New Jersey Devils vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, October 17, 1987 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the New Jersey Devils 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, October 17, 1987 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Devils 36–30.
Pat Verbeek scored twice. Stew Gavin, Dave Williams, Kevin Dineen, John MacLean and Sylvain Turgeon also scored.
Steve Weeks made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Alain Chevrier stopped 32 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Stew Gavin (1)Dean Evason (2), Paul Lawless (2)0–101:31 HFD · 
Dave Williams (1)Brent Peterson (2)0–202:53 HFD
Kevin Dineen (3)Scot Kleinendorst (1)0–309:59 HFD
2nd period
John MacLean (2)Bruce Driver (2), Alain Chevrier (1)1–301:20 NJD · 
Pat Verbeek (3)Aaron Broten (2)2–318:54 NJD
3rd period
- Pat Verbeek (4)Kirk Muller (3)3–319:20 NJD
Overtime
Sylvain Turgeon (2)Dave Babych (2)3–403:59 HFD
Team stats
NJDHFD
3036
0%0%
1/71/7
4441
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:52 into the first period
Aaron Broten · holding2 min - 11:36 into the first periodJack O'Callahan · tripping2 min
- 13:25 into the first periodJoe Cirella · hooking2 min
- 19:13 into the first period
Ron Francis · high sticking2 min - 19:13 into the first periodRon Francis · fighting5 min
- 19:13 into the first periodRandy Ladouceur · misconduct10 min
- 19:13 into the first periodDoug Brown · misconduct10 min
- 19:13 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · high sticking2 min
- 19:13 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · fighting5 min
- 19:48 into the first periodDave Tippett · holding2 min
- 2:13 into the second periodDave Babych · holding2 min
- 2:48 into the second periodStew Gavin · roughing2 min
- 2:48 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 2:48 into the second periodKirk Muller · roughing2 min
- 2:48 into the second periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 6:46 into the second periodScot Kleinendorst · holding2 min
- 9:20 into the second periodPaul Lawless · charging2 min
- 9:20 into the second periodPaul Lawless · roughing2 min
- 9:20 into the second periodPerry Anderson · roughing2 min
- 11:52 into the second periodPat Verbeek · tripping2 min
- 11:52 into the second periodPat Verbeek · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:55 into the second periodDave Babych · hooking2 min
- 14:11 into the second periodDana Murzyn · elbowing2 min
- 17:28 into the second periodDave Williams · roughing2 min
- 17:28 into the second periodJim Korn · roughing2 min
- 2:18 into the third periodJack O'Callahan · interference2 min
- 6:50 into the third periodDave Williams · holding2 min
- 9:10 into the third periodDavid Maley · holding2 min
- 12:04 into the third periodJim Korn · butt ending5 min
- 16:15 into the third periodKevin Dineen · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | L | 36 | 4 | .889 |
| 34Daniel DelianedisG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 7Stew GavinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave WilliamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |