Detroit Red Wings vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 23, 1989 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–5 on Saturday, December 23, 1989 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Red Wings 38–24.
Don Sweeney scored twice. Garry Galley, Lee Norwood, Daniel Shank, John Carter, Steve Yzerman, Cam Neely, Gerard Gallant, Bob Sweeney and Marc Habscheid also scored.
Rejean Lemelin made 15 saves on 17 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 32 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Garry Galley (6)Bobby Gould (5), Greg Hawgood (11)0–106:49 BOS
Lee Norwood (2)John Chabot (16)1–107:34 DET
Daniel Shank (3)Doug Houda (6)2–108:02 DET
John Carter (6)Jim Wiemer (8)2–214:55 BOS
Steve Yzerman (23)Gerard Gallant (15), Robert Picard (6)3–216:37 DET
3rd period
Cam Neely (21)Craig Janney (8), Randy Burridge (9)3–312:08 BOS · 
Don Sweeney (1)Bob Sweeney (9), Dave Christian (10)3–412:37 BOS- Don Sweeney (2)Dave Christian (11), Randy Burridge (10)3–514:46 BOS
Gerard Gallant (15)Steve Yzerman (24), Jimmy Carson (6)4–515:55 DET · 
Bob Sweeney (12)Dave Christian (12), Randy Burridge (11)4–616:57 BOS
Marc Habscheid (6)John Chabot (17), Robert Picard (7)5–618:17 DET
Team stats
DETBOS
2438
0%0%
1/21/5
148
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:09 into the first period
Mike O'connell · interference2 min - 8:14 into the second periodLee Norwood · holding2 min
- 14:49 into the second periodGlen Hanlon · delaying game2 min
- 17:52 into the second period
Garry Galley · holding2 min - 1:22 into the third periodCam Neely · roughing2 min
- 1:22 into the third periodJoey Kocur · roughing2 min
- 2:33 into the third periodDoug Houda · cross checking2 min
- 10:45 into the third periodShawn Burr · tripping2 min
- 15:22 into the third periodGlen Wesley · holding2 min
- 16:17 into the third periodDon Sweeney · roughing2 min
- 16:17 into the third periodSteve Yzerman · roughing2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 16John ChabotC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Robert PicardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 10Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Marc HabscheidC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Daniel ShankR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Doug HoudaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 42Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 4Rick ZomboD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | L | 38 | 6 | .842 |
| 35Sam St. LaurentG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Bob SweeneyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 18Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Craig JanneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 31John CarterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Garry GalleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 30Jim WiemerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 38Greg HawgoodD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | W | 17 | 2 | .882 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 7 | 3 | .571 |