New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, October 29, 1986 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 8–6 on Wednesday, October 29, 1986 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Devils 46–21.
Kevin Lavallee scored a hat trick, Kirk Muller scored a hat trick and Pat Verbeek scored twice. Doug Sulliman, Joe Cirella, Terry Ruskowski, Mario Lemieux, Willy Lindstrom and Aaron Broten also scored.
Alain Chevrier made 40 saves on 46 shots for the win; Roberto Romano stopped 13 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Kevin Lavallee (2)Doug Bodger (3), Mario Lemieux (13)0–106:07 PIT · 
Doug Sulliman (2)Unassisted1–108:32 NJD · 
Joe Cirella (1)Kirk Muller (5)2–109:01 NJD
Kirk Muller (6)Pat Verbeek (5), Aaron Broten (9)3–111:24 NJD · 
Pat Verbeek (8)Kirk Muller (6), Bruce Driver (3)4–112:32 NJD · - Kevin Lavallee (3)Moe Mantha (9), Terry Ruskowski (10)4–213:36 PIT ·
Terry Ruskowski (5)Kevin Lavallee (3), Moe Mantha (10)4–318:41 PIT ·
2nd period
- Kevin Lavallee (4)Mario Lemieux (14), Terry Ruskowski (11)4–405:23 PIT ·
- Pat Verbeek (9)Kirk Muller (7), Mark Johnson (4)5–412:27 NJD ·
Mario Lemieux (15)Terry Ruskowski (12), Kevin Lavallee (4)5–514:43 PIT · - Kirk Muller (7)Mark Johnson (5), Aaron Broten (10)6–517:03 NJD ·
3rd period
- Kirk Muller (8)Ken Daneyko (2), Aaron Broten (11)7–504:16 NJD
Willy Lindstrom (1)Kevin Lavallee (5), Mike Bullard (8)7–608:16 PIT
Aaron Broten (2)Pat Verbeek (6)8–613:50 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDPIT
2146
0%0%
5/75/11
5335
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:25 into the first period
Joe Cirella · roughing2 min - 0:25 into the first periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
- 0:25 into the first period
Dan Frawley · roughing2 min - 0:25 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · roughing2 min
- 0:52 into the first periodCraig Wolanin · roughing2 min
- 0:52 into the first periodRod Buskas · roughing double minor4 min
- 3:17 into the first periodMel Bridgman · elbowing2 min
- 4:19 into the first periodDoug Sulliman · cross checking2 min
- 6:41 into the first periodPerry Anderson · slashing2 min
- 11:03 into the first periodCraig Simpson · tripping2 min
- 12:11 into the first periodKevin Lavallee · tripping2 min
- 13:13 into the first periodCraig Wolanin · roughing2 min
- 13:13 into the first periodPeter McNab · holding2 min
- 16:23 into the first periodKirk Muller · instigator2 min
- 16:23 into the first periodKirk Muller · fighting5 min
- 16:23 into the first periodRandy Cunneyworth · roughing2 min
- 16:23 into the first periodRandy Cunneyworth · fighting5 min
- 18:31 into the first periodDoug Sulliman · hooking2 min
- 19:08 into the first periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 19:08 into the first periodJim Johnson · roughing2 min
- 4:31 into the second periodAaron Broten · high sticking2 min
- 11:14 into the second periodMike Bullard · tripping2 min
- 13:51 into the second periodPeter McNab · holding2 min
- 14:49 into the second periodTimo Blomqvist · tripping2 min
- 16:52 into the second periodJim Johnson · tripping2 min
- 0:59 into the third periodPat Verbeek · tripping2 min
- 6:35 into the third periodMel Bridgman · high sticking2 min
- 6:35 into the third periodCraig Simpson · high sticking2 min
- 11:49 into the third periodKirk Muller · tripping2 min
- 12:38 into the third periodMoe Mantha · tripping2 min
- 14:38 into the third periodBruce Driver · slashing2 min
- 14:38 into the third periodMel Bridgman · misconduct10 min
- 14:38 into the third periodMario Lemieux · slashing2 min
- 16:05 into the third periodGreg Adams · elbowing2 min
- 16:05 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · holding2 min
- 19:39 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 3 | 3 | 6 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Uli HiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | W | 46 | 6 | .870 |
| 34Karl FriesenG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 16Kevin LavalleeL | 3 | 3 | 6 | +1 | 9 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Roberto RomanoG | L | 21 | 8 | .619 |