Quebec Nordiques vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 17, 1986 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Quebec Nordiques 5–3 on Wednesday, December 17, 1986 at Northlands Coliseum. The Nordiques outshot the Oilers 30–23.
Wayne Gretzky scored 4 goals. Max Middendorf, Esa Tikkanen, Robert Picard and Anton Stastny also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Richard Sevigny stopped 18 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Gretzky (28)Esa Tikkanen (14), Craig Muni (9)0–101:28 EDM- Wayne Gretzky (29)Unassisted0–211:31 EDM
- Wayne Gretzky (30)Esa Tikkanen (15), Jari Kurri (19)0–312:38 EDM
Max Middendorf (1)Brent Ashton (13), Robert Picard (10)1–314:53 QUE
Esa Tikkanen (18)Wayne Gretzky (49), Jari Kurri (20)1–418:00 EDM
2nd period
- Wayne Gretzky (31)Kevin Lowe (11), Mark Messier (34)1–516:05 EDM ·
3rd period
Robert Picard (5)Paul Gillis (13)2–510:01 QUE
Anton Stastny (10)Peter Stastny (16), Brent Ashton (14)3–513:36 QUE ·
Team stats
QUEEDM
3023
0%0%
1/30/0
28
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:25 into the second period
Esa Tikkanen · hooking2 min - 14:57 into the second periodDave Hunter · holding2 min
- 5:38 into the third periodMark Messier · elbowing2 min
- 5:38 into the third period
Gilbert Delorme · cross checking2 min - 12:37 into the third periodMike Krushelnyski · holding2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 9Brent AshtonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Max MiddendorfR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Jason LafreniereC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Ken QuinneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Richard SevignyG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 4 | 1 | 5 | +4 | 7 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Stu KulakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Steve GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Raimo SummanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |