New Jersey Devils vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, March 14, 1987 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 7–6 in overtime on Saturday, March 14, 1987 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Devils 49–24.
Greg Adams scored twice. Gordon Mark, Aaron Broten, Bob Bassen, John MacLean, Duane Sutter, Craig Wolanin, Bryan Trottier, Neal Coulter, Mike Bossy, Mikko Makela and Pat LaFontaine also scored.
Billy Smith made 17 saves on 21 shots for the win; Alain Chevrier stopped 42 of 49.
Scoring
1st period
Gordon Mark (1)Unassisted1–004:04 NJD
Aaron Broten (21)Pat Verbeek (23), Kirk Muller (39)2–005:09 NJD
Bob Bassen (6)Alan Kerr (9), Brad Lauer (13)2–106:12 NYI
John MacLean (27)Gordon Mark (2), Mark Johnson (22)3–113:38 NJD
Duane Sutter (13)Mikko Makela (20), Gord Dineen (8)3–215:19 NYI
2nd period
Greg Adams (17)John MacLean (25), Doug Sulliman (23)4–202:12 NJD- Greg Adams (18)Joe Cirella (17), Mark Johnson (23)5–209:43 NJD ·
Craig Wolanin (3)Unassisted6–217:19 NJD
3rd period
Bryan Trottier (20)Patrick Flatley (32), Randy Boyd (16)6–308:21 NYI · 
Neal Coulter (2)Pat LaFontaine (25), Mikko Makela (21)6–412:12 NYI
Mike Bossy (38)Patrick Flatley (33), Bryan Trottier (55)6–513:36 NYI · 
Mikko Makela (22)Pat LaFontaine (26), Randy Boyd (17)6–619:49 NYI ·
Overtime
Pat LaFontaine (30)Mikko Makela (22)6–701:01 NYI
Team stats
NJDNYI
2449
0%0%
1/43/7
4034
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:14 into the first period
Pat Verbeek · interference2 min - 6:12 into the first periodGordon Mark · fighting5 min
- 6:12 into the first period
Brad Lauer · fighting5 min - 7:06 into the first periodKen Daneyko · cross checking2 min
- 7:06 into the first periodKen Daneyko · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:38 into the first periodJohn MacLean · fighting5 min
- 13:38 into the first periodBob Bassen · fighting5 min
- 8:14 into the second periodBob Bassen · hooking2 min
- 9:15 into the second periodGord Dineen · tripping2 min
- 12:55 into the second periodRandy Velischek · slashing2 min
- 18:09 into the second periodDuane Sutter · interference2 min
- 19:08 into the second periodNeal Coulter · slashing2 min
- 2:24 into the third periodClaude Loiselle · charging2 min
- 2:24 into the third periodClaude Loiselle · fighting5 min
- 2:24 into the third periodGerald Diduck · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2:24 into the third periodGerald Diduck · fighting5 min
- 7:53 into the third periodCraig Wolanin · holding2 min
- 13:10 into the third periodJohn MacLean · hooking2 min
- 15:56 into the third periodJoe Cirella · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:56 into the third periodJoe Cirella · fighting5 min
- 15:56 into the third periodAlan Kerr · slashing2 min
- 15:56 into the third periodAlan Kerr · fighting5 min
- 17:57 into the third periodRandy Velischek · holding2 min
- 0:45 into overtimePat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 0:45 into overtimeDuane Sutter · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Richard ChernomazR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | L | 49 | 7 | .857 |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Neal CoulterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 3 | 2 | .333 | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 21 | 4 | .809 |