Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, December 22, 1990 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 4–3 on Saturday, December 22, 1990 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Penguins 36–29.
Goals came from Patrick Flatley, Dean Chynoweth, Kevin Stevens, Phil Bourque, Zarley Zalapski, Randy Wood and Bob Errey.
Tom Barrasso made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Glenn Healy stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Patrick Flatley (9)Pat LaFontaine (23), Randy Wood (9)0–119:58 NYI
2nd period
Dean Chynoweth (1)Unassisted0–202:27 NYI
Kevin Stevens (21)Paul Coffey (34), John Cullen (45)1–206:00 PIT · 
Phil Bourque (12)John Cullen (46), Mark Recchi (41)2–208:32 PIT
Zarley Zalapski (8)Bryan Trottier (11)3–217:42 PIT
3rd period
Randy Wood (12)Gary Nylund (8), Jeff Norton (17)3–306:19 NYI · 
Bob Errey (9)Zarley Zalapski (21), Jaromir Jagr (7)4–309:06 PIT
Team stats
PITNYI
2936
0%0%
1/41/2
48
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:30 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 12:51 into the first period
Peter Taglianetti · holding2 min - 17:36 into the first periodRich Pilon · roughing2 min
- 5:05 into the second periodPatrick Flatley · tripping2 min
- 11:12 into the second periodDave Chyzowski · interference2 min
- 4:58 into the third periodGordie Roberts · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 11John CullenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33Zarley ZalapskiD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Randy GilhenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 38Jiri HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Paul StantonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Peter TaglianettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wendell YoungG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
New York Islanders
| 11Randy WoodR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2Dean ChynowethD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Jeff NortonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 36Gary NylundD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Dave ChyzowskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25David VolekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jeff HackettG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Glenn HealyG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |