New Jersey Devils vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Saturday, March 21, 1987 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the St. Louis Blues 7–6 in overtime on Saturday, March 21, 1987 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Devils 46–32.
Pat Verbeek scored twice, Doug Gilmour scored twice and Kirk Muller scored twice. Peter McNab, Ron Flockhart, Claude Loiselle, Aaron Broten, Gino Cavallini, Brian Benning and Mark Hunter also scored.
Alain Chevrier made 40 saves on 46 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 10 of 13.
Scoring
1st period
Pat Verbeek (29)Kirk Muller (43)1–001:42 NJD
Doug Gilmour (32)Greg Paslawski (27)1–102:37 STL- Doug Gilmour (33)Gino Cavallini (23), Charlie Bourgeois (12)1–202:54 STL
Peter McNab (8)Claude Loiselle (20), Anders Carlsson (17)2–217:40 NJD
2nd period
Kirk Muller (22)Unassisted3–212:36 NJD · 
Ron Flockhart (15)Mark Hunter (31), Bernie Federko (45)3–315:32 STL
Claude Loiselle (15)John MacLean (26), Joe Cirella (20)4–319:56 NJD
3rd period
Aaron Broten (23)Randy Velischek (13)5–302:37 NJD- Kirk Muller (23)Aaron Broten (45), Pat Verbeek (24)6–306:00 NJD ·
Gino Cavallini (15)Tim Bothwell (14)6–409:59 STL
Brian Benning (12)Rob Ramage (24), Doug Gilmour (53)6–515:42 STL · 
Mark Hunter (34)Bernie Federko (46), Brian Benning (27)6–616:58 STL
Overtime
- Pat Verbeek (30)Gordon Mark (3)7–603:12 NJD
Team stats
NJDSTL
3246
0%0%
1/21/4
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:47 into the first period
Gordon Mark · roughing2 min - 1:47 into the first period
Jocelyn Lemieux · roughing2 min - 8:27 into the first periodRandy Velischek · tripping2 min
- 18:16 into the first periodDoug Wickenheiser · slashing2 min
- 18:53 into the first periodMark Johnson · holding2 min
- 5:16 into the third periodRon Flockhart · hooking2 min
- 7:21 into the third periodJohn MacLean · holding2 min
- 14:00 into the third periodRandy Velischek · holding2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Peter McNabC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Richard ChernomazR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | W | 46 | 6 | .870 |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – |
St. Louis Blues
| 9Doug GilmourC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17Gino CavalliniL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Brian BenningD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 12Ron FlockhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Greg PaslawskiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 4Charlie BourgeoisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Cliff RonningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 16Jocelyn LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 25Herb RaglanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Ric NattressD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 35Jim PaveseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | L | 13 | 3 | .769 |
| 30Rick WamsleyG | 19 | 4 | .789 |