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Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York Rangers Box Score: December 20, 1987

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8

15-13-5

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11-18-4

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December 20, 1987

Arena: Madison Square Garden (IV)

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Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary Table
1st Period
05:04	NYR	PP	David Shaw (5)	Walt Poddubny, Tomas Sandström
05:19	NYR		Tomas Sandström (8)
07:55	NYR	PP	Kelly Kisio (13)	John Ogrodnick, Norm Maciver
11:44	PIT		Randy Cunneyworth (19)	Dan Quinn, Randy Hillier
14:16	PIT	PP	Mario Lemieux (29)	Randy Cunneyworth
19:10	PIT	PP	Mario Lemieux (30)	Jock Callander, Randy Cunneyworth
19:27	PIT		Dave McLlwain (7)	Perry Ganchar
2nd Period
16:18	NYR	PP	Walt Poddubny (18)	James Patrick, Marcel Dionne
18:26	PIT	PP	Jock Callander (9)	Phil Bourque, Mario Lemieux
3rd Period
03:38	PIT		Troy Loney (1)	Dan Quinn
07:42	PIT	PP	Dan Quinn (10)	Paul Coffey, Mario Lemieux
18:26	PIT		Randy Cunneyworth (20)	Jock Callander

Penalty Summary

Penalty Summary Table
1st Period
00:56	PIT	Jock Callander	Interference	2 min
04:53	PIT	Rod Buskas	Holding	2 min
06:15	PIT	Chris Dahlquist	Tripping	2 min
07:18	PIT	Bench	Too many men on the ice	2 min
08:38	PIT	Dave Hunter	Elbowing	2 min
12:44	NYR	Mike Donnelly	Holding	2 min
15:43	NYR	Tomas Sandström	Tripping	2 min
17:55	NYR	Norm Maciver	Interference	2 min
2nd Period
01:26	PIT	Troy Loney	Holding	2 min
03:40	PIT	Rod Buskas	Roughing	2 min
03:40	NYR	Tomas Sandström	Roughing	2 min
11:17	PIT	Dave Hunter	Cross checking	2 min
15:31	PIT	Randy Hillier	Cross checking	2 min
15:31	PIT	Randy Cunneyworth	Interference	2 min
18:08	NYR	Michel Petit	Cross checking	2 min
3rd Period
06:08	PIT	Rod Buskas	Roughing	2 min
06:08	NYR	Tomas Sandström	Roughing	2 min
06:20	NYR	Ulf Dahlén	Holding	2 min
16:11	NYR	Tomas Sandström	High sticking	2 min
16:11	PIT	Randy Hillier	Elbowing	2 min

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Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins Table
		Scoring					Goals
Rk	Player	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	SHFT	TOI
1	Phil Bourque	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
2	Rod Buskas	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0
3	Jock Callander	1	2	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	3	33.3
4	Paul Coffey	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
5	Randy Cunneyworth	2	2	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	9	22.2
6	Chris Dahlquist	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	Perry Ganchar	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
8	Scott Gruhl	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Randy Hillier	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
10	Dave Hunter	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
11	Jim Johnson	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Chris Kontos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
13	Mario Lemieux	2	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	50.0
14	Troy Loney	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	5	20.0
15	Dave McLlwain	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
16	Dan Quinn	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	100.0
17	Charlie Simmer	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Wayne Van Dorp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Gilles Meloche	0	0	0		0	0	0	0					7:55
20	Pat Riggin	0	0	0		0	0	0	0					52:05
	TOTAL	8	12	20		24	4	4	0		32	25.0

Goalies

Goalies Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI
1	Gilles Meloche		3	9	6	.667	0	0	7:55
2	Pat Riggin	W	1	41	40	.976	0	0	52:05

New York Rangers

New York Rangers Table
		Scoring					Goals
Rk	Player	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	SHFT	TOI
1	Ulf Dahlén	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	Lucien DeBlois	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Marcel Dionne	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
4	Mike Donnelly	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
5	Ron Duguay	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
6	Jan Erixon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
7	Ron Greschner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
8	Jari Grönstrand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
9	Kelly Kisio	1	0	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	5	20.0
10	Norm Maciver	0	1	1	-3	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
11	Brian Mullen	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
12	John Ogrodnick	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
13	James Patrick	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
14	Michel Petit	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
15	Walt Poddubny	1	1	2	-1	0	0	1	0	0	4	25.0
16	Tomas Sandström	1	1	2	-1	8	1	0	0	0	5	20.0
17	David Shaw	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
18	Mark Tinordi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	John Vanbiesbrouck	0	0	0		0	0	0	0					60:00
	TOTAL	4	6	10		16	1	3	0		50	8.0

Goalies

Goalies Table
			Goalie Stats
Rk	Player	DEC	GA	SA	SV	SV%	SO	PIM	TOI
1	John Vanbiesbrouck	L	8	32	24	.750	0	0	60:00

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