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Saturday, December 31, 1988 · Civic Arena

Devils 6 at Penguins 8

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 99OVR Mario Lemieux Penguins First Star 5G · 3A · 8 SOG L 83OVR Kirk Muller Devils Second Star 2G · 3A · 6 SOG R 98OVR Rob Brown Penguins Third Star 1G · 3A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:39 Jim Korn (8) Kirk Muller (15), Tom Kurvers (15) NJD 1 – 0 PIT
  2. 4:17 Mario Lemieux (39) Rob Brown (38) NJD 1 – 1 PIT
  3. 7:50 Mario Lemieux (40) SHG Randy Hillier (10) NJD 1 – 2 PIT
  4. 9:46 Kirk Muller (12) PPG Pat Verbeek (10), Jim Korn (9) NJD 2 – 2 PIT
  5. 10:59 Mario Lemieux (41) PPG Paul Coffey (35), Gord Dineen (2) NJD 2 – 3 PIT

2nd Period

  1. 0:39 Rob Brown (27) PPG Dan Quinn (26), Mario Lemieux (59) NJD 2 – 4 PIT
  2. 5:14 Tommy Albelin (4) Doug Brown (5), Anders Carlsson (4) NJD 3 – 4 PIT
  3. 7:39 Dan Quinn (18) PPG Mario Lemieux (60), Rob Brown (39) NJD 3 – 5 PIT
  4. 8:27 Kirk Muller (13) Christopher Cichocki (1), Tommy Albelin (15) NJD 4 – 5 PIT
  5. 11:14 Mario Lemieux (42) SHG Unassisted NJD 4 – 6 PIT
  6. 11:43 Tom Kurvers (11) Kirk Muller (16), Jim Korn (10) NJD 5 – 6 PIT
  7. 16:35 Phil Bourque (13) PPG Mario Lemieux (61), Rob Brown (40) NJD 5 – 7 PIT

3rd Period

  1. 16:24 Anders Carlsson (2) Kirk Muller (17), Perry Anderson (4) NJD 6 – 7 PIT
  2. 19:59 Mario Lemieux (43) Jay Caufield (4) NJD 6 – 8 PIT

New Jersey Devils

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Kirk Muller L 2 3 6 0 0 +3 0:00 4.13
Jim Korn D 1 2 1 0 0 +3 0:00 2.38
Anders Carlsson C 1 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.90
Tom Kurvers D 1 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.90
Tommy Albelin D 1 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.75
Doug Brown R 0 1 5 0 0 0 0:00 1.00
Pat Verbeek R 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Perry Anderson L 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.63
Christopher Cichocki R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.55
Jack O'Callahan D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Mark Johnson C 0 0 5 0 0 -2 0:00 0.08
Joe Cirella D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Randy Velischek D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Ken Daneyko D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Craig Wolanin D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Claude Loiselle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Aaron Broten C 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.38
Steve Rooney C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -1.20
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Sauve — 10 5 5 .500 27:39 -3.25
Chris Terreri L 8 6 2 .750 31:23 -0.90

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mario Lemieux C 5 3 8 0 0 +2 0:00 6.38
Rob Brown R 1 3 2 0 0 0 0:00 2.78
Dan Quinn C 1 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 1.08
Gord Dineen D 0 1 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.93
Randy Hillier D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.55
Jay Caufield R 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Phil Bourque L 1 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 0.23
Paul Coffey D 0 1 0 0 0 -3 0:00 0.18
Dan Frawley R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Jim Johnson D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.07
Scott Bjugstad L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Randy Cunneyworth L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Steve Dykstra L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Troy Loney L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
John Cullen C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Bob Errey L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Rod Buskas D 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.45
Dave Hannan C 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -1.20
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Tom Barrasso W 35 29 6 .829 60:00 -1.60