Chicago Blackhawks vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 1986 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3–1 on Tuesday, December 23, 1986 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Blackhawks 33–18.
Goals came from Bob Probert, Adam Oates, Darren Veitch and Curt Fraser.
Greg Stefan made 17 saves on 18 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Probert (8)Dave Lewis (2), Ric Seiling (3)0–103:54 DET
Adam Oates (8)Gerard Gallant (12), Darren Veitch (14)0–206:40 DET ·
2nd period
Darren Veitch (6)Unassisted0–306:26 DET · 
Curt Fraser (11)Troy Murray (17), Mark Lavarre (4)1–315:49 CHI
Team stats
CHIDET
1833
0%0%
0/52/3
1934
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:49 into the first period
Dave Donnelly · hooking2 min - 7:46 into the first period
Dave Lewis · interference2 min - 9:01 into the first periodWayne Presley · high sticking2 min
- 9:01 into the first periodWayne Presley · slashing2 min
- 9:01 into the first periodBob Murray · roughing2 min
- 9:01 into the first periodTim Higgins · high sticking5 min
- 9:01 into the first periodTim Higgins · game misconduct10 min
- 9:01 into the first periodHarold Snepsts · high sticking2 min
- 9:01 into the first periodHarold Snepsts · slashing2 min
- 17:32 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 0:14 into the second periodCurt Fraser · slashing2 min
- 0:14 into the second periodCurt Fraser · fighting5 min
- 0:14 into the second periodJoey Kocur · roughing2 min
- 0:14 into the second periodJoey Kocur · fighting5 min
- 4:36 into the second periodDave Donnelly · hooking2 min
- 11:20 into the second periodDenis Savard · tripping2 min
- 19:17 into the second periodSteve Yzerman · interference2 min
- 10:47 into the third periodShawn Burr · holding2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 8Curt FraserL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Mark LavarreR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Troy MurrayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Dave DonnellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bill WatsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Wayne PresleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Gary NylundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob SauveG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 5Darren VeitchD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Adam OatesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 52Dave LewisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Rick ZomboD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Greg StefanG | W | 18 | 1 | .944 |