Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Thursday, December 17, 1987 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 7–4 on Thursday, December 17, 1987 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Penguins outshot the Devils 32–28.
Mark Kachowski scored twice, Mario Lemieux scored twice and Dave Mcllwain scored twice. Randy Velischek, Pat Verbeek, Kirk Muller, John MacLean and Randy Cunneyworth also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Alain Chevrier stopped 25 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Randy Velischek (2)Unassisted0–105:54 NJD · 
Pat Verbeek (18)Kirk Muller (24), Bruce Driver (15)0–209:30 NJD
Mark Kachowski (2)Wayne Van Dorp (1), Jim Johnson (5)1–214:44 PIT
2nd period
- Mark Kachowski (3)Unassisted2–202:11 PIT
Mario Lemieux (26)Randy Hillier (3)3–205:28 PIT · 
Kirk Muller (9)Aaron Broten (17), Mark Johnson (6)3–312:50 NJD · - Mario Lemieux (27)Unassisted4–318:34 PIT ·
3rd period
John MacLean (5)Patrik Sundstrom (16), Craig Wolanin (11)4–407:29 NJD
Randy Cunneyworth (16)Phil Bourque (2), Mario Lemieux (33)5–410:02 PIT · 
Dave Mcllwain (5)Troy Loney (3), Dave Hunter (5)6–416:16 PIT- Dave Mcllwain (6)Troy Loney (4)7–418:16 PIT
Team stats
PITNJD
3228
0%0%
2/71/7
2929
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:26 into the first period
Brendan Shanahan · fighting5 min - 1:26 into the first period
Wayne Van Dorp · fighting5 min - 4:55 into the first periodJoe Cirella · holding2 min
- 7:42 into the first periodRod Buskas · high sticking2 min
- 8:20 into the first periodPerry Anderson · interference2 min
- 9:54 into the first periodRandy Cunneyworth · slashing2 min
- 15:49 into the first periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 15:49 into the first periodRandy Hillier · roughing2 min
- 3:24 into the second periodDan Quinn · holding2 min
- 3:46 into the second periodPat Verbeek · holding2 min
- 4:46 into the second periodKirk Muller · roughing2 min
- 4:46 into the second periodRandy Cunneyworth · roughing2 min
- 5:28 into the second periodKirk Muller · roughing2 min
- 6:01 into the second periodChris Dahlquist · tripping2 min
- 8:56 into the second periodPerry Anderson · tripping2 min
- 11:22 into the second periodRod Buskas · tripping2 min
- 15:30 into the second periodPerry Anderson · cross checking2 min
- 15:30 into the second periodChris Kontos · roughing2 min
- 16:10 into the second periodJoe Cirella · tripping2 min
- 16:45 into the second periodJim Johnson · hooking2 min
- 1:02 into the third periodChris Dahlquist · holding2 min
- 4:09 into the third periodPerry Anderson · high sticking2 min
- 4:09 into the third periodTroy Loney · holding2 min
- 9:50 into the third periodRandy Velischek · holding2 min
- 15:41 into the third periodPatrik Sundstrom · slashing2 min
- 15:41 into the third periodRod Buskas · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Dave McllwainC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 26Mark KachowskiL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Wayne Van DorpL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Lee GiffinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 36Jock CallanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 38Kenneth GruhlL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Norm SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 28 | 4 | .857 |
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | L | 32 | 7 | .781 |