Los Angeles Kings vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Friday, December 15, 1989 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Los Angeles Kings 7–5 on Friday, December 15, 1989 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Kings 35–28.
Patrik Sundstrom scored twice. Aaron Broten, Luc Robitaille, Steve Kasper, John Tonelli, Keith Crowder, Craig Wolanin, Wayne Gretzky, Sylvain Turgeon, Reijo Ruotsalainen and Kirk Muller also scored.
Chris Terreri made 23 saves on 28 shots for the win; Mario Gosselin stopped 28 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Aaron Broten (7)Bruce Driver (25)0–100:43 NJD
Luc Robitaille (25)Todd Elik (1), Bernie Nicholls (32)1–105:02 LAK
Steve Kasper (10)Keith Crowder (6), John Tonelli (15)2–117:30 LAK
2nd period
Patrik Sundstrom (9)Unassisted2–202:15 NJD
John Tonelli (16)Steve Kasper (14)3–202:23 LAK
Keith Crowder (1)Steve Duchesne (16), Steve Kasper (15)4–202:40 LAK
Craig Wolanin (1)Patrik Sundstrom (28), Tommy Albelin (11)4–313:29 NJD
3rd period
Wayne Gretzky (15)Steve Kasper (16), Steve Duchesne (17)5–307:48 LAK · 
Sylvain Turgeon (18)Janne Ojanen (11), Kirk Muller (24)5–408:31 NJD
Reijo Ruotsalainen (2)John MacLean (17), Patrik Sundstrom (29)5–509:55 NJD
Kirk Muller (10)Mark Johnson (15), Bruce Driver (26)5–617:37 NJD · - Patrik Sundstrom (10)John MacLean (18), Bruce Driver (27)5–719:57 NJD ·
Team stats
LAKNJD
2835
0%0%
0/41/6
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:37 into the first period
Sylvain Turgeon · high sticking2 min - 13:44 into the first period
Mike Krushelnyski · hooking2 min - 3:24 into the second periodNeil Brady · interference2 min
- 8:52 into the second periodMikko Makela · slashing2 min
- 13:37 into the second periodSteve Duchesne · high sticking2 min
- 16:33 into the second periodTommy Albelin · interference2 min
- 1:43 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · high sticking2 min
- 6:20 into the third periodBrian Benning · holding2 min
- 10:18 into the third periodKirk Muller · boarding2 min
- 17:00 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Keith CrowderR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Todd ElikL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 51Mikael LindholmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Brian BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 21Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Mario GosselinG | L | 34 | 6 | .824 |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Janne OjanenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Neil BradyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Chris TerreriG | W | 28 | 5 | .821 |