Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Monday, December 23, 1991 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 6-3 on Monday, December 23, 1991 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Penguins outshot the Islanders 39-26.
Joe Mullen scored 4 goals. Pierre Turgeon, Benoit Hogue, Steve Thomas, Ulf Samuelsson and Mario Lemieux also scored.
Wendell Young made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Glenn Healy stopped 33 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Joe Mullen (18)Larry Murphy (20), Mario Lemieux (34)1–008:28 PIT · PPG- Joe Mullen (19)Larry Murphy (21), Mario Lemieux (35)2–009:03 PIT · PPG
2nd period
Pierre Turgeon (14)Unassisted2–103:50 NYI- Joe Mullen (20)Mario Lemieux (36), Kevin Stevens (30)3–111:16 PIT
Benoit Hogue (14)Steve Thomas (20), Jeff Norton (13)3–216:56 NYI · PPG
3rd period
Steve Thomas (12)Benoit Hogue (18), Adam Creighton (12)3–302:12 NYI
Ulf Samuelsson (1)Mark Recchi (22)4–311:19 PIT · PPG
Mario Lemieux (24)Larry Murphy (22), Ulf Samuelsson (6)5–313:46 PIT · PPG- Joe Mullen (21)Kevin Stevens (31)6–318:05 PIT · PPG
Team stats
PITNYI
39Shots on goal26
0%Faceoff %0%
5/9Power play1/2
6Penalty minutes40
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 00:55
Bob Errey · interference2 min - 1st 05:36
Benoit Hogue · holding2 min - 1st 07:54Ray Ferraro · high sticking5 min
- 1st 07:54Ray Ferraro · game misconduct10 min
- 2nd 11:44Wayne Mcbean · roughing2 min
- 2nd 11:44Mario Lemieux · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 15:10Grant Jennings · interference2 min
- 3rd 05:15Rich Pilon · interference2 min
- 3rd 10:01Rich Pilon · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:20Uwe Krupp · holding2 min
- 3rd 14:42Adam Creighton · spearing5 min
- 3rd 14:42Adam Creighton · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 7Joe MullenR | 4 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Ken PriestlayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jamie LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 38Jiri HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 2Jim PaekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Paul StantonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wendell YoungG | W | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 60:00 |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
New York Islanders
| 32Steve ThomasR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Adam CreightonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Jeff NortonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25David VolekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 3Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Wayne McbeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Glenn HealyG | L | 39 | 33 | 6 | .846 | 60:00 |