Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Sunday, February 8, 1987 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 2–1 in overtime on Sunday, February 8, 1987 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Penguins outshot the Devils 32–29.
Chris Kontos scored twice. Mark Johnson also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Alain Chevrier stopped 30 of 32.
Scoring
2nd period
Chris Kontos (2)Lee Giffin (1)1–013:56 PIT
Mark Johnson (18)John MacLean (20), Doug Sulliman (21)1–115:46 NJD ·
Overtime
- Chris Kontos (3)Unassisted2–102:12 PIT
Team stats
PITNJD
3229
0%0%
0/41/6
1612
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:39 into the first period
Steve Richmond · hooking2 min - 5:05 into the first periodGordon Mark · cross checking2 min
- 9:09 into the first periodPat Verbeek · slashing2 min
- 9:27 into the first period
Terry Ruskowski · tripping2 min - 15:52 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 15:52 into the first periodRandy Hillier · high sticking2 min
- 15:52 into the first periodRandy Hillier · roughing2 min
- 6:00 into the second periodDan Quinn · cross checking2 min
- 9:51 into the second periodVille Siren · tripping2 min
- 14:18 into the second periodBob Errey · high sticking2 min
- 4:06 into the third periodCraig Wolanin · roughing2 min
- 4:06 into the third periodWarren Young · roughing2 min
- 6:57 into the third periodPeter McNab · holding2 min
- 14:55 into the third periodCraig Simpson · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 14Chris KontosC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 34Lee GiffinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |
New Jersey Devils
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jan LudvigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Steve RichmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | L | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – |