Pittsburgh Penguins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, March 28, 1987 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 on Saturday, March 28, 1987 at Hartford Civic Center. The Penguins outshot the Whalers 23–22.
Sylvain Turgeon scored a hat trick and Dan Quinn scored twice. Dan Frawley, John Anderson, Mario Lemieux and Ron Francis also scored.
Mike Liut made 19 saves on 23 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 10 of 15.
Scoring
1st period
Sylvain Turgeon (18)Unassisted0–119:05 HFD
2nd period
Dan Frawley (12)Dwight Schofield (4)1–107:16 PIT
John Anderson (28)Ray Ferraro (30), Ulf Samuelsson (30)1–211:20 HFD
Mario Lemieux (53)Craig Simpson (25), Dwight Schofield (5)2–213:39 PIT- Sylvain Turgeon (19)Dean Evason (33), Scot Kleinendorst (9)2–313:59 HFD
- Sylvain Turgeon (20)Dean Evason (34)2–414:05 HFD
Dan Quinn (29)Doug Bodger (35), Dan Frawley (14)3–415:39 PIT · 
Ron Francis (27)Kevin Dineen (37), Ray Ferraro (31)3–517:07 HFD · - Dan Quinn (30)Randy Cunneyworth (26)4–518:43 PIT
Team stats
PITHFD
2322
0%0%
1/31/3
1515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:28 into the first period
Scot Kleinendorst · fighting5 min - 8:28 into the first period
Dan Frawley · fighting5 min - 12:00 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing double minor4 min
- 12:00 into the first periodTroy Loney · roughing2 min
- 15:23 into the first periodCraig Simpson · cross checking2 min
- 4:59 into the second periodSylvain Turgeon · holding2 min
- 9:11 into the second periodJim Johnson · tripping2 min
- 13:21 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 13:21 into the second periodTerry Ruskowski · roughing2 min
- 15:25 into the second periodKevin Dineen · elbowing2 min
- 16:17 into the second periodDan Frawley · high sticking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Dan QuinnC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 31Carl MokosakL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 15 | 5 | .667 |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |
Hartford Whalers
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 10 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 72Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 23 | 4 | .826 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |