Washington Capitals vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 29, 1986 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Wednesday, October 29, 1986 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Capitals 40–33.
Paul Coffey scored twice. Glenn Anderson, Scott Stevens, Alan Haworth, Esa Tikkanen, Larry Murphy, Dave Hunter and Wayne Gretzky also scored.
Andy Moog made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Al Jensen stopped 34 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Coffey (2)Mark Napier (3), Craig MacTavish (1)0–105:14 EDM
2nd period
- Paul Coffey (3)Mark Messier (13), Jari Kurri (5)0–212:28 EDM ·
Glenn Anderson (7)Paul Coffey (9), Mark Messier (14)0–312:44 EDM · 
Scott Stevens (2)Gaetan Duchesne (9), Bobby Gould (6)1–315:38 WSH
3rd period
Alan Haworth (4)Rod Langway (2), John Blum (3)2–309:58 WSH
Esa Tikkanen (8)Paul Coffey (10), Wayne Gretzky (21)2–412:41 EDM · 
Larry Murphy (6)Dave Christian (4), Michal Pivonka (6)3–414:31 WSH
Dave Hunter (2)Mark Messier (15), Glenn Anderson (3)3–516:23 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (9)Paul Coffey (11), Charlie Huddy (3)3–619:04 EDM ·
Team stats
WSHEDM
3340
0%0%
0/23/4
139
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:31 into the first period
Kevin McClelland · hooking2 min - 19:54 into the first period
Craig Laughlin · hooking2 min - 11:25 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 11:35 into the second periodSteve Smith · fighting5 min
- 11:35 into the second periodJohn Blum · instigator2 min
- 11:35 into the second periodJohn Blum · fighting5 min
- 6:54 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · hooking2 min
- 11:34 into the third periodMichal Pivonka · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17John BlumD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Jeff GreenlawL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Lou FranceschettiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Al JensenG | L | 39 | 5 | .872 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Raimo SummanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |