HFD ·
2nd period
- John MacLean (15)Patrik Sundstrom (21), Bruce Driver (23)3–617:16 NJD ·
3rd period
Adam Burt (2)Ron Francis (24), Pat Verbeek (15)3–712:21 HFD ·
Team stats
NJDHFD
3225
0%0%
2/53/5
2514
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:16 into the first period
Marc Laforge · roughing2 min - 5:16 into the first period
Jim Korn · roughing2 min - 5:57 into the first periodRon Francis · hooking2 min
- 10:44 into the first periodMark Johnson · holding2 min
- 17:36 into the first periodKirk Muller · tripping2 min
- 18:58 into the first periodAdam Burt · roughing2 min
- 6:56 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 11:00 into the second periodMarc Laforge · roughing2 min
- 11:00 into the second periodDavid Maley · roughing2 min
- 13:15 into the second periodTommy Albelin · slashing2 min
- 15:46 into the second periodPaul Macdermid · boarding2 min
- 7:46 into the third periodAaron Broten · high sticking5 min
- 7:46 into the third periodAaron Broten · game misconduct10 min
- 15:58 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · high sticking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 15John MacLeanR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 21Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Sergei StarikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 26Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 10 | 5 | .500 |
| 31Chris TerreriG | 15 | 2 | .867 |
Hartford Whalers
| 26Ray FerraroC | 3 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Mike TomlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Marc LaforgeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |