Detroit Red Wings vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, April 4, 1987 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, April 4, 1987 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Red Wings 34–22.
Brent Ashton scored twice. Randy Cunneyworth, Dave Barr, Terry Ruskowski, Dan Quinn and Mario Lemieux also scored.
Pat Riggin made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 30 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Brent Ashton (39)Shawn Burr (24)1–003:11 DET
Randy Cunneyworth (26)Dan Quinn (49), Mario Lemieux (53)1–107:01 PIT · 
Dave Barr (14)Lee Norwood (21), Darren Veitch (45)2–117:57 DET ·
2nd period
- Brent Ashton (40)Shawn Burr (25)3–108:00 DET
3rd period
Terry Ruskowski (14)Unassisted3–202:32 PIT
Dan Quinn (31)Doug Bodger (38)3–305:21 PIT ·
Overtime
Mario Lemieux (54)Randy Hillier (8)3–401:26 PIT
Team stats
DETPIT
2234
0%0%
1/21/3
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:47 into the first period
Shawn Burr · interference2 min - 6:15 into the first periodGlen Hanlon · slashing2 min
- 17:51 into the first period
Randy Hillier · holding2 min - 19:43 into the second periodGilbert Delorme · holding2 min
- 4:16 into the third periodJoey Kocur · roughing2 min
- 4:16 into the third periodDwight Schofield · roughing double minor4 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Brent AshtonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Dave BarrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Mark KumpelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | L | 34 | 4 | .882 |
| 30Greg StefanG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Dan QuinnC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Dwight SchofieldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – |