Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Thursday, October 8, 1987 · Madison Square Garden
Scoring
1st period
Walt Poddubny (1)David Shaw (1), Pierre Larouche (1)0–109:45 NYR · 
Craig Simpson (1)Mario Lemieux (1), Ville Siren (1)1–118:13 PIT ·
2nd period
- Walt Poddubny (2)Marcel Dionne (1), James Patrick (1)1–200:51 NYR
Randy Cunneyworth (1)Mario Lemieux (2), Doug Bodger (1)2–204:01 PIT · 
Charlie Simmer (1)Mario Lemieux (3), Craig Simpson (1)3–215:37 PIT
3rd period
Tomas Sandstrom (1)Walt Poddubny (1), John Ogrodnick (1)3–305:06 NYR · - Tomas Sandstrom (2)Walt Poddubny (2), Marcel Dionne (2)3–409:26 NYR
Wilf Paiement (1)Moe Mantha (1), Ville Siren (2)4–409:41 PIT
Team stats
PITNYR
4331
0%0%
2/82/12
5042
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:12 into the first period
Willie Huber · hooking2 min - 0:51 into the first period
Chris Joseph · interference2 min - 4:39 into the first periodWilf Paiement · interference2 min
- 6:22 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 8:06 into the first periodWilf Paiement · elbowing2 min
- 10:00 into the first periodLucien DeBlois · tripping2 min
- 10:31 into the first periodWillie Huber · high sticking2 min
- 11:24 into the first periodCraig Simpson · hooking2 min
- 12:28 into the first periodLarry Melnyk · high sticking2 min
- 12:28 into the first periodRandy Cunneyworth · high sticking2 min
- 14:50 into the first periodRod Buskas · roughing2 min
- 15:24 into the first periodPierre Larouche · high sticking2 min
- 15:24 into the first periodPierre Larouche · fighting5 min
- 15:24 into the first periodDave Hannan · high sticking2 min
- 15:24 into the first periodDave Hannan · fighting5 min
- 16:53 into the first periodLarry Melnyk · tripping2 min
- 1:13 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · cross checking2 min
- 2:32 into the second periodUlf Dahlen · holding2 min
- 4:01 into the second periodKelly Kisio · fighting5 min
- 4:01 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · fighting5 min
- 5:25 into the second periodLarry Melnyk · misconduct10 min
- 5:25 into the second periodJim Johnson · hooking2 min
- 5:25 into the second periodMark Kachowski · misconduct10 min
- 9:58 into the second periodJim Johnson · holding2 min
- 10:14 into the second periodMarcel Dionne · hooking2 min
- 13:05 into the second periodJim Johnson · boarding2 min
- 16:39 into the second periodChris Kontos · tripping2 min
- 18:39 into the second periodRon Greschner · roughing2 min
- 18:39 into the second periodPat Riggin · roughing2 min
- 18:39 into the second periodCraig Simpson · slashing2 min
- 4:20 into the third periodDan Frawley · slashing2 min
- 7:00 into the third periodKelly Kisio · holding2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 9 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Wilf PaiementR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Risto KurkinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mark KachowskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | T | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ron ScottG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Bob FroeseG | T | 43 | 4 | .907 |