New Jersey Devils vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Saturday, January 31, 1987 · Olympic Saddledome
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the New Jersey Devils 5–3 on Saturday, January 31, 1987 at Olympic Saddledome. The Flames outshot the Devils 41–23.
Goals came from Peter McNab, Ken Daneyko, Carey Wilson, Gary Roberts, Tim Hunter, Joe Mullen, Pat Verbeek and Colin Patterson.
Mike Vernon made 14 saves on 16 shots for the win; Alain Chevrier stopped 36 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Peter McNab (6)Mel Bridgman (29)1–006:50 NJD
2nd period
Ken Daneyko (2)Mel Bridgman (30), Peter McNab (11)2–001:18 NJD
Carey Wilson (14)Gary Suter (25), Tim Hunter (7)2–108:03 CGY
Gary Roberts (4)Steve Bozek (12), Jamie Macoun (19)2–213:42 CGY
Tim Hunter (3)John Tonelli (23), Paul Reinhart (33)2–315:29 CGY
Joe Mullen (31)Jamie Macoun (20), Hakan Loob (20)2–419:31 CGY · 
Pat Verbeek (23)Doug Sulliman (19), Steve Richmond (6)3–419:39 NJD
3rd period
Colin Patterson (7)Paul Reinhart (34), Joel Otto (25)3–519:26 CGY ·
Team stats
NJDCGY
2341
0%0%
0/21/4
3913
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:17 into the first period
Gordon Mark · holding2 min - 10:19 into the first period
Jamie Macoun · hooking2 min - 2:42 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · cross checking2 min
- 18:37 into the second periodJoe Cirella · tripping2 min
- 5:39 into the third periodJim Peplinski · roughing2 min
- 5:39 into the third periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
- 8:53 into the third periodGary Roberts · holding2 min
- 18:32 into the third periodAl MacInnis · roughing2 min
- 18:32 into the third periodJim Peplinski · fighting5 min
- 18:32 into the third periodAaron Broten · high sticking2 min
- 18:32 into the third periodClaude Loiselle · fighting5 min
- 18:32 into the third periodClaude Loiselle · misconduct10 min
- 18:32 into the third periodClaude Loiselle · game misconduct10 min
- 19:26 into the third periodBench · abusive language2 min
- 19:26 into the third periodJoe Cirella · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 7Peter McNabC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Steve RichmondD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Timo BlomqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | L | 40 | 4 | .900 |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Calgary Flames
| 19Tim HunterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Jamie MacounD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Colin PattersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Hakan LoobR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 32Gary RobertsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Brian BradleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Kevan GuyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike VernonG | W | 16 | 2 | .875 |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | 7 | 1 | .857 |