Quebec Nordiques vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Thursday, March 17, 1988 · Brendan Byrne Arena

QuebecNordiquesNow the Colorado AvalancheAway

4–3

31–41

Game summary

The Quebec Nordiques beat the New Jersey Devils 4–3 on Thursday, March 17, 1988 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Nordiques 41–31.

Bruce Driver scored twice and Peter Stastny scored twice. Kirk Muller, Michel Goulet and Gaetan Duchesne also scored.

Mario Brunetta made 38 saves on 41 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 27 of 31.

Goals
QUE	0	4	0	4	31
NJD	2	0	1	3	41

Scoring

1st period

Bruce Driver (13)Aaron Broten (49), Kirk Muller (46)0–101:48 NJD
Kirk Muller (33)Pat Verbeek (27), Aaron Broten (50)0–206:47 NJD ·

2nd period

Peter Stastny (44)Terry Carkner (21), Jeff Brown (32)1–201:22 QUE
Peter Stastny (45)Anton Stastny (40), Michel Goulet (55)2–203:52 QUE
Michel Goulet (40)Anton Stastny (41), Marc Fortier (6)3–209:51 QUE ·
Gaetan Duchesne (22)Paul Gillis (9), Jeff Jackson (18)4–210:18 QUE

3rd period

Bruce Driver (14)Kirk Muller (47), Aaron Broten (51)4–319:43 NJD ·

Team stats

QUENJD

3141

0%0%

1/62/5

2628

Penalties

4:36 into the first periodRobert Picard · holding2 min
6:40 into the first periodStephane Guerard · holding2 min
8:42 into the first periodPat Verbeek · hooking2 min
18:59 into the first periodKen Daneyko · cross checking2 min
19:22 into the first periodAaron Broten · roughing2 min
19:22 into the first periodGaetan Duchesne · roughing2 min
4:40 into the second periodPerry Anderson · roughing2 min
4:40 into the second periodSteven Finn · roughing2 min
4:46 into the second periodPat Verbeek · high sticking2 min
8:19 into the second periodJoe Cirella · roughing2 min
8:19 into the second periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
8:19 into the second periodKirk Muller · roughing2 min
8:19 into the second periodStephane Guerard · roughing2 min
8:19 into the second periodAlan Haworth · roughing2 min
8:19 into the second periodLane Lambert · roughing2 min
9:51 into the second periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
10:44 into the second periodBrendan Shanahan · holding2 min
16:03 into the second periodPat Verbeek · high sticking2 min
16:03 into the second periodGaetan Duchesne · slashing2 min
19:46 into the second periodSteven Finn · holding2 min
19:55 into the second periodBrendan Shanahan · roughing2 min
12:19 into the third periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
12:19 into the third periodPaul Gillis · roughing2 min
14:19 into the third periodJohn MacLean · roughing2 min
14:19 into the third periodPaul Gillis · roughing2 min
17:21 into the third periodJeff Brown · cross checking2 min
19:28 into the third periodMario Brunetta · high sticking2 min

Season series

Quebec Nordiques

Quebec Nordiques skaters

16Michel GouletL	1	1	2	+2	5	0	–	–
20Anton StastnyL	0	2	2	+2	2	0	–	–
26Peter StastnyC	2	0	2	+2	6	0	–	–
9Marc FortierC	0	1	1	0	4	0	–	–
14Gaetan DuchesneL	1	0	1	+1	1	4	–	–
23Paul GillisC	0	1	1	+1	0	4	–	–
25Jeff JacksonL	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	–
4Terry CarknerD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	–	–
22Jeff BrownD	0	1	1	+1	4	2	–	–
7Lane LambertR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
11Mike EaglesL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
15Alan HaworthC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
19Alain CoteL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
6Stephane GuerardD	0	0	0	+1	0	4	–	–
21Randy MollerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
24Robert PicardD	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
29Steven FinnD	0	0	0	0	1	4	–	–
34Gord DonnellyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–

Quebec Nordiques goalies
Goalie
30Mario BrunettaG	W	41	38	3	.927	60:00
33Mario GosselinG		0	0	0	–	–

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

9Kirk MullerL	1	2	3	+1	4	2	–	–
10Aaron BrotenC	0	3	3	+1	1	2	–	–
23Bruce DriverD	2	0	2	−2	5	0	–	–
16Pat VerbeekR	0	1	1	+1	4	6	–	–
8David MaleyL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
11Brendan ShanahanL	0	0	0	0	1	4	–	–
12Mark JohnsonC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
15John MacLeanR	0	0	0	−1	0	4	–	–
17Patrik SundstromC	0	0	0	−2	3	0	–	–
19Claude LoiselleC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
22Doug SullimanL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
24Doug BrownR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
25Perry AndersonL	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
2Joe CirellaD	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
3Ken DaneykoD	0	0	0	−1	1	6	–	–
5Tom KurversD	0	0	0	0	7	0	–	–
7Jack O'CallahanD	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
27Randy VelischekD	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
1Sean BurkeG	L	31	27	4	.871	58:27
28Bob SauveG		0	0	0	–	–