St. Louis Blues vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, March 18, 1987 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the St. Louis Blues 5–4 on Wednesday, March 18, 1987 at Civic Arena. The Blues outshot the Penguins 36–35.
Moe Mantha scored twice. Mario Lemieux, Cliff Ronning, Ric Nattress, Mark Reeds, Terry Ruskowski, Bernie Federko and Dan Quinn also scored.
Pat Riggin made 32 saves on 36 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Mario Lemieux (52)Norm Schmidt (3), Jim Johnson (23)0–104:07 PIT · 
Moe Mantha (8)Mario Lemieux (47), Randy Cunneyworth (22)0–205:42 PIT · 
Cliff Ronning (11)Ric Nattress (22), Greg Millen (2)1–211:34 STL · 
Ric Nattress (6)Unassisted2–217:43 STL
2nd period
- Moe Mantha (9)Willy Lindstrom (13), Troy Loney (4)2–303:20 PIT
Mark Reeds (8)Tim Bothwell (13), Rick Meagher (20)3–311:27 STL
3rd period
Terry Ruskowski (11)Norm Schmidt (4), Mario Lemieux (48)3–401:19 PIT
Bernie Federko (16)Ron Flockhart (19)4–402:20 STL
Dan Quinn (28)Randy Cunneyworth (23), Jim Johnson (24)4–516:24 PIT
Team stats
STLPIT
3635
0%0%
1/32/4
1816
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:53 into the first period
Mark Hunter · cross checking2 min - 5:20 into the first period
Dan Frawley · roughing2 min - 5:20 into the first periodJim Pavese · roughing double minor4 min
- 5:58 into the first periodMoe Mantha · hooking2 min
- 7:30 into the first periodDoug Gilmour · slashing2 min
- 9:42 into the first periodJim Johnson · hooking2 min
- 15:19 into the first periodBob Errey · roughing2 min
- 15:19 into the first periodTim Bothwell · holding2 min
- 15:38 into the first periodWarren Young · roughing2 min
- 8:20 into the second periodCraig Simpson · charging2 min
- 8:20 into the second periodBrian Benning · high sticking2 min
- 17:13 into the second periodDan Quinn · slashing2 min
- 17:13 into the second periodMark Hunter · slashing2 min
- 19:14 into the second periodRob Ramage · holding2 min
- 17:00 into the third periodDan Frawley · elbowing2 min
- 17:00 into the third periodBrian Benning · roughing2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 27Ric NattressD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Cliff RonningC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Mark ReedsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Rick MeagherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Jocelyn LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Gino CavalliniL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 25Herb RaglanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Greg PaslawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Charlie BourgeoisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 35Jim PaveseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
| 30Rick WamsleyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 36 | 4 | .889 |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – |