New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, December 23, 1987 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on Wednesday, December 23, 1987 at Civic Arena. The Devils outshot the Penguins 30-27.
Goals came from Patrik Sundstrom, Troy Loney, Aaron Broten, Brendan Shanahan, Claude Loiselle, Kirk Muller, John MacLean and Dan Quinn.
Alain Chevrier made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 24 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Patrik Sundstrom (7)Tom Kurvers (6), Joe Cirella (15)1–006:33 NJD · PPG
2nd period
Troy Loney (2)Dan Quinn (12), Rod Buskas (4)1–106:45 PIT
Aaron Broten (11)Craig Wolanin (12), Claude Loiselle (7)2–111:59 NJD
Brendan Shanahan (2)Tom Kurvers (7), Jim Korn (8)3–115:48 NJD · PPG
3rd period
Claude Loiselle (11)Doug Brown (4)4–100:22 NJD
Kirk Muller (10)Joe Cirella (16)5–102:11 NJD
John MacLean (7)Jim Korn (9), Claude Loiselle (8)6–109:08 NJD · PPG
Dan Quinn (11)Mario Lemieux (38), Phil Bourque (5)6–217:03 PIT · PPG
Team stats
NJDPIT
30Shots on goal27
0%Faceoff %0%
3/7Power play1/8
32Penalty minutes30
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 00:56
Claude Loiselle · high sticking2 min - 1st 00:56Claude Loiselle · fighting5 min
- 1st 00:56
Randy Cunneyworth · slashing2 min - 1st 00:56Randy Cunneyworth · fighting5 min
- 1st 04:38Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1st 06:48Craig Wolanin · high sticking2 min
- 1st 10:24Craig Wolanin · hooking2 min
- 1st 11:40Aaron Broten · hooking2 min
- 1st 17:03Chris Dahlquist · interference2 min
- 1st 19:47Claude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 1st 19:47Dave Mcllwain · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:56Pat Verbeek · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 12:56Jim Johnson · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 15:28Wayne Van Dorp · interference2 min
- 2nd 16:45Ken Daneyko · holding2 min
- 3rd 02:27Jim Korn · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:24Joe Cirella · fighting5 min
- 3rd 06:24Wayne Van Dorp · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 06:24Wayne Van Dorp · instigator2 min
- 3rd 06:24Wayne Van Dorp · fighting5 min
- 3rd 11:29John MacLean · roughing2 min
- 3rd 11:29Jim Johnson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:16Mario Lemieux · holding2 min
- 3rd 15:32Mark Johnson · slashing2 min
- 3rd 16:46Bruce Driver · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 60:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Dan QuinnC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Perry GancharR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | – |
| 16Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 19Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Wayne Van DorpL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mark KachowskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Jock CallanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 30 | 24 | 6 | .800 | 60:00 |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |