New Jersey Devils vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Friday, December 22, 1989 · Spectrum
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–4 in overtime on Friday, December 22, 1989 at Spectrum. The Flyers outshot the Devils 33–31.
Goals came from Doug Brown, Patrik Sundstrom, Mike Bullard, Rick Tocchet, John MacLean, Jay Wells, Ken Daneyko, Ilkka Sinisalo and Kirk Muller.
Sean Burke made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Ken Wregget stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Brown (7)David Maley (10)1–001:03 NJD
Patrik Sundstrom (11)John MacLean (20), Tommy Albelin (13)2–018:02 NJD
2nd period
Mike Bullard (16)Terry Carkner (6)2–100:33 PHI
Rick Tocchet (18)Murray Craven (29), Pelle Eklund (8)2–202:55 PHI · 
John MacLean (19)Brendan Shanahan (18), Patrik Sundstrom (31)3–204:46 NJD
Jay Wells (2)Rick Tocchet (26), Dave Poulin (6)3–311:51 PHI
Ken Daneyko (3)Sylvain Turgeon (10), Kirk Muller (27)4–317:20 NJD
3rd period
Ilkka Sinisalo (13)Mike Bullard (24), Jay Wells (10)4–406:24 PHI
Overtime
Kirk Muller (13)Tommy Albelin (14)5–401:18 NJD
Team stats
NJDPHI
3133
0%0%
0/31/3
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:10 into the first period
Sean Burke · roughing2 min - 7:10 into the first period
Ron Sutter · roughing2 min - 7:52 into the first periodCraig Wolanin · roughing2 min
- 11:17 into the first periodJim Korn · roughing2 min
- 11:17 into the first periodKeith Acton · roughing2 min
- 11:17 into the first periodCraig Berube · roughing2 min
- 1:58 into the second periodTommy Albelin · cross checking2 min
- 5:14 into the second periodDave Poulin · roughing2 min
- 9:11 into the second periodRandy Velischek · tripping2 min
- 3:12 into the third periodPelle Eklund · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +5 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Janne OjanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Jamie HuscroftD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |
| 31Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10Mike BullardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 7Jay WellsD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Terry CarknerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Tony HoracekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Kerry HuffmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 6Jeff ChychrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Ken WreggetG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |