New York Islanders vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, December 2, 1987 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–1 on Wednesday, December 2, 1987 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Islanders 30–29.
Denis Potvin scored twice. Mikko Makela, Bryan Trottier, Chris Dahlquist, Alan Kerr, Greg Gilbert and Randy Wood also scored.
Billy Smith made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 22 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Mikko Makela (11)Pat LaFontaine (14)1–009:43 NYI
Bryan Trottier (10)Greg Gilbert (9), Mikko Makela (12)2–010:57 NYI
Denis Potvin (6)Brent Sutter (14), Greg Gilbert (10)3–019:21 NYI ·
2nd period
Chris Dahlquist (1)Rob Brown (3), Randy Cunneyworth (9)3–105:11 PIT- Denis Potvin (7)Richard Kromm (3), Brad Dalgarno (6)4–117:54 NYI
Alan Kerr (11)Randy Wood (4), Pat LaFontaine (15)5–118:23 NYI
3rd period
Greg Gilbert (4)Unassisted6–106:53 NYI · 
Randy Wood (12)Tomas Jonsson (16), Pat LaFontaine (16)7–117:07 NYI
Team stats
NYIPIT
2930
0%0%
1/20/6
3224
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:09 into the first period
Alan Kerr · slashing2 min - 6:09 into the first periodAlan Kerr · fighting5 min
- 6:09 into the first period
Dan Frawley · fighting5 min - 13:10 into the first periodBrad Dalgarno · cross checking2 min
- 18:26 into the first periodDave Hunter · elbowing2 min
- 2:42 into the second periodGord Dineen · tripping2 min
- 5:38 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · hooking2 min
- 5:38 into the second periodChris Dahlquist · high sticking2 min
- 9:01 into the second periodBryan Trottier · high sticking2 min
- 9:01 into the second periodTroy Loney · high sticking2 min
- 9:43 into the second periodJim Johnson · tripping2 min
- 10:44 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · tripping2 min
- 5:10 into the third periodRandy Wood · high sticking double minor4 min
- 16:19 into the third periodGerald Diduck · instigator2 min
- 16:19 into the third periodGerald Diduck · fighting5 min
- 16:19 into the third periodMikko Makela · holding2 min
- 16:19 into the third periodDenis Potvin · roughing2 min
- 16:19 into the third periodRod Buskas · roughing2 min
- 16:19 into the third periodMark Kachowski · roughing2 min
- 16:19 into the third periodMark Kachowski · slashing2 min
- 16:19 into the third periodMark Kachowski · fighting5 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 7Greg GilbertL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | W | 30 | 1 | .967 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 14Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Mark KachowskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Dwight MathiasenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 36Jock CallanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 29 | 7 | .759 |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – |