1988–89 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 1988–89 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 22nd in the National Hockey League. The Penguins finished 2nd in the Patrick Division with a record of 40 wins, 33 losses, and 7 ties for 87 points. They swept the New York Rangers in the Division Semi-finals before losing the Division Finals to the Philadelphia Flyers 4 games to 3.
==Off-season==
===Draft Picks===
Round	Pick	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1 	4. 	Darrin Shannon (LW)	 	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
2 	25. 	Mark Major (LW) 	 	North Bay Centennials (OHL)
==Regular Season==
This was Mario Lemieux's best season offensively. He led the league in goals (85), assists (114, tied with Wayne Gretzky), points (199), power-play goals (31) and shorthanded goals (13).
===Highlights===
* December 31, 1988 – Mario Lemieux scores five goals in an 8–6 win over the New Jersey Devils. Lemieux scores the five goals in five different ways: even strength, shorthanded, power play, penalty shot, and empty net.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W 	October 7, 1988 	6–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	October 11, 1988 	8–7 	Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	2–0–0
3 	L 	October 12, 1988 	5–8 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 	2–1–0
4 	W 	October 15, 1988 	9–2 	St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	3–1–0
5 	W 	October 18, 1988 	4–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	4–1–0
6 	L 	October 21, 1988 	4–6 	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	4–2–0
7 	W 	October 22, 1988 	7–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	5–2–0
8 	W 	October 25, 1988 	6–1 	Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	6–2–0
9 	L 	October 27, 1988 	3–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	6–3–0
10 	W 	October 29, 1988 	5–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 	7–3–0
11 	L 	October 30, 1988 	2–9 	@ New York Rangers (1988–89) 	7–4–0
12 	W 	November 1, 1988 	5–3 	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	8–4–0
13 	L 	November 3, 1988 	2–6 	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 	8–5–0
14 	L 	November 6, 1988 	4–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	8–6–0
15 	L 	November 8, 1988 	3–7 	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	8–7–0
16 	W 	November 10, 1988 	5–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	9–7–0
17 	L 	November 12, 1988 	2–7 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	9–8–0
18 	W 	November 13, 1988 	4–2 	@ Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	10–8–0
19 	L 	November 16, 1988 	5–8 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	10–9–0
20 	L 	November 19, 1988 	3–6 	@ New York Islanders (1988–89) 	10–10–0
21 	W 	November 23, 1988 	8–2 	New York Rangers (1988–89) 	11–10–0
22 	W 	November 25, 1988 	5–3 	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	12–10–0
23 	W 	November 26, 1988 	4–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	13–10–0
24 	W 	November 30, 1988 	6–4 	Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	14–10–0
25 	W 	December 3, 1988 	4–2 	New York Islanders (1988–89) 	15–10–0
26 	T 	December 4, 1988 	3–3 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89) 	15–10–1
27 	W 	December 6, 1988 	7–6 	Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	16–10–1
28 	L 	December 8, 1988 	3–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	16–11–1
29 	T 	December 10, 1988 	4–4 OT 	New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	16–11–2
30 	W 	December 14, 1988 	5–4 	Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	17–11–2
31 	W 	December 15, 1988 	8–2 	@ New York Islanders (1988–89) 	18–11–2
32 	W 	December 17, 1988 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	19–11–2
33 	W 	December 20, 1988 	5–3 	New York Islanders (1988–89) 	20–11–2
34 	W 	December 21, 1988 	6–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1988–89) 	21–11–2
35 	T 	December 23, 1988 	2–2 OT 	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	21–11–3
36 	W 	December 26, 1988 	4–3 OT 	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 	22–11–3
37 	L 	December 29, 1988 	2–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	22–12–3
38 	W 	December 31, 1988 	8–6 	New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	23–12–3
39 	L 	January 2, 1989 	0–8 	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	23–13–3
40 	L 	January 7, 1989 	5–7 	Vancouver Canucks (1988–89) 	23–14–3
41 	W 	January 10, 1989 	5–3 	New York Islanders (1988–89) 	24–14–3
42 	W 	January 12, 1989 	9–2 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	25–14–3
43 	T 	January 14, 1989 	4–4 OT 	New York Rangers (1988–89) 	25–14–4
44 	L 	January 15, 1989 	4–6 	@ New York Rangers (1988–89) 	25–15–4
45 	L 	January 17, 1989 	2–5 	@ New York Islanders (1988–89) 	25–16–4
46 	L 	January 20, 1989 	3–7 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89) 	25–17–4
47 	W 	January 21, 1989 	7–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	26–17–4
