Pittsburgh Penguins vs Winnipeg Jets
Regular season · Sunday, March 8, 1987 · Winnipeg Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Winnipeg Jets 5–3 on Sunday, March 8, 1987 at Winnipeg Arena. The Jets outshot the Penguins 34–27.
Mario Lemieux scored a hat trick. Moe Mantha, Doug Smail, Gilles Hamel, Ray Neufeld and Dan Quinn also scored.
Pat Riggin made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Eldon Reddick stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Moe Mantha (5)Dan Quinn (40), Mario Lemieux (41)1–005:00 PIT ·
2nd period
Doug Smail (19)Dave Ellett (26), Thomas Steen (29)1–105:25 WIN
Mario Lemieux (46)Chris Kontos (7), Rod Buskas (13)2–110:27 PIT · 
Gilles Hamel (25)Jim Nill (2), Laurie Boschman (19)2–213:59 WIN
Ray Neufeld (16)Dale Hawerchuk (46), Brian Mullen (27)2–315:39 WIN
3rd period
- Mario Lemieux (47)Unassisted3–306:30 PIT
Dan Quinn (25)Dan Frawley (12), Randy Cunneyworth (20)4–310:32 PIT- Mario Lemieux (48)Randy Cunneyworth (21)5–319:59 PIT ·
Team stats
PITWIN
2734
0%0%
2/60/3
814
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:03 into the first period
Dale Hawerchuk · slashing2 min - 6:32 into the first period
Dan Frawley · roughing2 min - 13:07 into the first periodRay Neufeld · slashing2 min
- 15:34 into the first periodTim Watters · hooking2 min
- 19:15 into the first periodVille Siren · holding2 min
- 5:48 into the second periodFredrik Olausson · hooking2 min
- 9:09 into the second periodBrian Mullen · tripping2 min
- 9:57 into the third periodTroy Loney · delaying game2 min
- 9:57 into the third periodRay Neufeld · delaying game2 min
- 15:26 into the third periodChris Kontos · hooking2 min
- 17:47 into the third periodPerry Turnbull · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 9 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Chris KontosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Mitch WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – |
Winnipeg Jets
| 9Doug SmailL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Dale HawerchukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 11Gilles HamelL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Jim NillR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Thomas SteenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Ray NeufeldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 2Dave EllettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Paul MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Ron WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim KyteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad BerryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Daniel BerthiaumeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Eldon ReddickG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |