New York Islanders vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Friday, October 23, 1987 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Islanders 5–3 on Friday, October 23, 1987 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Islanders 26–24.
Claude Loiselle scored twice. Bruce Driver, Alan Kerr, Randy Wood, Joe Cirella, Pat Verbeek and Brent Sutter also scored.
Alain Chevrier made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Bruce Driver (3)Kirk Muller (6), Tom Kurvers (3)0–106:44 NJD
Alan Kerr (3)Gord Dineen (2), Randy Wood (2)1–111:44 NYI
Claude Loiselle (5)Bruce Driver (5)1–215:14 NJD
2nd period
- Claude Loiselle (6)Doug Sulliman (3), Joe Cirella (2)1–309:52 NJD
Randy Wood (3)Pat LaFontaine (2), Alan Kerr (4)2–316:49 NYI
3rd period
Joe Cirella (1)Bruce Driver (6), Aaron Broten (3)2–403:09 NJD · 
Pat Verbeek (6)Kirk Muller (7), Aaron Broten (4)2–509:36 NJD · 
Brent Sutter (4)Denis Potvin (4), Patrick Flatley (3)3–518:09 NYI
Team stats
NYINJD
2426
0%0%
0/22/3
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:48 into the first period
Joe Cirella · slashing2 min - 4:48 into the first period
Randy Wood · slashing2 min - 1:54 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · hooking2 min
- 12:21 into the second periodBrad Dalgarno · tripping2 min
- 2:56 into the third periodDenis Potvin · holding2 min
- 5:54 into the third periodDoug Brown · holding2 min
- 9:12 into the third periodBob Bassen · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 10Alan KerrR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |
New Jersey Devils
| 23Bruce DriverD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – |