Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Saturday, December 23, 1989 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

6–8

36–32

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 8–6 on Saturday, December 23, 1989 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Penguins outshot the Islanders 36–32.

Randy Wood scored twice, John Cullen scored twice and Brent Sutter scored twice. Rob Brown, Randy Gilhen, Hubie Mcdonough, Jeff Norton, Alan Kerr, Mark Recchi, Phil Bourque and Pat LaFontaine also scored.

Mark Fitzpatrick made 30 saves on 36 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 24 of 31.

Goals
PIT	2	3	1	6	36
NYI	2	3	3	8	32

Scoring

1st period

Rob Brown (14)Mario Lemieux (44)1–004:39 PIT
Randy Wood (8)Brent Sutter (14), Doug Crossman (20)1–109:18 NYI
Randy Gilhen (4)Jay Caufield (2), Paul Coffey (24)2–111:01 PIT
Hubie Mcdonough (8)Jeff Norton (25), Gerald Diduck (9)2–215:37 NYI

2nd period

Jeff Norton (2)Pat LaFontaine (17), Doug Crossman (21)2–306:04 NYI ·
Alan Kerr (8)Jeff Norton (26), Pat LaFontaine (18)2–406:38 NYI ·
John Cullen (13)Rob Brown (26), Mario Lemieux (45)3–411:31 PIT
Mark Recchi (8)Unassisted4–412:22 PIT ·
Randy Wood (9)Patrick Flatley (22)4–514:49 NYI
Phil Bourque (10)Dan Quinn (17), Mark Recchi (11)5–515:05 PIT

3rd period

Brent Sutter (13)Brad Lauer (8), Jeff Norton (27)5–610:26 NYI ·
Pat LaFontaine (27)Alan Kerr (10), Don Maloney (14)5–717:12 NYI
John Cullen (14)Paul Coffey (25), Mario Lemieux (46)6–718:33 PIT ·
Brent Sutter (14)Don Maloney (15), Gary Nylund (8)6–819:14 NYI ·

Team stats

PITNYI

3632

0%0%

1/43/6

2016

Penalties

5:58 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
15:58 into the first periodRandy Wood · charging2 min
18:01 into the first periodKevin Stevens · holding2 min
18:45 into the first periodAlan Kerr · roughing2 min
18:45 into the first periodDerek King · roughing2 min
18:45 into the first periodRandy Hillier · roughing2 min
18:45 into the first periodJim Johnson · roughing2 min
1:01 into the second periodDoug Crossman · slashing2 min
1:01 into the second periodJohn Cullen · roughing2 min
4:30 into the second periodRandy Hillier · elbowing2 min
5:08 into the second periodGord Dineen · hooking2 min
9:03 into the second periodKen Baumgartner · tripping2 min
11:48 into the second periodJay Caufield · high sticking2 min
18:34 into the second periodAlan Kerr · elbowing2 min
7:54 into the third periodHubie Mcdonough · roughing2 min
7:54 into the third periodJim Johnson · roughing2 min
10:17 into the third periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
18:26 into the third periodGerald Diduck · elbowing2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

66Mario LemieuxC	0	3	3	−2	4	0	–	–
8Mark RecchiR	1	1	2	+2	2	0	–	–
11John CullenC	2	0	2	−1	5	2	–	–
44Rob BrownR	1	1	2	−2	6	0	–	–
77Paul CoffeyD	0	2	2	−2	6	2	–	–
10Dan QuinnC	0	1	1	0	2	0	–	–
16Jay CaufieldR	0	1	1	+1	0	2	–	–
19Randy GilhenC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–
29Phil BourqueL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–
9Andrew McbainR	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
12Bob ErreyL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
24Troy LoneyL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
25Kevin StevensL	0	0	0	−2	0	2	–	–
3Jim KyteD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
5Gord DineenD	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
6Jim JohnsonD	0	0	0	+2	0	4	–	–
23Randy HillierD	0	0	0	0	2	4	–	–
33Zarley ZalapskiD	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Wendell YoungG		0	0	0	–	–
35Tom BarrassoG	L	31	24	7	.774	59:46

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

8Jeff NortonD	1	3	4	−1	1	0	–	–
16Pat LaFontaineC	1	2	3	−2	4	0	–	–
21Brent SutterC	2	1	3	+3	3	0	–	–
10Alan KerrR	1	1	2	−3	1	4	–	–
11Randy WoodR	2	0	2	+2	5	2	–	–
28Don MaloneyL	0	2	2	+1	1	0	–	–
3Doug CrossmanD	0	2	2	0	1	2	–	–
26Patrick FlatleyR	0	1	1	+3	4	0	–	–
32Brad LauerR	0	1	1	0	2	0	–	–
39Hubie McdonoughC	1	0	1	−1	1	2	–	–
4Gerald DiduckD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	–	–
36Gary NylundD	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
12Mick VukotaR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
20Dale HenryL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
24Ken BaumgartnerL	0	0	0	+1	1	2	–	–
25David VolekL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
27Derek KingL	0	0	0	−2	2	2	–	–
6Wayne McbeanD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Mark FitzpatrickG	W	36	30	6	.833	60:00
35Glenn HealyG		0	0	0	–	–