New Jersey Devils vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, November 3, 1987 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the New Jersey Devils 6–3 on Tuesday, November 3, 1987 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Devils outshot the Islanders 34–33.
Patrick Flatley scored twice. Patrik Sundstrom, Randy Wood, Brent Sutter, Alan Kerr, Greg Gilbert, Doug Sulliman and Bruce Driver also scored.
Kelly Hrudey made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Alain Chevrier stopped 11 of 15.
Scoring
1st period
Patrick Flatley (1)Denis Potvin (8), Tomas Jonsson (7)0–102:17 NYI · 
Patrik Sundstrom (4)Bruce Driver (9), Joe Cirella (4)1–105:48 NJD · 
Randy Wood (6)Bryan Trottier (7), Gord Dineen (3)1–209:21 NYI- Patrick Flatley (2)Tomas Jonsson (8)1–313:24 NYI ·
2nd period
Brent Sutter (7)Mikko Makela (6), Gord Dineen (4)1–405:39 NYI · 
Alan Kerr (7)Unassisted1–509:21 NYI
Greg Gilbert (2)Brad Dalgarno (5), Gerald Diduck (1)1–610:32 NYI
Doug Sulliman (2)John MacLean (3), Patrik Sundstrom (5)2–610:51 NJD
Bruce Driver (4)Joe Cirella (5), Patrik Sundstrom (6)3–617:14 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDNYI
3433
0%0%
2/73/7
2626
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:55 into the first period
Andy Brickley · tripping2 min - 2:10 into the first periodKen Daneyko · holding2 min
- 5:42 into the first period
Richard Kromm · hooking2 min - 7:32 into the first periodCraig Wolanin · holding2 min
- 8:00 into the first periodGerald Diduck · hooking2 min
- 11:49 into the first periodBruce Driver · holding2 min
- 13:01 into the first periodJoe Cirella · cross checking2 min
- 13:01 into the first periodAlan Kerr · high sticking2 min
- 13:33 into the first periodBrent Sutter · boarding2 min
- 14:11 into the first periodBob Bassen · high sticking2 min
- 18:33 into the first periodKen Daneyko · high sticking2 min
- 18:33 into the first periodPatrick Flatley · high sticking2 min
- 4:46 into the second periodGordon Mark · holding2 min
- 7:11 into the second periodDerek King · tripping2 min
- 16:25 into the second periodDenis Potvin · holding2 min
- 18:55 into the second periodGeorge McPhee · high sticking2 min
- 18:55 into the second periodGord Dineen · high sticking2 min
- 19:09 into the second periodBruce Driver · high sticking2 min
- 19:09 into the second periodDenis Potvin · high sticking2 min
- 3:35 into the third periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
- 3:35 into the third periodRandy Wood · roughing2 min
- 4:07 into the third periodGeorge McPhee · boarding2 min
- 4:07 into the third periodGeorge McPhee · roughing2 min
- 4:07 into the third periodBrad Dalgarno · roughing2 min
- 14:55 into the third periodGerald Diduck · high sticking2 min
- 17:48 into the third periodCraig Wolanin · cross checking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | 18 | 2 | .889 | |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | L | 15 | 4 | .733 |
New York Islanders
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |