1988-89 Pittsburgh Penguins Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 40-33-7 - 87 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 7-4
Lost NHL division finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated New York Rangers 4-0
Division Finals - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 4-3
Coach: Gene Ubriaco (40-33-7)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1988-89 Pittsburgh Penguins RosterTeam Record: 40-33-7 - 87 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Patrick Division
Postseason: 7-4
Lost NHL division finals
Division Semi-Finals - Defeated New York Rangers 4-0
Division Finals - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 4-3
Coach: Gene Ubriaco (40-33-7)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1988-89 Pittsburgh Penguins Results
The Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League ended the 1988-89 season with a record of 40 wins and 33 losses and 7 ties for 87 points, finishing second in the NHL's Patrick Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-4.
The Penguins netted 347 goals and gave up 349. Mario Lemieux scored 85 goals for Pittsburgh, while Rob Brown, Paul Coffey and Dan Quinn each tallied 30 or more also. Mario Lemieux contributed 114 assists. Tom Barrasso topped the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 4.04 goals against average, pacing regular goalies.
Gene Ubriaco coached the team. The 1988-89 Pittsburgh Penguins lost in the NHL division finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Lemieux | C | 76 | 85 | 114 | 199 | 100 | 41 | 31 | 48 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 313 | 27.2 |
| Rob Brown | R | 68 | 49 | 66 | 115 | 118 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 169 | 29.0 |
| Paul Coffey | D | 75 | 30 | 83 | 113 | 195 | -10 | 11 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 342 | 8.8 |
| Dan Quinn | C | 79 | 34 | 60 | 94 | 102 | -37 | 16 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 200 | 17.0 |
| Bob Errey | L | 76 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 124 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 130 | 20.0 |
| John Cullen | C | 79 | 12 | 37 | 49 | 112 | -25 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 9.9 |
| Zarley Zalapski | D | 58 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 57 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 95 | 12.6 |
| Randy Cunneyworth | L | 70 | 25 | 19 | 44 | 156 | -22 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 163 | 15.3 |
| Phil Bourque | L | 80 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 97 | -22 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 153 | 11.1 |
| Dave Hannan | C | 72 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 157 | -12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 13.9 |
| Randy Hillier | D | 68 | 1 | 23 | 24 | 141 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2.7 |
| Troy Loney | L | 69 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 165 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 11.1 |
| Jim Johnson | D | 76 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 163 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 2.9 |
| Kevin Stevens | L | 24 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 19 | -8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 23.1 |
| Jock Callander | C | 30 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 17.1 |
| Dan Frawley | R | 46 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 66 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 8.1 |
| Steve Dykstra | D | 65 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 126 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2.6 |
| Chris Dahlquist | D | 43 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 42 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3.7 |
| Rod Buskas | D | 52 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 105 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Doug Bodger | D | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 |
| Jay Caufield | R | 58 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 285 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Tom Barrasso | G | 44 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Bjugstad | R | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 14.3 |
| Gord Dineen | D | 38 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 42 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4.0 |
| Dave McLlwain | C | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Mark Recchi | R | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Mark Kachowski | L | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Wendell Young | G | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ville Siren | D | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Steve Guenette | G | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richard Zemlak | R | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Frank Pietrangelo | G | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Perry Ganchar | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Rick Tabaracci | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1526 | 347 | 583 | 930 | 2656 | -81 | 119 | 222 | 21 | 17 | 40 | 3 | 2281 | 15.2 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Barrasso | 44 | 2406 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 162 | 4.04 | 1445 | 1283 | .888 |
| Wendell Young | 22 | 1150 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 4.80 | 673 | 581 | .863 |
| Frank Pietrangelo | 15 | 669 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 4.04 | 409 | 364 | .890 |
| Steve Guenette | 11 | 574 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4.29 | 308 | 267 | .867 |
| Rick Tabaracci | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7.27 | 21 | 17 | .810 |
| Totals | 93 | 4832 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 344 | 4.27 | 3200 | 2856 | .893 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Lemieux | C | 11 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 16 | -1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 29.3 | |
| Rob Brown | R | 11 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 29.4 | |
| Paul Coffey | D | 11 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 31 | -7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 4.2 | |
| Dan Quinn | C | 11 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 15.4 | |
| Bob Errey | L | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 | |
| John Cullen | C | 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 15.0 | |
| Zarley Zalapski | D | 11 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 13 | -2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 | |
| Randy Cunneyworth | L | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 26 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 15.0 | |
| Phil Bourque | L | 11 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 36.4 | |
| Dave Hannan | C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Randy Hillier | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 49 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Troy Loney | L | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | |
| Jim Johnson | D | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Kevin Stevens | L | 11 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14.3 | |
| Jock Callander | C | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14.3 | |
| Steve Dykstra | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Chris Dahlquist | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rod Buskas | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Jay Caufield | R | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Barrasso | G | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gord Dineen | D | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | |
| Dave McLlwain | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Wendell Young | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Zemlak | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 208 | 43 | 74 | 117 | 460 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 342 | 12.6 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Barrasso | 11 | 631 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 3.80 | 389 | 349 | .897 |
| Wendell Young | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.54 | 11 | 10 | .909 |
| Totals | 12 | 670 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 3.67 | 441 | 400 | .907 |