48 	W 	January 25, 1989 	5–4 	Winnipeg Jets (1988–89) 	27–17–4
49 	W 	January 28, 1989 	10–5 	Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	28–17–4
50 	L 	January 31, 1989 	1–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 	28–18–4
51 	W 	February 2, 1989 	5–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	29–18–4
52 	T 	February 3, 1989 	3–3 OT 	St. Louis Blues (1988–89) 	29–18–5
53 	W 	February 5, 1989 	5–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1988–89) 	30–18–5
54 	W 	February 9, 1989 	5–2 	Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 	31–18–5
55 	L 	February 11, 1989 	1–8 	@ Quebec Nordiques (1988–89) 	31–19–5
56 	L 	February 12, 1989 	2–4 	Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	31–20–5
57 	W 	February 14, 1989 	7–3 	Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 	32–20–5
58 	L 	February 17, 1989 	1–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (1988–89) 	32–21–5
59 	L 	February 18, 1989 	3–5 	New York Rangers (1988–89) 	32–22–5
60 	L 	February 21, 1989 	1–2 	Minnesota North Stars (1988–89) 	32–23–5
61 	T 	February 23, 1989 	6–6 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1988–89) 	32–23–6
62 	T 	February 25, 1989 	5–5 OT 	@ New York Islanders (1988–89) 	32–23–7
63 	L 	February 26, 1989 	6–8 	@ Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 	32–24–7
64 	W 	March 1, 1989 	4–1 	New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	33–24–7
65 	L 	March 3, 1989 	2–4 	@ Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	33–25–7
66 	L 	March 5, 1989 	2–4 	Edmonton Oilers (1988–89) 	33–26–7
67 	L 	March 7, 1989 	2–3 OT 	@ Los Angeles Kings (1988–89) 	33–27–7
68 	L 	March 9, 1989 	3–10 	@ Calgary Flames (1988–89) 	33–28–7
69 	W 	March 10, 1989 	5–1 	@ Winnipeg Jets (1988–89) 	34–28–7
70 	W 	March 12, 1989 	6–5 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1988–89) 	35–28–7
71 	L 	March 14, 1989 	2–8 	Boston Bruins (1988–89) 	35–29–7
72 	W 	March 16, 1989 	2–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	36–29–7
73 	L 	March 18, 1989 	2–7 	Montreal Canadiens (1988–89) 	36–30–7
74 	L 	March 20, 1989 	2–7 	@ Minnesota North Stars (1988–89)	36–31–7
75 	L 	March 22, 1989 	4–5 	Washington Capitals (1988–89) 	36–32–7
76 	W 	March 25, 1989 	5–4 	New Jersey Devils (1988–89) 	37–32–7
77 	W 	March 26, 1989 	6–4 	@ New York Rangers (1988–89) 	38–32–7
78 	L 	March 30, 1989 	5–9 	Hartford Whalers (1988–89) 	38–33–7
79 	W 	April 1, 1989 	5–2 	New York Rangers (1988–89) 	39–33–7
80 	W 	April 2, 1989 	6–5 OT 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1988–89) 	40–33–7
==Playoffs==
===Pittsburgh Penguins 4, New York Rangers 0===
===Philadelphia Flyers 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 3===
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	Series 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	April 5 	NY Rangers 	1 – 3 	Pittsburgh 	1–0 	 	 	 	 	 	
2 	April 6 	NY Rangers 	4 – 7 	Pittsburgh 	2–0 	 	 	 	 	 	
3 	April 8 	Pittsburgh 	5 – 3 	NY Rangers 	3–0 	 	 	 	 	 	
4 	April 9 	Pittsburgh 	4 – 3 	NY Rangers 	4–0 	 	 	 	 	 	
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==Player Stats==
===Forwards===
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points
Player 	GP	G 	AST	PTS	PIM
Mario Lemieux 	76	85	114	199	100
Rob Brown 	68	49	66 	115	118
Dan Quinn 	79	34	60 	94 	102
Bob Errey 	76	26	32 	58 	124
John Cullen 	79	12	37 	49 	112
Randy Cunneyworth	70	25	19 	44 	156
Phil Bourque 	80	17	26 	43 	97
Dave Hannan 	72	10	20 	30 	157
Troy Loney 	69	10	6 	16 	165
Kevin Stevens 	24	12	3 	15 	19
Jock Callander 	30	6 	5 	11 	20
Dan Frawley 	46	3 	4 	7 	66
Jay Caufield 	58	1 	4 	5 	285
Dave McLlwain 	24	1 	2 	3 	4
Scott Bjugstad 	24	3 	0 	3 	4
Mark Kachowski 	12	1 	1 	2 	43
Mark Recchi 	15	1 	1 	2 	0
Richard Zemlak 	31	0 	0 	0 	135
Perry Ganchar 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Defencemen===
Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points
Player 	GP	G 	AST	PTS	PIM
Paul Coffey 	75	30	83 	113	195
Zarley Zalapski	58	12	33 	45 	57
Randy Hillier 	68	1 	23 	24 	141
Jim Johnson 	76	2 	14 	16 	163
Steve Dykstra 	65	1 	6 	7 	126
Chris Dahlquist	43	1 	5 	6 	42
Rod Buskas 	52	1 	5 	6 	105
Doug Bodger 	10	1 	4 	5 	7
Gord Dineen 	38	1 	2 	3 	42
Ville Sirén 	12	1 	0 	1 	14
===Goaltending===
Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against
Player 	GP	W 	L 	T	SO	GAA
Tom Barrasso 	44	18	15	7	0 	4.04
Wendell Young 	22	12	9 	0	0 	4.80
Frank Pietrangelo	15	5 	3 	0	0 	4.04
Steve Guenette 	11	5 	6 	0	0 	4.29
Rick Tabaracci 	1 	0 	0 	0	0 	7.27
==Awards and Records==
*Art Ross Trophy: Mario Lemieux
*Mario Lemieux, Center, NHL First All-Star Team
*Paul Coffey, Defence, NHL First All-Star Team
*Mario Lemieux, Club Record, Most Assists in One Season (114)
*Mario Lemieux, Club Record, Most Points in One Season (199)
*Mario Lemieux, NHL Record, Most Shorthanded Goals, One Season (13) National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.181, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
==Transactions==
==Draft Picks==
==References==
*Penguins on Hockey Database
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