⚜️ Away Nordiques 5-13-1
2–8
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 8-10-0
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚜️ QUE 1012
🐧 PIT 3418

Nordiques at Penguins

Penguins beat Nordiques 8–2 at PPG Paints Arena on November 16, 1989.

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1989-90 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
John Cullen
2 G, 2 A
2 shots · +2
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Kevin Stevens
1 G, 3 A
4 shots · +2
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Mario Lemieux
1 G, 2 A
6 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

10 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 John Cullen Go-ahead 1st · 03:32
Assists: Kevin Stevens, Troy Loney · beat Stephane Fiset
0–1
🐧 Mark Recchi 1st · 07:23
Assists: John Cullen, Kevin Stevens · beat Stephane Fiset
0–2
🐧 Mario Lemieux PP 1st · 10:33
Assists: Kevin Stevens, Dan Quinn · beat Stephane Fiset
0–3
⚜️ Joe Sakic 1st · 11:38
Assists: Iiro Jarvi, Peter Stastny · beat Wendell Young
1–3
2nd period
🐧 John Cullen PP 2nd · 08:09
Assists: Paul Coffey, Mario Lemieux · beat Stephane Fiset
1–4
🐧 Kevin Stevens 2nd · 11:54
Assists: John Cullen · beat Stephane Fiset
1–5
🐧 Bob Errey 2nd · 13:18
Assists: Jock Callander, Mario Lemieux · beat Stephane Fiset
1–6
🐧 Troy Loney 2nd · 15:09
Assists: Jamie Leach, Dan Quinn · beat Stephane Fiset
1–7
3rd period
🐧 Jock Callander 3rd · 07:34
Assists: Paul Coffey · beat Stephane Fiset
1–8
⚜️ Claude Loiselle 3rd · 17:30
Assists: Paul Gillis, Joe Cirella · beat Wendell Young
2–8

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚜️QUE PIT🐧
35 Shots on goal 38
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4
17 Penalty minutes 17
QUE shooting 5.7% (2/35) PIT shooting 21.1% (8/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚜️Nordiques
Stephane Fiset
0/8
.000 SV% · 8 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Wendell Young
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Feb 111989 🐧PIT @ ⚜️QUE 1–8 Feb 91989 ⚜️QUE @ 🐧PIT 2–5 Nov 31988 ⚜️QUE @ 🐧PIT 6–2 Mar 271988 🐧PIT @ ⚜️QUE 6–3 Nov 251987 ⚜️QUE @ 🐧PIT 4–6
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Who won Nordiques vs Penguins on November 16, 1989?

Penguins won 8–2. The final score was Nordiques 2, Penguins 8.

Who scored for Nordiques?

Claude Loiselle, Joe Sakic.

Who scored for Penguins?

John Cullen (2), Bob Errey, Jock Callander, Kevin Stevens, Mario Lemieux, Mark Recchi, Troy Loney.

How did the Nordiques goalie play?

Stephane Fiset made 0 saves on 8 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Wendell Young made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Nordiques vs Penguins played?

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

What is the Nordiques vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚜️ Nordiques
BeforeNov 14 ✈️WIN @ ⚜️QUE 5–3 AfterNov 18 🐙DET @ ⚜️QUE 8–1
🐧 Penguins
BeforeNov 14 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 0–6 AfterNov 18 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 3–5
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