Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, December 3, 1990 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 9–4 on Monday, December 3, 1990 at Madison Square Garden.
Phil Bourque scored a hat trick and Bernie Nicholls scored twice. Chris Dahlquist, Paul Coffey, John Cullen, Kevin Stevens, Bob Errey, Joe Mullen, Darren Turcotte and James Patrick also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 32 saves on 36 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Phil Bourque (7)Zarley Zalapski (17), Mark Recchi (29)1–001:08 PIT
Chris Dahlquist (1)Bryan Trottier (4), Joe Mullen (13)2–008:36 PIT
Bernie Nicholls (10)Ray Sheppard (11), Normand Rochefort (2)2–111:22 NYR
Paul Coffey (10)John Cullen (36), Mark Recchi (30)3–112:39 PIT · 
John Cullen (10)Kevin Stevens (19), Mark Recchi (31)4–114:12 PIT ·
2nd period
- Bernie Nicholls (11)Brian Leetch (28), Ray Sheppard (12)4–200:34 NYR
Kevin Stevens (16)Paul Stanton (9), Paul Coffey (28)5–203:24 PIT
Bob Errey (7)Jaromir Jagr (5)6–204:22 PIT
Joe Mullen (13)Randy Gilhen (1), Bob Errey (4)7–206:06 PIT
Darren Turcotte (14)James Patrick (18), Bernie Nicholls (21)7–312:01 NYR · 
James Patrick (6)Brian Leetch (29), Brian Mullen (21)7–418:26 NYR ·
3rd period
- Phil Bourque (8)John Cullen (37), Mark Recchi (32)8–401:04 PIT
- Phil Bourque (9)Mark Recchi (33), John Cullen (38)9–411:01 PIT
Team stats
PITNYR
3636
0%0%
2/62/9
2317
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:49 into the first period
Paul Coffey · holding2 min - 3:49 into the first periodPaul Coffey · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:59 into the first period
Bernie Nicholls · high sticking2 min - 13:24 into the first periodDennis Vial · elbowing2 min
- 8:30 into the second periodTie Domi · instigator2 min
- 8:30 into the second periodTie Domi · fighting5 min
- 8:30 into the second periodPhil Bourque · fighting5 min
- 11:40 into the second periodPaul Stanton · holding2 min
- 12:21 into the second periodChris Dahlquist · interference2 min
- 13:31 into the second periodBrian Mullen · interference2 min
- 17:43 into the second periodJohn Cullen · roughing2 min
- 4:16 into the third periodPaul Coffey · tripping2 min
- 5:05 into the third periodChris Dahlquist · roughing2 min
- 7:20 into the third periodDavid Shaw · high sticking2 min
- 12:24 into the third periodKris King · tripping2 min
- 15:12 into the third periodGordie Roberts · tripping2 min
- 15:30 into the third periodChris Dahlquist · delaying game2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 5 | 5 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11John CullenC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Randy GilhenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 22Paul StantonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Jay CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 28Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wendell YoungG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | W | 36 | 4 | .889 |
New York Rangers
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Troy MalletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Tie DomiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 37Paul BrotenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 40Dennis VialL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Miloslav HoravaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 12 | 4 | .667 | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |