| Sep 11, 1988 Sun | Preseason | New Jersey | NY Islanders | Huscroft-Gaucher Huscroft-Cheveldayoff Huscroft-Brassard Costello-Kushner Huscroft-Ewen Blessman-Byram Brady-McGeough Wurst-Ewen |
| Sep 12, 1988 Mon | Preseason | NY Islanders | New Jersey | MacPherson-Crowder Ewen-Crowder Byram-Huscroft Ewen-Blessman Kushner-Marcinyshyn Cheveldayoff-Andersen Lackton-Christian Gaucher-Huscroft |
| Sep 17, 1988 Sat | Preseason | Philadelphia | NY Islanders | Berube-Kushner Brown-Dallman Tocchet-Pilon Chychrun-Kushner |
| Sep 18, 1988 Sun | Preseason | NY Islanders | Philadelphia | Ewen-Chychrun (3.5) Ewen-Chychrun (5) Stevens-Stevens Pryor-Boivin (2) |
| Sep 20, 1988 Tue | Preseason | Montreal | NY Islanders | Kordic-Vukota Kordic-Vukota Corson-Henry Skrudland-Lauer Dufresne-Diduck |
| Sep 21, 1988 Wed | Preseason | Boston | NY Islanders | Joyce-Chynoweth |
| Sep 24, 1988 Sat | Preseason | Boston | NY Islanders | (Cheap) Galley-LaFontaine (Cheap) Byers-Trottier Bourque-Lauer |
| Sep 27, 1988 Tue | Preseason | NY Rangers | NY Islanders | Add Fight |
| Sep 27, 1988 Tue | Preseason | NY Rangers | NY Islanders | Laviolette-Clark Janssens-MacPherson |
| Sep 28, 1988 Wed | Preseason | NY Islanders | NY Rangers | Dallman-Poeschek (6.5) Kushner-Poeschek (7.5) Henry-Petit (7) Kushner-Nilan (3) |
| Sep 29, 1988 Thu | Preseason | NY Islanders | Quebec | Dallman-Picard |
| Sep 30, 1988 Fri | Preseason | NY Islanders | Quebec | Add Fight |
| Oct 1, 1988 Sat | Preseason | NY Islanders | Montreal | (Rough) Sutter-Lemieux Pilon-Corson King-Lemieux Norton-Kordic Pilon-Corson Kerr-Lemieux |
| Oct 6, 1988 Thu | | NY Islanders | Calgary | Bassen-Hunter |
| Oct 7, 1988 Fri | | NY Islanders | Edmonton | Chynoweth-Tikkanen Dallman-Smith (6) |
| Oct 9, 1988 Sun | | NY Islanders | Los Angeles | Add Fight |
| Oct 10, 1988 Mon | | NY Islanders | Vancouver | (Hit) Trottier-Adams (5) Vukota-Hawkins (5.7) (Rough) Chynoweth-Sandlak |
| Oct 15, 1988 Sat | | Montreal | NY Islanders | Add Fight |
| Oct 18, 1988 Tue | | Vancouver | NY Islanders | Melnyk-Vukota (6.8) Stern-Kerr |
| Oct 22, 1988 Sat | | Quebec | NY Islanders | Donnelly-Vukota (4.5) |
| Oct 25, 1988 Tue | | Toronto | NY Islanders | Secord-Kerr (3) |
| Oct 27, 1988 Thu | | NY Islanders | Philadelphia | Vukota-Chychrun (6) Chynoweth-Tocchet (5.8) |
| Oct 29, 1988 Sat | | NY Islanders | Quebec | (Rough) Bassen-Gronstrand |
| Nov 1, 1988 Tue | | Winnipeg | NY Islanders | Taglianetti-Vukota (7.5) McBain-Pilon (5) |
| Nov 4, 1988 Fri | | NY Islanders | Washington | Dalgarno-Sheehy (5) |
| Nov 5, 1988 Sat | | Washington | NY Islanders | Franceschetti-Sutter (3.5) |
| Nov 8, 1988 Tue | | NY Rangers | NY Islanders | (Rough) Kisio-Makela Dahlen-Dalgarno (2) |
| Nov 11, 1988 Fri | | NY Islanders | New Jersey | Vukota-Maley (5) (Rough) Kerr-Verbeek |
| Nov 12, 1988 Sat | | Buffalo | NY Islanders | Hartman-Vukota (6.6) |
| Nov 15, 1988 Tue | | Calgary | NY Islanders | Add Fight |
| Nov 16, 1988 Wed | | NY Islanders | Montreal | (Cheap) Norton-Richer (4) |
| Nov 19, 1988 Sat | | Pittsburgh | NY Islanders | Add Fight |
| Nov 22, 1988 Tue | | Washington | NY Islanders | Stevens-Diduck (7) Mini-Brawl at 45:14 Franceschetti-Pilon Sheehy-Vukota (5) |
| Nov 23, 1988 Wed | | NY Islanders | Washington | (Hit) King-Franceschetti |
| Nov 26, 1988 Sat | | NY Rangers | NY Islanders | Nilan-Nylund (5) Petit-Pilon Line Brawl at 58:58 Dahlen-Pilon (5.7) Sandstrom-Stevens (2.5) Greschner-Vukota (1) Crowd Trouble at 58:58 (7) |
| Nov 27, 1988 Sun | | NY Islanders | NY Rangers | (Rough) Smith-Lawton (2) |
| Nov 29, 1988 Tue | | NY Islanders | Detroit | Vukota-Pavese (3) Pilon-Probert (2.2) Norton-Gallant (3) (Rough) Smith-Gallant Vukota-Pavese (2.5) |
| Dec 1, 1988 Thu | | NY Islanders | St. Louis | Norton-Ewen (3.5) Pilon-Ewen (4) |
| Dec 3, 1988 Sat | | NY Islanders | Pittsburgh | Add Fight |
| Dec 6, 1988 Tue | | Boston | NY Islanders | Crowder-Pilon (3) |
| Dec 9, 1988 Fri | | NY Islanders | New Jersey | Gilbert-Daneyko (7) Dalgarno-Maley (4) |
| Dec 10, 1988 Sat | | Los Angeles | NY Islanders | McSorley-Vukota (3) |
| Dec 14, 1988 Wed | | NY Islanders | NY Rangers | (Rough) Smith-Lawton |
| Dec 15, 1988 Thu | | Pittsburgh | NY Islanders | (Cheap) Cunneyworth-Bergevin Caufield-Vukota (3.3) Frawley-Norton (4) Caufield-Vukota (3.3) |
| Dec 17, 1988 Sat | | New Jersey | NY Islanders | Anderson-Vukota (2) Huscroft-Dalgarno (3) Huscroft-Wood (2) Shanahan-Vukota (8) Anderson-Larson |
| Dec 20, 1988 Tue | | NY Islanders | Pittsburgh | Add Fight |
| Dec 22, 1988 Thu | | Philadelphia | NY Islanders | (Rough) Bullard-Pilon |
| Dec 26, 1988 Mon | | NY Islanders | Toronto | Add Fight |
| Dec 31, 1988 Sat | | Washington | NY Islanders | Stevens-Kerr (4.5) |
| Jan 3, 1989 Tue | | Philadelphia | NY Islanders | Chychrun-Kerr (3) Tocchet-Pilon (2.3) Berube-Pilon (5.2) |
| Jan 5, 1989 Thu | | NY Islanders | Boston | Diduck-Mokosak (1) |
| Jan 7, 1989 Sat | | NY Rangers | NY Islanders | Add Fight |
| Jan 8, 1989 Sun | | NY Islanders | Chicago | (Rough) LaFontaine-Manson (1) |
| Jan 10, 1989 Tue | | NY Islanders | Pittsburgh | Pilon-Caufield (3) (Hit) Pilon-Caufield Vukota-Caufield (3.5) |
| Jan 13, 1989 Fri | | NY Islanders | New Jersey | Hrudey-MacLean (4) |
| Jan 14, 1989 Sat | | Chicago | NY Islanders | Add Fight |
| Jan 17, 1989 Tue | | Pittsburgh | NY Islanders | Add Fight |
| Jan 19, 1989 Thu | | Los Angeles | NY Islanders | McSorley-Pilon (5.3) |
| Jan 21, 1989 Sat | | Minnesota | NY Islanders | MacLellan-Pilon |
| Jan 24, 1989 Tue | | New Jersey | NY Islanders | Add Fight |
| Jan 26, 1989 Thu | | Winnipeg | NY Islanders | Add Fight |
| Jan 28, 1989 Sat | | NY Islanders | Philadelphia | (Almost) Kerr-Brown Bergevin-Brown (6.4) (Rough) Flatley-Carkner (Rough) DiMaio-Brown (Rough) Kerr-Brown (Rough) Nylund-Mellanby (Rough) Pilon-Chychrun |
| Jan 30, 1989 Mon | | NY Islanders | NY Rangers | Add Fight |
| Feb 2, 1989 Thu | | Toronto | NY Islanders | Secord-DiMaio (7) |
| Feb 4, 1989 Sat | | Hartford | NY Islanders | Robertson-Bergevin MacDermid-Bergevin (3) Jennings-Dalgarno (4) |
| Feb 5, 1989 Sun | | NY Islanders | Quebec | Pilon-Kimble (2) (Rough) Larson-McRae |
| Feb 10, 1989 Fri | | NY Islanders | Chicago | Pilon-Rychel (6) Pilon-Sutter (1) Nylund-Creighton (3) Diduck-Sanipass (6) (Cheap) unknown-Creighton |
| Feb 11, 1989 Sat | | NY Islanders | St. Louis | Add Fight |
| Feb 14, 1989 Tue | | Edmonton | NY Islanders | Add Fight |
| Feb 16, 1989 Thu | | St. Louis | NY Islanders | Add Fight |
| Feb 18, 1989 Sat | | Philadelphia | NY Islanders | (Rough) Chychrun-Henry Wells-Norton (4) |
| Feb 19, 1989 Sun | | NY Islanders | Philadelphia | Dalgarno-Berube (5.7) Line Brawl at 0:09 Kerr-Secord (5.5) Diduck-Tocchet (6) Henry-Samuelsson (2) (Cheap) Pilon-Murphy Scrum at 15:32 |
| Feb 21, 1989 Tue | | Detroit | NY Islanders | Kocur-Dalgarno (7) |
| Feb 22, 1989 Wed | | NY Islanders | Buffalo | (Rough) Henry-Ramsey Pilon-Maguire (1.3) Vukota-Hartman (4.5) |
| Feb 25, 1989 Sat | | Pittsburgh | NY Islanders | Dykstra-Vukota (3) Loney-Pilon (3.5) |
| Feb 28, 1989 Tue | | Hartford | NY Islanders | Add Fight |
| Mar 1, 1989 Wed | | NY Islanders | Detroit | Henry-Houda (1) Flatley-Zombo (7.8) Pilon-Kocur (5) Vukota-Probert (1) |
| Mar 4, 1989 Sat | | NY Islanders | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Mar 5, 1989 Sun | | NY Islanders | Winnipeg | Henry-Kyte (3) Nylund-Lemay (2) (Rough) LaFontaine-Duncan (3) |
| Mar 7, 1989 Tue | | Boston | NY Islanders | Shoebottom-Vukota (4.8) |
| Mar 9, 1989 Thu | | Philadelphia | NY Islanders | (Rough) Secord-Vukota Bullard-Sutter (3) |
| Mar 11, 1989 Sat | | New Jersey | NY Islanders | Mini-Brawl Muller-Henry (3) Maley-Henry (8) Anderson-Pryor (2) Daneyko-Pilon (1.5) |
| Mar 13, 1989 Mon | | NY Islanders | Montreal | Pilon-Smith (8) |
| Mar 14, 1989 Tue | | NY Islanders | Hartford | Add Fight |
| Mar 18, 1989 Sat | | NY Islanders | Vancouver | Add Fight |
| Mar 19, 1989 Sun | | NY Islanders | Edmonton | Henry-McClelland (4) Kerr-Halward (6) |
| Mar 21, 1989 Tue | | NY Islanders | Calgary | Event Kerr-Peplinski (5) Scrum at 47:06 Diduck-MacLellan (5.5) Vukota-Glynn (3) |
| Mar 23, 1989 Thu | | Minnesota | NY Islanders | McRae-Vukota (3) (Rough) Gavin-Bergevin (Rough) McRae-Gilbert |
| Mar 26, 1989 Sun | | NY Islanders | Washington | Pilon-Franceschetti (3) |
| Mar 28, 1989 Tue | | Washington | NY Islanders | Hunter-Bergevin Rouse-Vukota (4) |
| Mar 29, 1989 Wed | | NY Islanders | New Jersey | Mini-Brawl at 3:29 Diduck-Korn (3.5) Vukota-Korn (3.7) Nylund-Anderson (2) |
| Apr 1, 1989 Sat | | Buffalo | NY Islanders | Maguire-Vukota (7.8) |
| Apr 2, 1989 Sun | | NY Islanders | NY Rangers | (Rough) Bergevin-Nilan (5) Henry-Poeschek (6.3) |