Vancouver Canucks vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Wednesday, December 5, 1990 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Vancouver Canucks 9–4 on Wednesday, December 5, 1990 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Canucks 32–30.
Claude Lemieux scored a hat trick and Patrik Sundstrom scored twice. Laurie Boschman, Stan Smyl, Alexei Kasatonov, Allan Stewart, Brian Bradley, Dave Capuano, Jim Sandlak and Brendan Shanahan also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Claude Lemieux (10)Lee Norwood (8), Patrik Sundstrom (10)0–103:15 NJD
Patrik Sundstrom (6)Kirk Muller (24), Claude Lemieux (8)0–207:39 NJD- Claude Lemieux (11)Patrik Sundstrom (11), Tommy Albelin (3)0–319:14 NJD
2nd period
- Claude Lemieux (12)Kirk Muller (25)0–404:42 NJD
Laurie Boschman (5)Doug Brown (4), Ken Daneyko (7)0–507:09 NJD
Stan Smyl (2)Doug Lidster (7), Igor Larionov (9)1–510:47 VAN
Alexei Kasatonov (4)Doug Brown (5)1–612:10 NJD- Patrik Sundstrom (7)Kirk Muller (26)1–715:39 NJD
3rd period
Allan Stewart (3)Tommy Albelin (4), Laurie Boschman (6)1–807:33 NJD
Brian Bradley (8)Dave Capuano (10)2–807:50 VAN
Dave Capuano (9)Jim Sandlak (3), Doug Lidster (8)3–808:07 VAN
Jim Sandlak (5)Dave Capuano (11), Don Gibson (3)4–816:48 VAN · 
Brendan Shanahan (10)Unassisted4–919:32 NJD
Team stats
VANNJD
3032
0%0%
1/30/0
410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:36 into the first period
Bruce Driver · holding2 min - 6:41 into the third periodPeter Stastny · roughing2 min
- 6:41 into the third period
Garth Butcher · roughing2 min - 8:24 into the third periodClaude Lemieux · hooking2 min
- 12:48 into the third periodBrendan Shanahan · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:48 into the third periodGarth Butcher · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:15 into the third periodClaude Lemieux · high sticking2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.