Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils
Playoffs · Sunday, April 7, 1991 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 4–3 on Sunday, April 7, 1991 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Penguins 36–34.
Mark Recchi scored twice and Brendan Shanahan scored twice. Bob Errey, Joe Mullen and Doug Brown also scored.
Tom Barrasso made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Chris Terreri stopped 30 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Recchi (1)Mario Lemieux (3), Paul Coffey (1)1–004:56 PIT · 
Brendan Shanahan (2)Peter Stastny (1), John MacLean (2)1–112:32 NJD ·
2nd period
Bob Errey (1)Mario Lemieux (4), Mark Recchi (4)2–102:05 PIT- Brendan Shanahan (3)John MacLean (3), Jon Morris (3)2–213:22 NJD ·
3rd period
Joe Mullen (1)Kevin Stevens (3), Paul Coffey (2)3–203:15 PIT
Doug Brown (1)Pat Conacher (1), Alexei Kasatonov (3)3–314:46 NJD · - Mark Recchi (2)Unassisted4–319:10 PIT
Team stats
PITNJD
3436
0%0%
1/72/5
2428
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:40 into the first period
Gordie Roberts · roughing2 min - 4:47 into the first period
Tommy Albelin · holding2 min - 7:56 into the first periodLarry Murphy · holding2 min
- 9:52 into the first periodAlexei Kasatonov · holding2 min
- 11:14 into the first periodLarry Murphy · hooking2 min
- 14:25 into the first periodKirk Muller · cross checking2 min
- 18:35 into the first periodZdeno Ciger · holding2 min
- 18:35 into the first periodGordie Roberts · roughing2 min
- 3:37 into the second periodJamie Huscroft · cross checking2 min
- 4:03 into the second periodJoe Mullen · tripping2 min
- 8:55 into the second periodZdeno Ciger · high sticking2 min
- 8:55 into the second periodLarry Murphy · high sticking2 min
- 9:10 into the second periodClaude Lemieux · hooking2 min
- 12:15 into the second periodRon Francis · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodLaurie Boschman · misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the second periodLarry Murphy · misconduct10 min
- 11:05 into the third periodJohn MacLean · hooking2 min
- 13:32 into the third periodJamie Huscroft · roughing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 8Mark RecchiR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 9Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Jiri HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Paul StantonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Peter TaglianettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Tom BarrassoG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 20Jon MorrisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 32Pat ConacherL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Alexei KasatonovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Jeff MadillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Zdeno CigerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Jamie HuscroftD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Chris TerreriG | L | 34 | 4 | .882 |