The Hartford Whalers eked out a victory over the New York Rangers, 5 to 4, on December 8, 1988.

Final

Rangers

15-11-3

4

Whalers

12-14-1

5

Team

NYR

HFD

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

HFD

Guy Lafleur (EV) assisted by Brian Leetch and Kelly Kisio

Tomas Sandstrom (EV) assisted by Brian Leetch and Brian Lawton

2nd period

NYR

HFD

Scott Young (EV) assisted by Ron Francis and Tom Martin

Ron Greschner (EV) assisted by Tony Granato

Tony Granato (SH) unassisted

Ron Francis (PP) assisted by Dave Babych and Dave Tippett

3rd period

NYR

HFD

Kevin Dineen (EV) assisted by Ray Ferraro

Carey Wilson (EV) assisted by Jody Hull

Tom Martin (EV) assisted by Ray Ferraro and Scott Young

Rangers

Whalers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Whalers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Bob Froese (L) B. Froese	0	1	0	34	29	.853	5	5.08	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	S	S%
Ulf Dahlen U. Dahlen	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jan Erixon J. Erixon	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0
Tony Granato T. Granato	1	1	2	+1	4	1	1	100.0
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	1	0	1	+1	0	0	3	33.3
Kelly Kisio K. Kisio	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	1	0	1	-1	0	0	2	50.0
Jason Lafreniere J. Lafreniere	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Brian Lawton B. Lawton	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0.0
Brian Leetch B. Leetch	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0
Norm MacIver N. MacIver	0	0	0	-3	0	0	2	0.0
Don Maloney D. Maloney	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.0
Joe Paterson J. Paterson	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.0
Michel Petit M. Petit	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0.0
Tomas Sandstrom T. Sandstrom	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	12.5
David Shaw D. Shaw	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Peter Sidorkiewicz (W) P. Sidorkiewicz	1	0	0	25	21	.840	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Dave Babych D. Babych	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Sylvain Cote S. Cote	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Kevin Dineen K. Dineen	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	33.3
Dean Evason D. Evason	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Ray Ferraro R. Ferraro	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ron Francis R. Francis	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Jody Hull J. Hull	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant Jennings G. Jennings	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Randy Ladouceur R. Ladouceur	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Martin T. Martin	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	1	5	20.0
Brent Peterson B. Peterson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Joel Quenneville J. Quenneville	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dave Tippett D. Tippett	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0.0
Sylvain Turgeon S. Turgeon	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Carey Wilson C. Wilson	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Scott Young S. Young	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0	6	16.7