The Skinny on January 19, 1990 - last time Isles won nine straight

It's been 29 years and 285 days since the Isles won a 9th straight hockey game.

The Isles defeated Winnipeg 6-4 that night to head into the All-Star break on a high.  In Alberta, Johnny Boychuk was celebrating his sixth birthday; half a continent away, I was celebrating my 26th birthday!

David Chyzowski, taken with the 2nd pick overall, scored the only game-winning goal of his career.  (Mats Sundin was taken 1st) 

Randy Wood scored three power play goal; Pat LaFontaine and Miro Satan are the only Isles to have done so since.

Doug Crossman and Jeff Norton each had three assists for the Isles  -- it's the most recent time two Islander defensemen have recorded three assists in the game!

Here's the box:

New York Islanders 6 @ Winnipeg Jets 4

First Period

1 - WIN : Hawerchuk 15 (EV) 1:55

2 - NYI : Wood 13 (Kerr, Crossman) (PP) 9:22

3 - WIN : Hawerchuk 16 (Paslawski) (EV) 9:36

Penalties - WIN - Macdermid 7:49 ; WIN - Macdermid 12:09 ; NYI - Sutter 12:34 ;

Second Period

4 - NYI : Volek 13 (Norton, Crossman) (PP) 2:46

5 - NYI : Wood 14 (Norton, Crossman) (PP) 3:15

6 - WIN : Fenton 13 (Hawerchuk, Elynuik) (EV) 10:21

7 - NYI : Wood 15 (Norton, Lafontaine) (PP) 19:52

Penalties - WIN - Elynuik 0:50 ; WIN - Smail 1:59 ; NYI - Nylund 6:30 ; NYI - Chyzowski 11:10 ; NYI - Kerr 16:51 ; WIN - Ellett 18:21 ;

Third Period

8 - WIN : Boschman 9 (Ellett, Numminen) (PP) 3:07

9 - NYI : Chyzowski 6 (Sutter, Lauer) (EV) 6:27

10 - NYI : Trottier 8 (Nylund) (EV-EN) 19:47

Penalties - NYI - Kerr 2:01 ; WIN - Mcllwain 7:35 ; NYI - Chyzowski 10:57 ; WIN - Taglianetti 10:57 ; NYI - Maloney 12:19 ;

Shots On Goal

                                1 2 3 T

New York Islanders 9 15 6 30

Winnipeg Jets      8 11 19 38

Powerplay Conversions

New York Islanders : 4 of 6

Winnipeg Jets : 1 of 6

Goaltenders

Healy (NYI) (W) 34 saves on 38 shots - 60:00 mins

Essensa (WIN) (L) 24 saves on 30 shots - 59:28 mins

Attendance - 14,710

Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since January 21, 1982. Visit my blog: NYISkinny.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick