| 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 14, 1988 Wed | Preseason | Washington | New Jersey | Purves-Woods Larter-Huscroft Oleniuk-Weinrich Oleniuk-Christian Wensley-Crowder Hatcher-Huscroft |
| Sep 18, 1988 Sun | Preseason | Pittsburgh | New Jersey | Add Fight |
| Sep 19, 1988 Mon | Preseason | Buffalo | New Jersey | Kerr-Rooney unknown-Anderson Parker-Huscroft Hartman-Rooney Ruff-Anderson |
| Sep 22, 1988 Thu | Preseason | New Jersey | Philadelphia | Huscroft-Kypreos Brickley-Stothers Huscroft-Kypreos Maley-Chychrun Crowder-Stothers |
| Sep 24, 1988 Sat | Preseason | NY Rangers | New Jersey | Brawl Paterson-Rooney (Cheap) Sandstrom-Wolanin (Cheap) unknown-Daneyko Paterson-Korn Paterson-Muller |
| Sep 24, 1988 Sat | Preseason | NY Rangers | New Jersey | Brochu-Blessman Gagne-Blessman |
| Sep 25, 1988 Sun | Preseason | New Jersey | NY Rangers | Huscroft-Nilan (3.5) Daneyko-Poeschek (6) Rooney-Poeschek (5) Rooney-Petit (4.5) |
| Sep 27, 1988 Tue | Preseason | Hartford | New Jersey | Add Fight |
| Sep 29, 1988 Thu | Preseason | Buffalo | New Jersey | Creighton-Daneyko Ferner-Shanahan (10) Halkidis-Loiselle |
| Oct 2, 1988 Sun | Preseason | New Jersey | Pittsburgh | Add Fight |
| Oct 6, 1988 Thu | | New Jersey | Philadelphia | Brown-Mellanby (Cheap) MacLean-unknown (Rough) Shanahan-Tocchet |
| Oct 8, 1988 Sat | | New Jersey | Quebec | Add Fight |
| Oct 10, 1988 Mon | | New Jersey | NY Rangers | Add Fight |
| Oct 14, 1988 Fri | | Montreal | New Jersey | Chelios-Cirella (3) |
| Oct 15, 1988 Sat | | New Jersey | Washington | (Hit) Daneyko-Stevens (6) Verbeek-Hatcher (5) Line Brawl at 4:50 Anderson-Thomson (5) Cirella-Langway Verbeek-Miller (Rough) Maley-Murphy (Rough) MacLean-Ledyard (Cheap) Loiselle-Gustafsson Loiselle-Hatcher |
| Oct 19, 1988 Wed | | Vancouver | New Jersey | Sutter-Rooney (6) Melnyk-Maley (5) |
| Oct 21, 1988 Fri | | Pittsburgh | New Jersey | Scrum (Hit) Tabaracci-Verbeek (2) Frawley-Wolanin (1.5) Line Brawl at 57:08 (7) Buskas-Maley (3) |
| Oct 23, 1988 Sun | | New Jersey | Detroit | (Rough) Burke-MacLean (4) |
| Oct 25, 1988 Tue | | Buffalo | New Jersey | Scrum at 28:35 (3) (Almost) Creighton-Loiselle (2) Hartman-MacLean (3) Mini-Brawl at 35:42 (Almost) Creighton-Daneyko (2) Arniel-Loiselle (4.5) |
| Oct 28, 1988 Fri | | Hartford | New Jersey | (Cheap) MacDermid-Verbeek (5) MacDermid-Maley (5) |
| Oct 29, 1988 Sat | | New Jersey | Hartford | (Hit) Cirella-unknown Daneyko-Robertson (3) (Rough) Daneyko-Dineen |
| Nov 1, 1988 Tue | | Philadelphia | New Jersey | (Rough) Craven-Cirella (Rough) Hextall-Korn |
| Nov 3, 1988 Thu | | Winnipeg | New Jersey | Add Fight |
| Nov 6, 1988 Sun | | NY Rangers | New Jersey | Add Fight |
| Nov 9, 1988 Wed | | Edmonton | New Jersey | Add Fight |
| Nov 11, 1988 Fri | | NY Islanders | New Jersey | Vukota-Maley (5) (Rough) Kerr-Verbeek |
| Nov 12, 1988 Sat | | New Jersey | Washington | Add Fight |
| Nov 15, 1988 Tue | | New Jersey | St. Louis | Add Fight |
| Nov 17, 1988 Thu | | Calgary | New Jersey | Hunter-Huscroft (1) Murzyn-Maley (7) Scrum at 36:59 (4) Berezan-Huscroft (6) |
| Nov 19, 1988 Sat | | Washington | New Jersey | Corriveau-Maley (2) Mini-Brawl at 46:45 Murphy-Shanahan (3) |
| Nov 20, 1988 Sun | | New Jersey | Philadelphia | (Hit) Stewart-Sinisalo Mini-Brawl at 0:51 Stewart-Mellanby (4) Mini-Brawl at 15:15 Daneyko-Wells (3) (Rough) Loiselle-Kerr |
| Nov 23, 1988 Wed | | New Jersey | Calgary | Add Fight |
| Nov 25, 1988 Fri | | New Jersey | Vancouver | Add Fight |
| Nov 29, 1988 Tue | | New Jersey | Los Angeles | (Rough) Rooney-McSorley Huscroft-Baumgartner (1) Rooney-McSorley (4.3) Korn-Baumgartner (1) Mini-Brawl at 60:00 (2) |
| Dec 3, 1988 Sat | | Philadelphia | New Jersey | Add Fight |
| Dec 4, 1988 Sun | | New Jersey | Philadelphia | (Rough) Loiselle-Tocchet Huscroft-Carkner (6) (Rough) Korn-Berube (1.5) Loiselle-Tocchet (2) |
| Dec 7, 1988 Wed | | Washington | New Jersey | Add Fight |
| Dec 9, 1988 Fri | | NY Islanders | New Jersey | Gilbert-Daneyko (7) Dalgarno-Maley (4) |
| Dec 10, 1988 Sat | | New Jersey | Pittsburgh | Maley-Buskas (2.5) |
| Dec 13, 1988 Tue | | St. Louis | New Jersey | Cavallini-Daneyko (3) |
| Dec 15, 1988 Thu | | Toronto | New Jersey | Secord-Maley (5) |
| Dec 17, 1988 Sat | | New Jersey | NY Islanders | Anderson-Vukota (2) Huscroft-Dalgarno (3) Huscroft-Wood (2) Shanahan-Vukota (8) Anderson-Larson |
| Dec 18, 1988 Sun | | New Jersey | Chicago | Anderson-Manson (3.8) Maley-Manson (3) |
| Dec 21, 1988 Wed | | New Jersey | Winnipeg | Add Fight |
| Dec 23, 1988 Fri | | Pittsburgh | New Jersey | Coffey-Loiselle (2.5) Scrum Zemlak-Daneyko (3.3) (Rough) Cullen-Loiselle (3) (Rough) Caufield-Daneyko |
| Dec 26, 1988 Mon | | New Jersey | NY Rangers | Maley-Poeschek (7) Anderson-Petit |
| Dec 27, 1988 Tue | | NY Rangers | New Jersey | Poeschek-Daneyko (3) |
| Dec 29, 1988 Thu | | Boston | New Jersey | (Rough) Joyce-Loiselle (Rough) Linseman-Anderson (Rough) Hawgood-Anderson (Rough) Crowder-Korn Abuse at 56:00 |
| Dec 31, 1988 Sat | | New Jersey | Pittsburgh | (Cheap) Rooney-Johnson |
| Jan 6, 1989 Fri | | Buffalo | New Jersey | Add Fight |
| Jan 7, 1989 Sat | | Detroit | New Jersey | Add Fight |
| Jan 9, 1989 Mon | | New Jersey | NY Rangers | Add Fight |
| Jan 11, 1989 Wed | | New Jersey | Montreal | Add Fight |
| Jan 13, 1989 Fri | | NY Islanders | New Jersey | Hrudey-MacLean (4) |
| Jan 15, 1989 Sun | | Edmonton | New Jersey | (Hit) Beukeboom-Shanahan (2) |
| Jan 17, 1989 Tue | | New Jersey | Quebec | Anderson-Kimble (4) Maley-McRae Maley-Kimble (5.3) MacLean-Finn |
| Jan 19, 1989 Thu | | Quebec | New Jersey | Scrum at 47:13 Finn-Loiselle |
| Jan 20, 1989 Fri | | New Jersey | Washington | Scrum Loiselle-Hunter (2) Cirella-Corriveau Mini-Brawl at 31:56 Loiselle-Hunter (3) Rooney-Leach (Rough) Verbeek-Gartner Daneyko-Hatcher (6) |
| Jan 23, 1989 Mon | | Minnesota | New Jersey | McRae-Daneyko (6) Rouse-Shanahan (8.8) Tinordi-Rooney (5.7) |
| Jan 24, 1989 Tue | | New Jersey | NY Islanders | Add Fight |
| Jan 27, 1989 Fri | | Hartford | New Jersey | (Cheap) Lawton-Anderson |
| Jan 28, 1989 Sat | | New Jersey | Minnesota | Add Fight |
| Feb 2, 1989 Thu | | New Jersey | Los Angeles | Daneyko-Miller (3.5) Maley-Miller (7) |
| Feb 5, 1989 Sun | | New Jersey | Edmonton | Anderson-Buchberger (3) Maley-McClelland |
| Feb 9, 1989 Thu | | New Jersey | Detroit | Loiselle-MacLean (7) |
| Feb 11, 1989 Sat | | New Jersey | Montreal | Daneyko-Corson (3.3) Shanahan-Chelios (2.4) |
| Feb 13, 1989 Mon | | Toronto | New Jersey | Kordic-Korn (1.5) (Rough) Curran-Maley (Refused) Kordic-Korn |
| Feb 15, 1989 Wed | | New Jersey | Buffalo | Cirella-Foligno Daneyko-Hartman (6.5) Maley-Maguire (6) |
| Feb 17, 1989 Fri | | New Jersey | Winnipeg | Add Fight |
| Feb 18, 1989 Sat | | New Jersey | Toronto | Add Fight |
| Feb 20, 1989 Mon | | New Jersey | NY Rangers | Maley-Poeschek (4.5) |
| Feb 24, 1989 Fri | | Philadelphia | New Jersey | Chychrun-Maley (3) Berube-Daneyko (4) Berube-Shanahan (7.2) |
| Feb 26, 1989 Sun | | Los Angeles | New Jersey | McSorley-Loiselle (5) |
| Feb 28, 1989 Tue | | Boston | New Jersey | Shoebottom-Maley (3) Shoebottom-Rooney (4) |
| Mar 1, 1989 Wed | | New Jersey | Pittsburgh | Injury (3) Maley-Dykstra (5) (Rough) Broten-Johnson (2) |
| Mar 3, 1989 Fri | | NY Rangers | New Jersey | Scrum Shaw-Shanahan (6.7) Leetch-Verbeek (3.5) Poeschek-Korn (2) Petit-Anderson (3) Brawl at 51:10 Petit-Cirella (6) Poeschek-Anderson (1) |
| Mar 5, 1989 Sun | | Minnesota | New Jersey | Babe-Anderson (3) |
| Mar 7, 1989 Tue | | New Jersey | St. Louis | Add Fight |
| Mar 8, 1989 Wed | | New Jersey | Chicago | (Rough) Daneyko-Manson (Rough) Velischek-Noonan Daneyko-Manson (2) Brawl at 40:00 (5) |
| Mar 11, 1989 Sat | | New Jersey | NY Islanders | Mini-Brawl Muller-Henry (3) Maley-Henry (8) Anderson-Pryor (2) Daneyko-Pilon (1.5) |
| Mar 14, 1989 Tue | | Calgary | New Jersey | Hunter-Cirella (5) Scrum at 20:00 Hunter-Maley (7.5) |
| Mar 16, 1989 Thu | | Pittsburgh | New Jersey | Hillier-Muller |
| Mar 18, 1989 Sat | | Chicago | New Jersey | Van Dorp-Maley (2) |
| Mar 20, 1989 Mon | | Vancouver | New Jersey | Add Fight |
| Mar 23, 1989 Thu | | New Jersey | Boston | Loiselle-Hawgood (1) |
| Mar 25, 1989 Sat | | New Jersey | Pittsburgh | (Rough) Korn-Johnson (Rough) Sundstrom-Coffey (Rough) Shanahan-Coffey (Rough) Verbeek-Bourque (Rough) MacLean-Zalapski Shanahan-Loney (5.7) Maley-Caufield (5) (Almost) Velischek-Johnson Loiselle-Cunneyworth (3) |
| Mar 27, 1989 Mon | | Philadelphia | New Jersey | Scrum at 27:00 Berube-Daneyko (4.4) (Rough) Propp-Korn (1) |
| 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 | | New Jersey | Washington | Anderson-Sheehy (1) Verbeek-Stevens (4) Cirella-Franceschetti Daneyko-Sheehy (5.5) Broten-Sheehy |
| Apr 2, 1989 Sun | | Washington | New Jersey | Druce-Maley (6) |