Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Tuesday, March 31, 1987 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 on Tuesday, March 31, 1987 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Penguins 29–27.
Perry Anderson scored a hat trick. Troy Loney, Craig Simpson, Gordon Mark, Dan Frawley and Aaron Broten also scored.
Alain Chevrier made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Troy Loney (6)Mario Lemieux (50), Doug Bodger (36)1–004:05 PIT
Craig Simpson (26)Mario Lemieux (51), Chris Kontos (9)2–017:17 PIT
2nd period
Perry Anderson (7)Greg Adams (25), John MacLean (31)2–110:37 NJD- Perry Anderson (8)Randy Velischek (14), John MacLean (32)2–212:47 NJD
Gordon Mark (3)John MacLean (33), Greg Adams (26)2–317:52 NJD
3rd period
Dan Frawley (13)Dan Quinn (46), Gilles Meloche (1)3–301:47 PIT- Perry Anderson (9)Bruce Driver (28), John MacLean (34)3–409:36 NJD ·
Aaron Broten (25)Richard Chernomaz (3), Kirk Muller (49)3–509:51 NJD
Team stats
PITNJD
2729
0%0%
0/11/1
2313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 16:09 into the second period
Perry Anderson · roughing2 min - 16:09 into the second period
Warren Young · roughing2 min - 9:29 into the third periodChris Kontos · holding2 min
- 11:32 into the third periodSteve Richmond · roughing2 min
- 11:32 into the third periodRandy Hillier · roughing2 min
- 12:34 into the third periodAllan Stewart · instigator2 min
- 12:34 into the third periodAllan Stewart · fighting5 min
- 12:34 into the third periodDan Quinn · game misconduct10 min
- 12:34 into the third periodDan Frawley · elbowing2 min
- 12:34 into the third periodDan Frawley · fighting5 min
- 13:42 into the third periodRichard Chernomaz · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Chris KontosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
New Jersey Devils
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Richard ChernomazR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Allan StewartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Tim LenardonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Steve RichmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – |