New Jersey Devils vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 25, 1987 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 8–2 on Wednesday, March 25, 1987 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Devils 44–27.
Mark Johnson scored twice and Pat Verbeek scored a hat trick. Perry Anderson, Aaron Broten, Marcel Dionne, Jeff Jackson and John MacLean also scored.
Alain Chevrier made 42 saves on 44 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 9 of 13.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Johnson (23)Kirk Muller (44), Aaron Broten (47)1–005:43 NJD · 
Perry Anderson (5)John MacLean (28), Bruce Driver (25)2–012:24 NJD
Aaron Broten (24)Kirk Muller (45), Bruce Driver (26)3–016:21 NJD
2nd period
Pat Verbeek (32)Aaron Broten (48), Kirk Muller (46)4–009:51 NJD · 
Marcel Dionne (26)Unassisted4–110:08 NYR
Jeff Jackson (9)Marcel Dionne (52), Kelly Kisio (39)4–213:57 NYR · - Mark Johnson (24)Richard Chernomaz (2), Ken Daneyko (11)5–214:33 NJD
- Pat Verbeek (33)Kirk Muller (47), Aaron Broten (49)6–218:07 NJD
3rd period
- Pat Verbeek (34)Aaron Broten (50), Kirk Muller (48)7–200:19 NJD
John MacLean (29)Greg Adams (23), Bruce Driver (27)8–219:47 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDNYR
2744
0%0%
3/71/5
2729
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:17 into the first period
Jay Caufield · high sticking5 min - 6:06 into the first period
Aaron Broten · hooking2 min - 0:26 into the second periodRandy Velischek · hooking2 min
- 4:42 into the second periodRichard Chernomaz · hooking2 min
- 9:41 into the second periodRon Greschner · hooking2 min
- 13:17 into the second periodKen Daneyko · hooking2 min
- 14:48 into the second periodJohn MacLean · fighting5 min
- 14:48 into the second periodPat Price · instigator2 min
- 14:48 into the second periodPat Price · fighting5 min
- 0:37 into the third periodBruce Driver · tripping2 min
- 7:21 into the third periodJoe Cirella · holding2 min
- 17:52 into the third periodSteve Richmond · misconduct10 min
- 17:52 into the third periodGeorge McPhee · slashing5 min
- 17:52 into the third periodPat Price · misconduct10 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 5 | 5 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 4 | 5 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Richard ChernomazR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Tim LenardonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Steve RichmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | W | 44 | 2 | .955 |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 14Jeff JacksonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 26Jay CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 42Paul FentonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 47Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 14 | 4 | .714 | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 13 | 4 | .692 |