New Jersey Devils vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Friday, January 30, 1987 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Vancouver Canucks 4–3 on Friday, January 30, 1987 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Devils 39–21.
Goals came from Peter McNab, Doug Sulliman, John MacLean, Steve Tambellini, Rich Sutter, Claude Loiselle and Stan Smyl.
Craig Billington made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 17 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Peter McNab (5)Jan Ludvig (9), Anders Carlsson (10)1–007:07 NJD
Doug Sulliman (22)John MacLean (18), Bruce Driver (19)2–012:21 NJD ·
2nd period
John MacLean (21)Doug Sulliman (18), Mark Johnson (12)3–001:28 NJD · 
Steve Tambellini (12)Barry Pederson (33), Stan Smyl (14)3–107:28 VAN · 
Rich Sutter (15)Tony Tanti (23)3–208:06 VAN
3rd period
Claude Loiselle (12)Gordon Mark (1), Andy Brickley (11)4–205:42 NJD
Stan Smyl (15)Barry Pederson (34), Doug Lidster (35)4–310:14 VAN ·
Team stats
NJDVAN
2139
0%0%
2/32/4
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:37 into the first period
Doug Lidster · delaying game2 min - 0:46 into the second periodBarry Pederson · slashing2 min
- 6:08 into the second period
Gordon Mark · tripping2 min - 12:59 into the second periodPat Verbeek · tripping2 min
- 17:02 into the second periodGordon Mark · holding2 min
- 17:02 into the second periodDavid Bruce · slashing2 min
- 6:51 into the third periodDave Richter · cross checking2 min
- 8:15 into the third periodKen Daneyko · hooking2 min
- 10:34 into the third periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 10:34 into the third periodPat Verbeek · slashing2 min
- 10:34 into the third periodTony Tanti · slashing2 min
- 18:28 into the third periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
- 18:28 into the third periodGarth Butcher · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Steve RichmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | W | 39 | 3 | .923 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Dan HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Marc CrawfordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25David BruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Robin BartelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 21 | 4 | .809 |