Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, April 2, 1986 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 8–4 on Wednesday, April 2, 1986 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Canucks 36–35.
Paul Coffey scored twice. Patrik Sundstrom, Dave Lowry, Mike Krushelnyski, Jari Kurri, Kevin McClelland, Doug Lidster, Wayne Gretzky, Thomas Gradin, Dave Hunter and Esa Tikkanen also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 31 saves on 35 shots for the win; Wendell Young stopped 28 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Patrik Sundstrom (17)Gary Lupul (1), Cam Neely (19)1–001:58 VAN
Dave Lowry (9)Marc Crawford (12)2–005:00 VAN
Mike Krushelnyski (16)Craig MacTavish (23), Steve Smith (20)2–113:19 EDM
Jari Kurri (65)Paul Coffey (89)2–219:26 EDM
Paul Coffey (46)Unassisted2–319:37 EDM
2nd period
- Paul Coffey (47)Unassisted2–402:44 EDM
Kevin McClelland (11)Esa Tikkanen (6), Marty McSorley (10)2–504:09 EDM
Doug Lidster (12)Garth Butcher (7)3–515:20 VAN
3rd period
Wayne Gretzky (52)Jari Kurri (61), Paul Coffey (90)3–601:26 EDM · 
Thomas Gradin (14)Rick Lanz (38)4–606:07 VAN · 
Dave Hunter (15)Wayne Gretzky (159), Jari Kurri (62)4–710:03 EDM
Esa Tikkanen (6)Marty McSorley (11)4–814:15 EDM
Team stats
VANEDM
3536
0%0%
1/41/5
3421
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:30 into the first period
Rick Lanz · interference2 min - 5:05 into the second period
Kevin Lowe · hooking2 min - 10:06 into the second periodSteve Smith · roughing2 min
- 10:06 into the second periodCam Neely · roughing2 min
- 13:44 into the second periodMike Krushelnyski · holding2 min
- 14:05 into the second periodJiri Bubla · holding2 min
- 18:37 into the second periodCraig MacTavish · roughing2 min
- 18:37 into the second periodCraig MacTavish · fighting5 min
- 18:37 into the second periodRick Lanz · high sticking2 min
- 18:37 into the second periodRick Lanz · fighting5 min
- 19:43 into the second periodDave Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 19:43 into the second periodDave Lowry · fighting5 min
- 19:43 into the second periodDave Lowry · game misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBench · unsportsmanlike conduct coach2 min
- 1:52 into the third periodSteve Smith · hooking2 min
- 5:29 into the third periodCharlie Huddy · interference2 min
- 11:26 into the third periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
- 15:49 into the third periodGlen Cochrane · cross checking2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodBrent Peterson · cross checking2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 7Gary LupulC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Marc CrawfordL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 21Cam NeelyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave LowryL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25David BruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Jean-Marc LanthierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Craig CoxeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 33Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 27Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wendell YoungG | L | 36 | 8 | .778 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Raimo SummanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 35 | 4 | .886 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |