The New Jersey Devils were defeated by the New York Rangers, 5 to 3, on December 26, 1987.

Final

Rangers

12-19-4

5

Devils

17-15-4

3

Team

NYR

NJD

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYR

NJD

David Shaw (EV) assisted by Lucien DeBlois

Mark Tinordi (EV) unassisted

Aaron Broten (EV) assisted by Kirk Muller and Pat Verbeek

Walt Poddubny (EV) assisted by Marcel Dionne and Tomas Sandstrom

2nd period

NYR

NJD

Joe Cirella (PP) assisted by Bruce Driver and Aaron Broten

3rd period

NYR

NJD

Brian Mullen (EV) assisted by Kelly Kisio and Michel Petit

Bruce Driver (PP) assisted by Aaron Broten and Joe Cirella

Tomas Sandstrom (EV-EN) assisted by John Ogrodnick

Rangers

Devils

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Rangers

Devils

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Vanbiesbrouck (W) J. Vanbiesbrouck	1	0	0	37	34	.919	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Jeff Brubaker J. Brubaker	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0.0
Ulf Dahlen U. Dahlen	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Lucien DeBlois L. DeBlois	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0.0
Marcel Dionne M. Dionne	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0
Jan Erixon J. Erixon	0	0	0	+1	4	0	1	0.0
Ron Greschner R. Greschner	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0.0
Jari Gronstrand J. Gronstrand	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Kelly Kisio K. Kisio	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0
Norm MacIver N. MacIver	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Don Maloney D. Maloney	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Mullen B. Mullen	1	0	1	0	2	1	3	33.3
John Ogrodnick J. Ogrodnick	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
James Patrick J. Patrick	0	0	0	-1	4	0	2	0.0
Michel Petit M. Petit	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0.0
Walt Poddubny W. Poddubny	1	0	1	+2	0	0	2	50.0
Tomas Sandstrom T. Sandstrom	1	1	2	+4	0	0	5	20.0
David Shaw D. Shaw	1	0	1	+3	4	0	1	100.0
Mark Tinordi M. Tinordi	1	0	1	+1	0	0	4	25.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Alain Chevrier (L) A. Chevrier	0	1	0	28	24	.857	4	4.01	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Perry Anderson P. Anderson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Aaron Broten A. Broten	1	2	3	+1	0	0	2	3	33.3
Doug Brown D. Brown	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Joe Cirella J. Cirella	1	1	2	-2	0	1	1	3	33.3
Ken Daneyko K. Daneyko	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bruce Driver B. Driver	1	1	2	-3	2	1	1	3	33.3
Mark Johnson M. Johnson	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jim Korn J. Korn	0	0	0	-1	10	0	0	1	0.0
Tom Kurvers T. Kurvers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Claude Loiselle C. Loiselle	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
John MacLean J. MacLean	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	2	0.0
David Maley D. Maley	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	3	0.0
Gordon Mark G. Mark	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Kirk Muller K. Muller	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	0.0
Brendan Shanahan B. Shanahan	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Patrik Sundstrom P. Sundstrom	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Pat Verbeek P. Verbeek	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Craig Wolanin C. Wolanin	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.0