39th National Hockey League All-Star Game

1988 NHL All-Star Game

39th NHL All-Star Game

1 2 3 OT Total Wales 1 3 1 1 6 Campbell 2 1 2 0 5
Date	February 9, 1988
Arena	St. Louis Arena
City	St. Louis, Missouri
MVP	Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh)
Attendance	17,878

The 39th National Hockey League All-Star Game was held in the St. Louis Arena in St. Louis, Missouri, home to the St. Louis Blues, on February 9, 1988.

Lemieux makes his mark

Pittsburgh Penguins' centremen Mario Lemieux recorded six points (3–3–6) and scored the game-winner in overtime to lead the Wales Conference to a thrilling 6–5 victory. Lemieux's six points broke the previous record for most points in an All-Star Game, which was previously held by six players (four points). Montreal Canadiens' leftwinger Mats Naslund earned an assist on all three of Lemieux's goals and added two more to set an All-Star Game record with five assists. Both records have still to this day have not been broken.

Boxscore

	Campbell Conference	Wales Conference
Final score	5	6 (OT)
Head coach	Glen Sather (Edmonton Oilers)	Mike Keenan (Philadelphia Flyers)
Honorary captain	Bob Plager1	Al Arbour
Lineup	Starting lineup: 2 - D Al MacInnis (Calgary Flames)2 4 - D Kevin Lowe (Edmonton Oilers) 17 - RW Jari Kurri (Edmonton Oilers) 20 - LW Luc Robitaille (Los Angeles Kings) 31 - G Grant Fuhr (Edmonton Oilers) 99 - C Wayne Gretzky (Edmonton Oilers,Captain) Reserves: 3 - D Brad McCrimmon (Calgary Flames) 5 - D Rob Ramage (St. Louis Blues) 8 - C Greg Adams (Vancouver Canucks) 9 - LW Glenn Anderson (Edmonton Oilers) 10 - C Dale Hawerchuk (Winnipeg Jets,Alternate) 11 - LW Mark Messier (Edmonton Oilers,Alternate) 18 - C Denis Savard (Chicago Blackhawks) 19 - C Steve Yzerman (Detroit Red Wings) 21 - D Gary Suter (Calgary Flames) 23 - RW Brian Bellows (Minnesota North Stars) 24 - LW Bob Probert (Detroit Red Wings) 25 - C Joe Nieuwendyk (Calgary Flames) 30 - G Mike Vernon (Calgary Flames) 33 - D Al Iafrate (Toronto Maple Leafs)	Starting lineup: 7 - D Paul Coffey (Pittsburgh Penguins) 11 - RW Kevin Dineen (Hartford Whalers) 16 - LW Michel Goulet (Quebec Nordiques) 27 - G Ron Hextall (Philadelphia Flyers) 66 - C Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) 77 - D Ray Bourque (Boston Bruins) Reserves: 2 - D Mark Howe (Philadelphia Flyers,Alternate) 5 - D Denis Potvin (New York Islanders,Alternate) 8 - RW Cam Neely (Boston Bruins) 9 - C Kirk Muller (New Jersey Devils) 12 - RW Mike Gartner (Washington Capitals) 15 - C Pat LaFontaine (New York Islanders) 19 - D Larry Robinson (Montreal Canadiens,Captain) 20 - C Dave Poulin (Philadelphia Flyers) 21 - C Christian Ruuttu (Buffalo Sabres) 25 - LW Mats Naslund (Montreal Canadiens) 26 - C Peter Stastny (Quebec Nordiques) 28 - RW Tomas Sandstrom (New York Rangers) 29 - D Kjell Samuelsson (Philadelphia Flyers) 33 - G Patrick Roy (Montreal Canadiens)
Scoring summary	Hawerchuk (Bellows, Nieuwendyk) 3:25 1st Gretzky (Probert) 18:46 1st Robitaille (Savard, Lowe) 15:09 2nd Savard (Robitaille, Anderson) 5:19 3rd Robitaille (Anderson, Savard) 16:28 3rd	Sandstrom (Lemieux, Naslund) 14:45 1st Gartner (Lemieux) 4:28 2nd Stastny (Lemieux, Naslund) 10:08 2nd (PPG) Lemieux (Naslund) 11:34 2nd Lemieux (Naslund, Dineen) 8:07 3rd Lemieux (Naslund, Dineen) 1:08 OT (GWG)
Penalties	McCrimmon, tripping 8:47 2nd Bellows, hooking 2:53 3rd	Potvin, holding 10:11 1st LaFontaine, tripping 7:27 2nd
Shots on goal	14–6–10–0–30	9–13–12–1–35
Win/Loss	L - Mike Vernon	W - Patrick Roy

• Referee: Denis Morel
• Linesmen: Kevin Collins, Randy Mitton
• TV: CBC, SRC, ESPN

Notes

Note 1: Bob Plager's brother, Barclay Plager, was also named honorary captain, but he died three days before the All-Star Game from a brain hemorrhage due to his battle brain tumour on February 6th. A moment of silence in his honor occurred before the start of the game.

Note 2: Doug Wilson was unable to start the game and was replaced by Al MacInnis in the starting lineup.