Detroit Red Wings vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 17, 1986 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–4 on Wednesday, December 17, 1986 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Red Wings 26–22.
Goals came from Gerard Gallant, Steve Tambellini, Steve Yzerman, Doug Shedden, Tony Tanti, Shawn Burr, Stan Smyl, Billy Carroll and Jim Sandlak.
Glen Hanlon made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 17 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Gerard Gallant (13)Harold Snepsts (8), Shawn Burr (9)1–012:18 DET
Steve Tambellini (8)Dan Hodgson (5), Patrik Sundstrom (14)1–115:02 VAN ·
2nd period
Steve Yzerman (11)Randy Ladouceur (4)2–104:37 DET
Doug Shedden (4)Steve Yzerman (16)3–105:10 DET
Tony Tanti (12)Rich Sutter (8), Doug Lidster (19)3–208:59 VAN
Shawn Burr (11)Gerard Gallant (10), John Ogrodnick (15)4–219:02 DET
3rd period
Stan Smyl (9)Steve Tambellini (5), Garth Butcher (6)4–318:41 VAN
Billy Carroll (1)Harold Snepsts (9)5–319:10 DET · 
Jim Sandlak (6)Jim Benning (2)5–419:32 VAN
Team stats
DETVAN
2226
0%0%
0/11/2
1614
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:20 into the first period
Randy Ladouceur · fighting5 min - 4:20 into the first period
Rich Sutter · fighting5 min - 6:51 into the first periodMarc Crawford · hooking2 min
- 13:56 into the first periodDarren Veitch · tripping2 min
- 12:44 into the second periodHarold Snepsts · high sticking2 min
- 7:27 into the third periodRandy Ladouceur · roughing2 min
- 7:27 into the third periodJim Sandlak · roughing2 min
- 7:37 into the third periodJoey Kocur · fighting5 min
- 7:37 into the third periodMichel Petit · fighting5 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Shawn BurrL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Billy CarrollC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 15Christopher CichockiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick ZomboD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 30Greg StefanG | 0 | 0 | – |
Vancouver Canucks
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Dan HodgsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Marc CrawfordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25David BruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 6Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Robin BartelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 21 | 4 | .809 |