New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, December 31, 1991 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7-4 on Tuesday, December 31, 1991 at Civic Arena. The Devils outshot the Penguins 38-29.
Valeri Zelepukin scored twice and Scott Stevens scored twice. Kevin Stevens, Jaromir Jagr, Alexei Kasatonov, Mario Lemieux, Laurie Boschman, Joe Mullen and Dave Barr also scored.
Craig Billington made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Wendell Young stopped 31 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Kevin Stevens (30)Mario Lemieux (46), Joe Mullen (28)0–108:58 PIT
Valeri Zelepukin (1)Claude Lemieux (12), Eric Weinrich (15)1–109:31 NJD
Scott Stevens (8)Stephane Richer (12)2–109:48 NJD- Scott Stevens (9)Peter Stastny (18), Alexei Kasatonov (18)3–112:58 NJD · PPG
Jaromir Jagr (18)Larry Murphy (25)3–215:19 PIT
2nd period
Alexei Kasatonov (6)Kevin Todd (19), Stephane Richer (13)4–201:41 NJD
Mario Lemieux (28)Ron Francis (12), Larry Murphy (26)4–311:00 PIT · PPG
Laurie Boschman (6)Bruce Driver (17), David Maley (11)5–317:17 NJD
3rd period
- Valeri Zelepukin (2)Peter Stastny (19), Alexei Kasatonov (19)6–302:45 NJD · PPG
Joe Mullen (26)Kevin Stevens (39), Gordie Roberts (12)6–411:05 PIT
Dave Barr (3)Tom Chorske (9)7–418:34 NJD · SHG · EN
Team stats
NJDPIT
38Shots on goal29
0%Faceoff %0%
2/6Power play1/6
22Penalty minutes22
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 12:18
Kevin Stevens · hooking2 min - 1st 15:19
Viacheslav Fetisov · cross checking2 min - 1st 15:19Troy Loney · roughing2 min
- 1st 15:56David Maley · hooking2 min
- 1st 16:53Tom Chorske · roughing2 min
- 1st 16:53Mark Recchi · roughing2 min
- 1st 16:53Kevin Stevens · roughing2 min
- 1st 17:58Mario Lemieux · tripping2 min
- 2nd 09:13Dave Barr · hooking2 min
- 2nd 11:55Ken Daneyko · hooking2 min
- 2nd 15:36Kevin Todd · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 15:36Phil Bourque · slashing2 min
- 2nd 16:36Scott Stevens · slashing2 min
- 2nd 16:36Mark Recchi · slashing2 min
- 3rd 01:17Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 04:30Laurie Boschman · hooking2 min
- 3rd 05:04Larry Murphy · tripping2 min
- 3rd 05:52Claude Lemieux · holding2 min
- 3rd 08:23Eric Weinrich · roughing2 min
- 3rd 08:23Larry Murphy · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:51Kevin Stevens · roughing2 min
- 3rd 17:33Stephane Richer · hooking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 7Alexei KasatonovD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Valeri ZelepukinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Scott StevensD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Dave BarrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Kevin ToddC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Laurie BoschmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 5Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 19Claude VilgrainL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | W | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 60:00 |
| 31Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 7Joe MullenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 5 | – |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 28Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | – |
| 12Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 16Jay CaufieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Phil BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Jiri HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Jim PaekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 22Paul StantonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wendell YoungG | L | 37 | 31 | 6 | .838 | 58:59 |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |