New York Islanders vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Friday, December 11, 1987 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 6–4 on Friday, December 11, 1987 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Islanders 36–31.
Goals came from Greg Gilbert, Jim Johnson, Mario Lemieux, Rod Buskas, Jock Callander, Ken Leiter, Paul Coffey, Randy Wood, Randy Cunneyworth and Bryan Trottier.
Gilles Meloche made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Gilbert (6)Gord Dineen (8), Bryan Trottier (21)1–005:30 NYI
Jim Johnson (1)Unassisted1–108:26 PIT
Mario Lemieux (25)Paul Coffey (12), Randy Cunneyworth (13)1–213:49 PIT ·
2nd period
Rod Buskas (2)Jock Callander (6), Mario Lemieux (27)1–301:05 PIT
Jock Callander (8)Randy Cunneyworth (14), Mario Lemieux (28)1–410:27 PIT · 
Ken Leiter (2)Patrick Flatley (6), Denis Potvin (12)2–417:43 NYI ·
3rd period
Paul Coffey (1)Mario Lemieux (29), Norm Schmidt (1)2–500:17 PIT · 
Randy Wood (13)Alan Kerr (16), Ken Leiter (5)3–502:02 NYI
Randy Cunneyworth (13)Mario Lemieux (30), Norm Schmidt (2)3–611:27 PIT · 
Bryan Trottier (11)Patrick Flatley (7), Steve Konroyd (7)4–613:52 NYI
Team stats
NYIPIT
3136
0%0%
1/74/6
2022
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:42 into the first period
Wayne Van Dorp · cross checking2 min - 7:28 into the first period
Patrick Flatley · tripping2 min - 9:31 into the first periodDenis Potvin · hooking2 min
- 10:51 into the first periodGord Dineen · roughing2 min
- 10:51 into the first periodJock Callander · roughing2 min
- 13:11 into the first periodSteve Konroyd · hooking2 min
- 14:33 into the first periodWayne Van Dorp · holding2 min
- 15:16 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · slashing2 min
- 15:16 into the first periodDan Quinn · cross checking2 min
- 16:55 into the first periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
- 2:32 into the second periodWayne Van Dorp · roughing2 min
- 9:08 into the second periodRandy Wood · roughing2 min
- 9:08 into the second periodRandy Wood · roughing2 min
- 9:08 into the second periodChris Dahlquist · holding2 min
- 9:08 into the second periodChris Dahlquist · roughing2 min
- 9:25 into the second periodBrent Sutter · hooking2 min
- 12:22 into the second periodWayne Van Dorp · hooking2 min
- 17:25 into the second periodChris Dahlquist · interference2 min
- 19:32 into the second periodPat LaFontaine · roughing2 min
- 11:09 into the third periodBob Bassen · holding2 min
- 11:43 into the third periodDave Mcllwain · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Billy SmithG | L | 36 | 6 | .833 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 4 | 5 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 36Jock CallanderR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 8 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Wayne Van DorpL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 34Dwight MathiasenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |