Quebec Nordiques vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, March 12, 1987 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Quebec Nordiques 6–3 on Thursday, March 12, 1987 at Civic Arena.
Mario Lemieux scored a hat trick. Troy Loney, John Ogrodnick, Peter Stastny, Normand Rochefort, Moe Mantha and Dan Frawley also scored.
Pat Riggin made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Mario Gosselin stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Troy Loney (4)Randy Hillier (6), Mario Lemieux (43)0–113:49 PIT
2nd period
John Ogrodnick (19)Unassisted1–106:02 QUE · 
Peter Stastny (19)Michel Goulet (40), David Shaw (17)2–108:39 QUE · 
Normand Rochefort (6)Alain Cote (22), Mike Eagles (17)3–109:03 QUE
Moe Mantha (7)Dan Quinn (42), Mario Lemieux (44)3–212:56 PIT · 
Mario Lemieux (49)Bob Errey (17)3–319:21 PIT
3rd period
Dan Frawley (10)Rod Buskas (14), Dan Quinn (43)3–404:17 PIT- Mario Lemieux (50)Moe Mantha (31), Dan Quinn (44)3–518:51 PIT ·
- Mario Lemieux (51)Unassisted3–619:28 PIT ·
Team stats
QUEPIT
3737
0%0%
2/61/4
1721
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:07 into the first period
Mitch Wilson · fighting5 min - 1:07 into the first period
Randy Moller · fighting5 min - 1:30 into the first periodTroy Loney · roughing2 min
- 8:07 into the first periodDavid Shaw · interference2 min
- 9:16 into the first periodRandy Cunneyworth · elbowing2 min
- 11:11 into the first periodRod Buskas · cross checking2 min
- 11:11 into the first periodPat Riggin · roughing2 min
- 11:11 into the first periodJean-Francois Sauve · roughing2 min
- 18:25 into the first periodNormand Rochefort · holding2 min
- 3:45 into the second periodWarren Young · tripping2 min
- 4:41 into the second periodRod Buskas · hooking2 min
- 6:31 into the second periodDoug Bodger · roughing2 min
- 6:31 into the second periodLane Lambert · high sticking2 min
- 6:31 into the second periodLane Lambert · roughing2 min
- 6:55 into the second periodMario Lemieux · roughing2 min
- 12:09 into the second periodRandy Moller · cross checking2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 11Mike EaglesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 8 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 4David ShawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Lane LambertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Mario GosselinG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 3 | 2 | 5 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 33Mitch WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 4Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 37 | 3 | .919 |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – |