New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Friday, December 29, 1989 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 3–2 on Friday, December 29, 1989 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Rangers 33–30.
Sylvain Turgeon scored twice. Kirk Muller, Tomas Sandstrom and Miloslav Horava also scored.
Sean Burke made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Bob Froese stopped 30 of 33.
Scoring
2nd period
Kirk Muller (17)Viacheslav Fetisov (11)0–110:32 NJD
3rd period
Tomas Sandstrom (16)Unassisted1–103:03 NYR
Sylvain Turgeon (21)Kirk Muller (28), Bruce Driver (30)1–205:02 NJD · 
Miloslav Horava (3)Mark Hardy (8), Brian Mullen (14)2–210:41 NYR · - Sylvain Turgeon (22)Kirk Muller (29), Craig Wolanin (6)2–310:54 NJD
Team stats
NYRNJD
3033
0%0%
1/51/4
1416
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:32 into the first period
Jamie Huscroft · roughing2 min - 12:14 into the first periodCraig Wolanin · roughing2 min
- 12:14 into the first period
Kelly Kisio · roughing2 min - 15:25 into the first periodBruce Driver · hooking2 min
- 16:53 into the first periodUlf Dahlen · interference2 min
- 5:24 into the second periodJohn MacLean · hooking2 min
- 6:22 into the second periodKelly Kisio · interference2 min
- 8:18 into the second periodViacheslav Fetisov · holding2 min
- 11:05 into the second periodJamie Huscroft · charging2 min
- 11:05 into the second periodJamie Huscroft · roughing2 min
- 11:05 into the second periodKris King · roughing2 min
- 11:05 into the second periodKris King · roughing2 min
- 12:54 into the second periodCarey Wilson · high sticking2 min
- 3:41 into the third periodLindy Ruff · tripping2 min
- 8:49 into the third periodRandy Velischek · interference2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Miloslav HoravaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Carey WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Troy MalletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 44Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 38Jeff BloembergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | L | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Neil BradyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Janne OjanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Jamie HuscroftD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 31Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | – |