Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Thursday, January 28, 1988 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 on Thursday, January 28, 1988 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Penguins 28–26.
John MacLean scored a hat trick. Mark Kachowski, Ville Siren, Charlie Simmer, Jim Korn, Aaron Broten and Doug Brown also scored.
Bob Sauve made 22 saves on 22 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Kachowski (4)Troy Loney (11), Steve Gotaas (2)1–004:12 PIT
Ville Siren (1)Wayne Van Dorp (3), Rob Brown (7)2–006:02 PIT
Charlie Simmer (8)Paul Coffey (20), Mario Lemieux (57)3–006:32 PIT · 
Jim Korn (8)Aaron Broten (35)3–107:30 NJD
John MacLean (9)Aaron Broten (36), Joe Cirella (25)3–209:33 NJD · - John MacLean (10)Aaron Broten (37)3–312:29 NJD
3rd period
- John MacLean (11)Kirk Muller (33), Jack O'Callahan (14)3–400:38 NJD ·
Aaron Broten (17)Craig Wolanin (15), Bruce Driver (30)3–501:47 NJD · 
Doug Brown (6)Bob Sauve (1)3–619:33 NJD · ·
Team stats
PITNJD
2628
0%0%
1/73/9
2420
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:49 into the first period
Ville Siren · holding2 min - 5:15 into the first period
Kirk Muller · roughing2 min - 5:15 into the first periodRandy Hillier · roughing2 min
- 5:15 into the first periodRandy Hillier · roughing2 min
- 6:26 into the first periodDoug Brown · holding2 min
- 8:09 into the first periodWayne Van Dorp · holding2 min
- 8:34 into the first periodRod Buskas · cross checking2 min
- 17:11 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 17:11 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · roughing2 min
- 17:11 into the first periodRandy Hillier · roughing2 min
- 18:50 into the first periodDave Hunter · roughing2 min
- 1:53 into the second periodJoe Cirella · hooking2 min
- 6:23 into the second periodPerry Anderson · roughing2 min
- 6:23 into the second periodMark Kachowski · roughing2 min
- 6:58 into the second periodDave Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 6:58 into the second periodDave Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 7:48 into the second periodJohn MacLean · tripping2 min
- 14:49 into the second periodPatrik Sundstrom · slashing2 min
- 19:43 into the second periodVille Siren · holding2 min
- 0:55 into the third periodMario Lemieux · tripping2 min
- 6:09 into the third periodJohn MacLean · holding2 min
- 18:43 into the third periodKen Daneyko · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 13Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Steve GotaasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Wayne Van DorpL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mark KachowskiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 17Lee GiffinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 36Jock CallanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | W | 22 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 4 | 3 | .250 |