Thursday, December 8, 1988 · Hartford Civic Center
Rangers 4 at Whalers 5
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
5:51
Guy Lafleur
(9)
Brian Leetch (19), Kelly Kisio (14)
NYR 1 – 0 HFD
-
16:10
Tomas Sandstrom
(11)
Brian Leetch (20), Brian Lawton (9)
NYR 2 – 0 HFD
2nd Period
-
5:27
Scott Young
(8)
Ron Francis (18), Tom Martin (3)
NYR 2 – 1 HFD
-
13:52
Ron Greschner
(1)
Tony Granato (8)
NYR 3 – 1 HFD
-
15:24
Tony Granato
(15)
SHG
Unassisted
NYR 4 – 1 HFD
-
16:54
Ron Francis
(10)
PPG
Dave Babych (11), Dave Tippett (10)
NYR 4 – 2 HFD
3rd Period
-
5:02
Kevin Dineen
(14)
Ray Ferraro (13)
NYR 4 – 3 HFD
-
9:38
Carey Wilson
(9)
Jody Hull (3)
NYR 4 – 4 HFD
-
14:44
Tom Martin
(4)
Ray Ferraro (14), Scott Young (17)
NYR 4 – 5 HFD
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Leetch D | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 1.55 |
| Tomas Sandstrom R | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1.35 |
| Tony Granato R | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1.30 |
| Ron Greschner D | 1 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 1.13 |
| Guy Lafleur R | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.75 |
| Kelly Kisio C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Brian Lawton C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0.40 |
| Jason Lafreniere C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Michel Petit D | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Marcel Dionne C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Brian Mullen R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jan Erixon L | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.00 |
| Peter Laviolette D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Don Maloney L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Joe Paterson L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| David Shaw D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Ulf Dahlen R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Norm MacIver D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Froese | L | 34 | 29 | 5 | .853 | 59:03 | -0.85 |
Hartford Whalers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Young R | 1 | 1 | 6 | -1 | 1.68 |
| Ray Ferraro C | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1.55 |
| Ron Francis C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.53 |
| Tom Martin L | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.45 |
| Dave Tippett L | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.93 |
| Dave Babych D | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0.93 |
| Kevin Dineen R | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.83 |
| Carey Wilson C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.68 |
| Jody Hull R | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Joel Quenneville D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0.30 |
| Brent Peterson C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Sylvain Turgeon L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.07 |
| Sylvain Cote D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.07 |
| Ulf Samuelsson D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Adam Burt D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dean Evason C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Randy Ladouceur D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Grant Jennings D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Sidorkiewicz | W | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 60:00 | -0.90 |