Los Angeles Kings vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 13, 1989 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Hartford Whalers 5–2 on Wednesday, December 13, 1989 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Kings 27–25.
Bernie Nicholls scored twice. Wayne Gretzky, Ron Francis, Kevin Dineen, Steve Duchesne and Luc Robitaille also scored.
Kelly Hrudey made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Peter Sidorkiewicz stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Gretzky (14)Marty McSorley (7)1–014:50 LAK
2nd period
Ron Francis (14)Pat Verbeek (16), Scott Young (16)1–110:10 HFD · 
Bernie Nicholls (23)Brian Benning (9)2–115:01 LAK
Kevin Dineen (10)Brad Shaw (9)2–219:12 HFD ·
3rd period
Steve Duchesne (9)Steve Kasper (13), John Tonelli (14)3–203:20 LAK- Bernie Nicholls (24)Luc Robitaille (23), Jay Miller (2)4–209:09 LAK
Luc Robitaille (24)Wayne Gretzky (52), Marty McSorley (8)5–215:32 LAK
Team stats
LAKHFD
2527
0%0%
0/31/4
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 17:51 into the first period
Mike Krushelnyski · holding2 min - 0:57 into the second period
Dean Evason · roughing2 min - 3:29 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · holding2 min
- 9:23 into the second periodBarry Beck · hooking2 min
- 17:10 into the second periodGrant Jennings · roughing2 min
- 17:10 into the second periodKeith Crowder · slashing2 min
- 17:40 into the second periodPat Verbeek · hooking2 min
- 3:54 into the third periodLarry Robinson · holding2 min
- 7:51 into the third periodPat Verbeek · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 7:51 into the third periodMike Allison · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 8:33 into the third periodRay Ferraro · cross checking2 min
- 8:33 into the third periodMikael Lindholm · slashing2 min
- 9:46 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · hooking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Brian BenningD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 51Mikael LindholmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Mario GosselinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Scott YoungR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 32Brad ShawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Todd KrygierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Tom MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Mike TomlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |