The 39th National Hockey League All-Star Game was held in the St. Louis Arena in St. Louis, 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.
Uniforms The NHL returned to the All-Star uniform design worn before Rendez-vous '87 but replaced the conference names on the front with the NHL shield. A patch featuring the logo of the All-Star Game replaced the smaller NHL shield on the left shoulder. In addition, the block shadow typeface for the names and numerals was replaced with simple black letters and numbers, except for on the black sleeve sections of the orange jersey worn by the Wales team, where the numbers were white instead.
Team rosters Campbell Conference Wales Conference Head coach Glen Sather (Edmonton Oilers) Mike Keenan (Philadelphia Flyers) Honorary captain Bob Plager Al Arbour LineupStarting lineup: 2 - D Al MacInnis (Calgary Flames) 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)
Game summary Campbell Conference Wales Conference Final score 5 6 (OT) First period Scoring Hawerchuk (Bellows, Nieuwendyk) 3:25 Gretzky (Probert) 18:46 Sandstrom (Lemieux, Naslund) 14:45 Penalties Potvin, holding 10:11 Second period Scoring Robitaille (Savard, Lowe) 15:09 Gartner (Lemieux) 4:28 Stastny (Lemieux, Naslund) 10:08 (PPG) Lemieux (Naslund) 11:34 Penalties McCrimmon, tripping 8:47 LaFontaine, tripping 7:27 Third period Scoring Savard (Robitaille, Anderson) 5:19 Robitaille (Anderson, Savard) 16:28 Lemieux (Naslund, Dineen) 8:07 Penalties Bellows, hooking 2:53 First overtime Scoring Lemieux (Naslund, Dineen) 1:08 (GWG) Shots on goal14–6–10–0–309–13–12–1–35 Win/loss L - Mike Vernon W - Patrick Roy Referee: Denis Morel Linesmen: Kevin Collins, Randy Mitton TV: CBC, SRC, ESPN
See also 1987–88 NHL season
Notes
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 a brain tumour, on February 6. A moment of silence in his honor occurred before the start of the game. Doug Wilson was unable to start the game and was replaced by Al MacInnis in the starting lineup.