Regular season and playoffsDET
Steve Yzerman's 1988-1989 season
Points
155
NHL#3
Goals
65
NHL#3
Assists
90
NHL#3
Plus/minus
+17
NHL#46
Games
80
100%
Centre Steve Yzerman was 23 years old when the 1988-1989 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for Detroit Red Wings. He played all 80 games and scored 65 goals and 90 assists for 155 points, 1.94 points per game. In the playoffs he played 6 games for 10 points. He won Ted Lindsay Award, the first Swede ever to do it.
Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.
1988-1989Playoffs
- Year 198838 years agoSeason opener
Steve Yzerman plays the 1988-1989 season for Detroit Red Wings
Steve was 23 years old when the 1988-1989 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 6th NHL season in all.
- +1 goalThe gameDET2–8LAKLgame 1/80His night+1P+1G0+/-5SOG1PPP
- +2 pointsThe gameDET3–3VANgame 2/80
1His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-3SOG - +1 goalThe gameDET2–5CGYLgame 3/801His night+1P+1G-1+/-3SOG1PPP
- +2 pointsThe gameSTL8–8DETgame 4/80His night+2P+1G+1A-2+/-3SOG2PPP
- +2 pointsThe gameDET5–3TORWgame 5/801His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-5SOG
MilestoneSteve Yzerman reaches 250 career assists
in the game against Chicago Blackhawks · October 18
- The gameNJD3–3DETgame 8/80His nightNo points-1+/-5SOG
- +3 pointsThe gameMTL2–4DETWgame 9/801His night+3P+2G+1A+3+/-4SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameMNS1–4DETWgame 10/80His night+2P+2A+1+/-4SOG2PPP
- The gameDET2–3MNSLgame 11/80His nightNo points0+/-4SOG
- November 1988
- +2 assistsThe gameWSH3–3DETgame 12/802His night+2P+2A+1+/-7SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameEDM2–5DETWgame 14/80His night+1P+1A+1+/-2SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameDET6–3MNSWgame 15/80His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-6SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameDET4–3HFDWgame 18/801His night+2P+2A-1+/-4SOG1PPP
- +3 pointsThe gameBOS2–5DETWgame 19/80His night+3P+2G+1A+4+/-5SOG
- +1 goalThe gameDET5–4BOSWgame 20/80His night+1P+1G0+/-4SOG
- Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 20 of 8037pointsNHL#519goalsNHL#318assistsNHL#12DET11-5-0W-L-OT26Points3rd in the whole NHL - +2 goalsThe gameLAK8–3DETLgame 21/80His night+2P+2G-3+/-5SOG1PPP
- +1 goalThe gameWIN3–6DETWgame 22/801His night+1P+1G+3+/-4SOG
- +3 pointsThe gameWSH4–3DETLgame 23/802His night+3P+1G+2A+2+/-3SOG2SHP
- +4 pointsThe gameNYI3–5DETWgame 24/801His night+4P+2G+2A+3+/-5SOG1PPP
- December 1988
- +3 pointsThe gameQUE3–7DETWgame 25/80His night+3P+1G+2A+3+/-3SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameDET4–6QUELgame 26/80His night+2P+1G+1A-1+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameTOR3–4DETWgame 28/80His night+1P+1A+1+/-6SOG
- +4 pointsThe gameDET8–2TORWgame 29/80His night+4P+1G+3A+3+/-7SOG3PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameMNS4–5DETWgame 30/80His night+2P+2A0+/-6SOG2PPP
- +3 pointsThe gameLAK6–4DETLgame 31/80His night+3P+1G+2A-3+/-7SOG1PPP
- +2 pointsThe gameDET2–3PITLgame 32/80His night+2P+1G+1A-1+/-4SOG1PPP
- +4 pointsThe gameSTL3–6DETWgame 33/80His night+4P+1G+3A-1+/-4SOG3PPP
- +1 assistThe gameDET2–7CHILgame 35/80His night+1P+1A0+/-4SOG
- +1 goalThe gameDET1–4BUFLgame 36/802His night+1P+1G-2+/-2SOG1PPP
- +3 pointsThe gameDET3–4HFDLgame 37/80His night+3P+1G+2A+2+/-3SOG
MilestoneSteve Yzerman reaches 200 career goals
in the game against Hartford Whalers · December 30
Year 198937 years ago- The gameVAN2–2DETgame 40/801His nightNo points-1+/-6SOG
- Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 40 of 8082pointsNHL#437goalsNHL#345assistsNHL#4DET19-15-0W-L-OT44Points9th in the whole NHL - +1 goalThe gameDET2–5NJDLgame 41/803His night+1P+1G-2+/-7SOG1PPP
- +1 goalThe gameMTL2–3DETWgame 42/801His night+1P+1G+1+/-3SOG
- The gameDET2–2CHIgame 43/80His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
- +5 pointsThe gameDET5–5BOSgame 44/80His night+5P+2G+3A+3+/-5SOG1PPP
- +4 pointsThe gameDET8–4PHIWgame 45/802His night+4P+1G+3A+4+/-4SOG1SHP
