Detroit Red Wings vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 1987 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–3 on Saturday, December 26, 1987 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Red Wings 36–27.
Petr Klima scored twice and Randy Cunneyworth scored twice. Dan Quinn, Steve Yzerman, Mario Lemieux, Kenneth Gruhl and Dave Mcllwain also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Greg Stefan stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Petr Klima (19)John Chabot (15), Dave Barr (10)1–003:53 DET
Randy Cunneyworth (21)Phil Bourque (6), Jock Callander (10)1–105:58 PIT
Dan Quinn (12)Jim Johnson (6), Mario Lemieux (39)1–209:13 PIT · 
Steve Yzerman (25)Doug Halward (15), Darren Veitch (19)2–210:54 DET- Randy Cunneyworth (22)Mario Lemieux (40), Jock Callander (11)2–314:34 PIT
2nd period
- Petr Klima (20)John Chabot (16)3–302:46 DET ·
Mario Lemieux (31)Jock Callander (12), Phil Bourque (7)3–408:18 PIT ·
3rd period
Kenneth Gruhl (1)Randy Hillier (5), Phil Bourque (8)3–512:01 PIT
Dave Mcllwain (8)Perry Ganchar (2), Randy Cunneyworth (17)3–613:31 PIT
Team stats
DETPIT
2736
0%0%
0/52/6
1918
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:49 into the first period
Joe Murphy · elbowing2 min - 8:58 into the first periodJohn Chabot · hooking2 min
- 10:14 into the first period
Troy Loney · holding2 min - 15:47 into the first periodJeff Sharples · instigator2 min
- 15:47 into the first periodJeff Sharples · fighting5 min
- 15:47 into the first periodTroy Loney · attempt to injure10 min
- 1:41 into the second periodMike O'connell · high sticking2 min
- 8:11 into the second periodMike O'connell · cross checking2 min
- 8:38 into the second periodWayne Van Dorp · high sticking2 min
- 15:54 into the second periodTim Higgins · hooking2 min
- 19:02 into the second periodPerry Ganchar · hooking2 min
- 19:31 into the second periodDarren Veitch · holding2 min
- 16:45 into the third periodJim Johnson · slashing2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 16John ChabotC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave BarrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Doug HalwardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Joe MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 15Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Murray EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Jeff SharplesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Greg StefanG | L | 36 | 6 | .833 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 36Jock CallanderR | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 8Perry GancharR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Dave McllwainC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 38Kenneth GruhlL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 14Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Wayne Van DorpL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mark KachowskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |