New York Rangers vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Sunday, March 27, 1988 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Rangers 7-2 on Sunday, March 27, 1988 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Rangers 30-29.
Kirk Muller scored twice and Pat Verbeek scored twice. Brian Leetch, Doug Brown, Tomas Sandstrom, Pat Conacher and Claude Loiselle also scored.
Sean Burke made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 23 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Kirk Muller (34)Tom Kurvers (26), Pat Verbeek (28)0–101:38 NJD · PPG
Pat Verbeek (42)Aaron Broten (54)0–210:53 NJD
Brian Leetch (2)Dave Pichette (1)1–217:37 NYR · PPG- Pat Verbeek (43)Unassisted1–318:03 NJD · PPG
2nd period
Doug Brown (13)Unassisted1–401:50 NJD
Tomas Sandstrom (28)Brian Leetch (10), Dave Pichette (2)2–412:50 NYR · PPG
3rd period
- Kirk Muller (35)Bruce Driver (37)2–509:11 NJD
Pat Conacher (2)Randy Velischek (7), Claude Loiselle (17)2–614:43 NJD · EN
Claude Loiselle (15)Craig Wolanin (23)2–718:10 NJD · PPG
Team stats
NYRNJD
29Shots on goal30
0%Faceoff %0%
2/9Power play3/6
16Penalty minutes22
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 00:52
John Vanbiesbrouck · delaying game2 min - 1st 02:15
Mark Johnson · roughing2 min - 1st 02:15Walt Poddubny · high sticking2 min
- 1st 02:15Walt Poddubny · roughing2 min
- 1st 05:16Pat Conacher · holding2 min
- 1st 14:34David Shaw · slashing2 min
- 1st 15:20Jack O'Callahan · high sticking2 min
- 1st 16:46Kirk Muller · roughing2 min
- 1st 18:39Randy Velischek · cross checking2 min
- 1st 18:39Mark Hardy · penalty shot0 min
- 2nd 08:22Brian Mullen · hooking2 min
- 2nd 12:23Tom Kurvers · hooking2 min
- 2nd 15:00Kirk Muller · holding2 min
- 2nd 16:22Bruce Driver · delaying game2 min
- 2nd 18:00Kelly Kisio · roughing2 min
- 3rd 06:24Joe Cirella · hooking2 min
- 3rd 09:36Sean Burke · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:36Brian Mullen · interference2 min
- 3rd 16:15Chris Nilan · slashing2 min
- 3rd 19:11Randy Velischek · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 5 | – |
| 32Dave PichetteD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 22Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 5Jari GronstrandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 29 | 23 | 6 | .793 | 59:44 |
New Jersey Devils
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 60:00 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |