2–4

Final

🐧 Home Penguins 38-33-8 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
HFD	0	1	1	2
PIT	1	1	2	4

Whalers at Penguins

Penguins beat Whalers 4–2 at PPG Paints Arena on April 3, 1988.

🗓 Sun, Apr 3, 1988 · 18:30 CDT 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1987-88 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Paul Coffey

1 G, 2 A

4 shots · +1

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Dan Quinn

2 G

8 shots · +2

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Mario Lemieux

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Dan Quinn Go-ahead 1st · 08:38

Assists: Paul Coffey, Bob Errey

0–1

2nd period

🐳 Sylvain Turgeon PP Tying 2nd · 02:58

Assists: Ron Francis, Mike McEwen

1–1

🐧 Paul Coffey PP Go-ahead 2nd · 15:46

Assists: Mario Lemieux, Doug Bodger

1–2

3rd period

🐧 Dan Quinn 3rd · 08:38

Assists: Paul Coffey

1–3

🐳 Dave Babych 3rd · 13:09

Assists: Brent Peterson, Sylvain Turgeon

2–3

🐧 Mario Lemieux Empty net 3rd · 19:26

Assists: Dave Hunter, Doug Bodger

2–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐳HFD PIT🐧

30 Shots on goal 35

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6

31 Penalty minutes 27

HFD shooting 6.7% (2/30) PIT shooting 11.4% (4/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐳Whalers

Richard Brodeur

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:34 TOI

🐧Penguins

Steve Guenette

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–2

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

4–5 (OT) · Whalers won

❓ HFD vs PIT, answered

Who won Whalers vs Penguins on April 3, 1988?

Penguins won 4–2.

What was the final score of Whalers vs Penguins?

The final score was Whalers 2, Penguins 4.

Who scored for Whalers?

Dave Babych, Sylvain Turgeon.

Who scored for Penguins?

Dan Quinn (2), Mario Lemieux, Paul Coffey.

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Richard Brodeur made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Steve Guenette made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Whalers vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Whalers vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🐳Whalers

Previous game · Apr 2

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Apr 2

Also on April 3, 1988

Whalers season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule