Hartford Whalers vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Sunday, December 27, 1992 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Hartford Whalers 6–2 on Sunday, December 27, 1992 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Whalers 47–31.
Goals came from Geoff Sanderson, Bruce Driver, John MacLean, Janne Ojanen, Randy Mckay, Zdeno Ciger, Andrew Cassels and Peter Stastny.
Craig Billington made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Frank Pietrangelo stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Geoff Sanderson (18)Pat Verbeek (22), Murray Craven (23)1–002:24 HFD · 
Bruce Driver (3)Bobby Holik (10), Janne Ojanen (6)1–110:46 NJD · 
John MacLean (4)Alexander Semak (10)1–211:45 NJD
2nd period
Janne Ojanen (3)Claude Lemieux (21), Viacheslav Fetisov (8)1–306:43 NJD
Randy Mckay (9)John MacLean (5), Scott Stevens (15)1–408:02 NJD
Zdeno Ciger (4)Janne Ojanen (7), Valeri Zelepukin (15)1–514:09 NJD ·
3rd period
Andrew Cassels (7)Steve Konroyd (7), Terry Yake (11)2–517:15 HFD
Peter Stastny (9)Tom Chorske (6)2–618:39 NJD ·
Team stats
HFDNJD
3147
0%0%
1/52/7
4339
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:10 into the first period
Janne Ojanen · hooking2 min - 7:06 into the first period
Paul Gillis · misconduct10 min - 7:06 into the first periodRandy Ladouceur · misconduct10 min
- 7:06 into the first periodJim McKenzie · roughing2 min
- 7:06 into the first periodJim McKenzie · roughing2 min
- 7:06 into the first periodViacheslav Fetisov · misconduct10 min
- 7:06 into the first periodRandy Mckay · misconduct10 min
- 7:06 into the first periodMyles O'Connor · roughing2 min
- 10:05 into the first periodTerry Yake · interference2 min
- 12:14 into the first periodPat Verbeek · boarding2 min
- 15:04 into the first periodBobby Holik · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:54 into the first periodRobert Petrovicky · holding the stick2 min
- 15:54 into the first periodBobby Holik · roughing2 min
- 18:12 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · holding2 min
- 11:44 into the second periodCraig Billington · tripping2 min
- 13:02 into the second periodFrank Pietrangelo · delaying game2 min
- 3:12 into the third periodPaul Gillis · slashing2 min
- 5:59 into the third periodPat Verbeek · hooking2 min
- 8:29 into the third periodNick Kypreos · fighting5 min
- 8:29 into the third periodMyles O'Connor · fighting5 min
- 10:54 into the third periodKen Daneyko · holding the stick2 min
- 13:46 into the third periodEric Weinrich · interference2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 38Terry YakeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Steve KonroydD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Christopher GovedarisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Nick KypreosL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Robert PetrovickyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 4Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | 14 | 2 | .857 | |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |
New Jersey Devils
| 34Janne OjanenC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Alexander SemakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Randy MckayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 25Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 33Zdeno CigerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Dave BarrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Myles O'ConnorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
| 31Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | – |