New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, February 21, 1987 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–5 on Saturday, February 21, 1987 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Devils 31–20.
Andy Brickley scored twice and Randy Cunneyworth scored twice. Richard Chernomaz, Pat Verbeek, Doug Bodger, Mark Johnson, Doug Sulliman, Dan Frawley and Chris Kontos also scored.
Craig Billington made 26 saves on 31 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 14 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Andy Brickley (10)Unassisted1–004:38 NJD · 
Richard Chernomaz (1)Kirk Muller (29), Ken Daneyko (8)2–013:31 NJD · - Andy Brickley (11)Claude Loiselle (16), Ken Daneyko (9)3–014:33 NJD
2nd period
Randy Cunneyworth (18)Ville Siren (16), Dwight Schofield (1)3–104:53 PIT
Pat Verbeek (24)Mark Johnson (14), Joe Cirella (11)4–106:10 NJD · 
Doug Bodger (10)Terry Ruskowski (35), Moe Mantha (27)4–210:22 PIT · 
Mark Johnson (19)Pat Verbeek (19), Perry Anderson (5)5–212:40 NJD ·
3rd period
Doug Sulliman (23)Aaron Broten (37)6–211:00 NJD- Randy Cunneyworth (19)Jim Johnson (19), Warren Young (9)6–316:13 PIT ·
Dan Frawley (5)Rod Buskas (9), Chris Kontos (1)6–417:51 PIT
Chris Kontos (5)Doug Bodger (26), Dan Quinn (28)6–519:31 PIT
Team stats
NJDPIT
2031
0%0%
3/42/6
3430
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:13 into the first period
Ken Daneyko · fighting5 min - 1:13 into the first period
Mitch Wilson · fighting5 min - 3:31 into the first periodJohn MacLean · misconduct10 min
- 3:31 into the first periodCraig Wolanin · high sticking2 min
- 9:25 into the first periodRichard Chernomaz · boarding2 min
- 10:59 into the first periodJoe Cirella · fighting5 min
- 10:59 into the first periodWarren Young · instigator2 min
- 10:59 into the first periodWarren Young · roughing2 min
- 10:59 into the first periodWarren Young · fighting5 min
- 14:48 into the first periodJohn MacLean · hooking2 min
- 5:50 into the second periodMitch Wilson · charging2 min
- 8:44 into the second periodGordon Mark · high sticking2 min
- 9:16 into the second periodJoe Cirella · closing hand on puck2 min
- 11:44 into the second periodMoe Mantha · interference2 min
- 12:40 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · misconduct10 min
- 14:39 into the third periodAndy Brickley · interference2 min
- 18:40 into the third periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 18:40 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Richard ChernomazR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | W | 31 | 5 | .839 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 14Chris KontosC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Mitch WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 20 | 6 | .700 |