MilestoneSteve Yzerman reaches 500 career points
in the game against Philadelphia Flyers · January 15
- The gameCGY7–1DETLgame 46/801His nightNo points-4+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameCHI3–2DETLgame 47/80His night+1P+1A+1+/-5SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameDET4–3WSHWgame 48/801His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-6SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameBUF6–3DETLgame 49/801His night+2P+1G+1A-5+/-7SOG2PPP
- +3 pointsThe gameTOR1–8DETWgame 50/801His night+3P+1G+2A+1+/-7SOG2PPP
- +3 assistsThe gameQUE4–3DETLgame 52/80His night+3P+3A-1+/-5SOG2PPP
- February 1989
- +2 pointsThe gameDET2–3CGYLgame 53/801His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-7SOG1PPP
- +1 goalThe gameDET5–8EDMLgame 54/80His night+1P+1G-1+/-4SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNJD6–3DETLgame 56/802His night+1P+1A0+/-4SOG
- +3 pointsThe gameDET5–1MNSWgame 57/80His night+3P+1G+2A+2+/-7SOG
- The gameMNS2–4DETWgame 59/80His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameCHI5–3DETLgame 60/80His night+1P+1A-4+/-8SOG1PPP
- Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 60 of 80119pointsNHL#452goalsNHL#367assistsNHL#3DET26-25-0W-L-OT61PointsPlayoff spot8th in the whole NHL - +1 goalThe gameDET4–8BUFLgame 61/801His night+1P+1G-3+/-2SOG
- +3 pointsThe gameDET6–5NYIWgame 62/80His night+3P+2G+1A0+/-5SOG
- +4 pointsThe gamePIT6–6DETgame 63/80His night+4P+2G+2A+1+/-8SOG1PPP
- +2 pointsThe gameCHI0–5DETWgame 64/80His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-7SOG1SHP
- +2 pointsThe gameDET4–4CHIgame 65/80His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-6SOG
- March 1989
- The gameDET5–4STLWgame 67/80His nightNo points+1+/-1SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameDET3–5MNSLgame 68/80His night+2P+2A-1+/-3SOG1PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameNYR2–3DETWgame 69/801His night+2P+2A+1+/-9SOG1PPP
- The gameDET3–5TORLgame 70/801His nightNo points-2+/-6SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameDET2–2VANgame 71/801His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-6SOG
- +6 pointsThe gameDET8–6EDMWgame 72/801His night+6P+2G+4A+5+/-5SOG2PPP
- +1 assistThe gameDET2–3STLLgame 73/80His night+1P+1A-2+/-5SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameDET3–5CHILgame 74/80His night+1P+1A-4+/-3SOG1PPP
- +3 assistsThe gameTOR2–6DETWgame 75/801His night+3P+3A+2+/-4SOG1PPP
- The gameSTL3–2DETLgame 77/80His nightNo points-2+/-5SOG
- +1 assistThe gameNYR3–4DETWgame 78/803His night+1P+1A-1+/-2SOG
- The gameMNS5–1DETLgame 79/80His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG
- April 1989
- +1 goalThe gameDET2–4STLLgame 80/80His night+1P+1G0+/-3SOG1PPP
The season in numbersSteve Yzerman closes the 1988-1989 season with 155 points
Points155NHL#3Games80of 80100%Goals65NHL#3Assists90NHL#3P/GP1.94NHL#3+/-+17NHL#46Events155career best in points65career best in goals90career best in assists2hat tricks500career points250career assists200career goals28 i radgames with a point · 65 pts9 i radgames with a goal3 days laterPlayoffsDetroit Red Wings are in the playoffs
First roundDetroit Red Wings meet Chicago Blackhawks
DETvsCHISwedes on Detroit Red WingsSwedes on Chicago BlackhawksNo Swedes- Game 1CHI2–3DETWHis nightNo points0+/-6SOG
- Detroit Red Wingslead1–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- Detroit Red Wingsare1–1withChicago Blackhawks
- +1 assistGame 3DET2–4CHILHis night+1P+1A-2+/-4SOG1PPP
- Chicago Blackhawkslead2–1againstDetroit Red Wings
- +1 goalGame 4DET2–3CHILHis night+1P+1G-2+/-7SOG1PPP
- Chicago Blackhawkslead3–1againstDetroit Red Wings
- +4 pointsGame 5CHI4–6DETWHis night+4P+1G+3A+1+/-5SOG1PPP
- Chicago Blackhawkslead3–2againstDetroit Red Wings
First roundChicago Blackhawks knock Detroit Red Wings out 4–2
DET2–4CHIEliminatedHe did not play in this roundThe run in numbersSteve Yzerman ends the 1988-1989 playoffs with 10 points
Points10NHL#37Games6Goals5NHL#23Assists5NHL#48P/GP1.67+/--7NHL#350Events1hat trick25playoff assists5 i radgames with a point4 pointsbest gameCHI2–4