New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, March 31, 1988 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–2 on Thursday, March 31, 1988 at Civic Arena. The Devils outshot the Penguins 32–30.
John MacLean scored twice and Doug Sulliman scored twice. Bruce Driver, Dan Frawley, Dan Quinn, Aaron Broten and Doug Brown also scored.
Sean Burke made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Steve Guenette stopped 25 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Bruce Driver (15)Kirk Muller (54), Pat Verbeek (29)1–001:10 NJD
2nd period
Dan Frawley (6)Mario Lemieux (96), Doug Bodger (26)1–105:36 PIT · 
Dan Quinn (38)Paul Coffey (50), Mario Lemieux (97)1–206:22 PIT · 
Aaron Broten (25)Tom Kurvers (27), Pat Verbeek (30)2–209:43 NJD · 
John MacLean (20)Bruce Driver (38), Tom Kurvers (28)3–219:33 NJD ·
3rd period
Doug Sulliman (15)Craig Wolanin (24), Aaron Broten (57)4–205:33 NJD · - John MacLean (21)Tom Kurvers (29)5–207:33 NJD
- Doug Sulliman (16)Patrik Sundstrom (34)6–207:52 NJD
Doug Brown (14)Randy Velischek (8), Claude Loiselle (18)7–214:40 NJD
Team stats
NJDPIT
3230
0%0%
3/82/8
3535
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:36 into the first period
John MacLean · roughing2 min - 3:36 into the first periodDoug Sulliman · roughing2 min
- 3:36 into the first period
Rob Brown · roughing2 min - 3:36 into the first periodRandy Cunneyworth · roughing2 min
- 4:20 into the first periodTom Kurvers · interference2 min
- 7:41 into the first periodPat Verbeek · elbowing2 min
- 10:00 into the first periodRod Buskas · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodAaron Broten · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodRob Brown · roughing2 min
- 1:22 into the second periodMario Lemieux · slashing2 min
- 3:10 into the second periodDan Frawley · interference2 min
- 4:19 into the second periodBruce Driver · holding2 min
- 5:01 into the second periodAaron Broten · tripping2 min
- 5:01 into the second periodKen Daneyko · slashing2 min
- 5:01 into the second periodRod Buskas · slashing2 min
- 8:50 into the second periodRob Brown · slashing2 min
- 13:19 into the second periodAaron Broten · hooking2 min
- 14:09 into the second periodSean Burke · high sticking2 min
- 18:15 into the second periodBob Errey · roughing2 min
- 1:17 into the third periodDan Frawley · roughing2 min
- 1:43 into the third periodCraig Wolanin · roughing2 min
- 3:51 into the third periodKirk Muller · roughing2 min
- 3:51 into the third periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 3:51 into the third periodPat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 3:51 into the third periodSteve Gotaas · roughing2 min
- 3:51 into the third periodSteve Gotaas · roughing2 min
- 3:51 into the third periodRandy Hillier · roughing2 min
- 3:51 into the third periodJim Johnson · roughing2 min
- 8:26 into the third periodBob Errey · holding2 min
- 9:01 into the third periodBench · late on ice2 min
- 11:17 into the third periodPerry Anderson · fighting5 min
- 11:17 into the third periodDan Frawley · fighting5 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 28Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 16Steve GotaasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Lee GiffinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Steve GuenetteG | L | 32 | 7 | .781 |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | 0 | 0 | – |