Vancouver Canucks vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 5, 1987 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-3 on Saturday, December 5, 1987 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Canucks 36-28.
Dan Quinn scored twice and Mario Lemieux scored twice. Petri Skriko, Dave Hunter, Craig Coxe, Steve Tambellini and Jock Callander also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Petri Skriko (9)Barry Pederson (12), Stan Smyl (12)1–005:31 VAN · PPG
Dave Hunter (6)Dave Mcllwain (2)1–117:28 PIT
2nd period
Dan Quinn (8)Charlie Simmer (8), Dwight Mathiasen (5)1–207:09 PIT
Mario Lemieux (22)Paul Coffey (6), Jock Callander (4)1–310:12 PIT
Craig Coxe (4)Stan Smyl (13), Garth Butcher (5)2–316:15 VAN
Steve Tambellini (6)Barry Pederson (13), Garth Butcher (6)3–317:18 VAN
3rd period
- Dan Quinn (9)Paul Coffey (7), Dwight Mathiasen (6)3–404:15 PIT
Jock Callander (5)Randy Cunneyworth (10)3–515:10 PIT- Mario Lemieux (23)Paul Coffey (8)3–619:12 PIT · EN
Team stats
VANPIT
28Shots on goal36
0%Faceoff %0%
1/8Power play0/5
17Penalty minutes23
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 03:47
Troy Loney · holding2 min - 1st 10:03Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1st 11:38
Steve Tambellini · hooking2 min - 1st 11:43Willie Huber · hooking2 min
- 1st 16:27Petri Skriko · holding2 min
- 1st 16:57Charlie Simmer · tripping2 min
- 2nd 00:42Ville Siren · holding2 min
- 2nd 07:14Ville Siren · tripping2 min
- 2nd 11:18Rod Buskas · fighting5 min
- 2nd 11:18Garth Butcher · holding2 min
- 2nd 11:18Ronnie Stern · fighting5 min
- 2nd 13:32Jim Johnson · holding2 min
- 2nd 17:06Jim Johnson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 17:06Tony Tanti · roughing2 min
- 2nd 18:45Dave Mcllwain · slashing2 min
- 3rd 08:01Jock Callander · elbowing2 min
- 3rd 08:58Steve Tambellini · holding2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Craig CoxeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 4 | – |
| 10Ronnie SternR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 17Jeff RohlicekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33David SaundersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 2Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | – |
| 29Daryl StanleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 35 | 30 | 5 | .857 | 58:43 |
| 30Frank CapriceG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 34Dwight MathiasenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 36Jock CallanderR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 9 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 16Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Dave McllwainC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave HunterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Wayne Van DorpL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 32Dave GoertzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 60:00 |