New Jersey Devils vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Saturday, February 14, 1987 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the New Jersey Devils 5–1 on Saturday, February 14, 1987 at Joe Louis Arena. The Devils outshot the Red Wings 29–26.
Goals came from Craig Wolanin, Tim Higgins, Dave Barr, Gerard Gallant, Brent Ashton and Petr Klima.
Mark Laforest made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Craig Billington stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Craig Wolanin (1)Peter McNab (12)1–002:55 NJD
2nd period
Tim Higgins (8)Shawn Burr (16), Brent Ashton (26)1–113:14 DET
Dave Barr (9)Darren Veitch (29), Mark Laforest (1)1–214:30 DET
Gerard Gallant (29)Steve Yzerman (45)1–314:57 DET
3rd period
Brent Ashton (29)Tim Higgins (8), Shawn Burr (17)1–412:33 DET
Petr Klima (21)Unassisted1–518:29 DET
Team stats
NJDDET
2926
0%0%
0/40/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:36 into the first period
Randy Velischek · holding2 min - 11:29 into the first periodRandy Velischek · holding2 min
- 16:07 into the first period
Steve Yzerman · hooking2 min - 3:52 into the second periodShawn Burr · high sticking2 min
- 3:52 into the second periodPat Verbeek · high sticking2 min
- 6:00 into the second periodDoug Sulliman · hooking2 min
- 7:56 into the second periodSteve Chiasson · tripping2 min
- 6:32 into the third periodDave Lewis · holding2 min
- 13:01 into the third periodGerard Gallant · hooking2 min
- 13:31 into the third periodKen Daneyko · cross checking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Richard ChernomazR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Steve RichmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Brent AshtonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave BarrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Mark LambC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Dale KrentzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Rick ZomboD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 52Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Mark LaforestG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |