Calgary Flames vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 1986 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Calgary Flames 6–4 on Wednesday, December 31, 1986 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Flames 32–24.
Goals came from Lanny McDonald, Nick Fotiu, Joe Mullen, Mike O'connell, Petr Klima, Dave Lewis, Gerard Gallant, Randy Ladouceur, Joel Otto and Tim Higgins.
Greg Stefan made 20 saves on 24 shots for the win; Mike Vernon stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Lanny McDonald (5)Steve Bozek (5), Nick Fotiu (2)1–006:11 CGY
Nick Fotiu (4)Steve Bozek (6), Jamie Macoun (16)2–012:09 CGY
2nd period
Joe Mullen (20)Unassisted3–001:17 CGY
Mike O'connell (2)Shawn Burr (10), Bob Probert (8)3–103:47 DET
Petr Klima (15)Randy Ladouceur (5)3–206:32 DET
Dave Lewis (1)Darren Veitch (17), Greg Stefan (3)3–307:42 DET
3rd period
Gerard Gallant (16)John Ogrodnick (20), Harold Snepsts (10)3–404:10 DET
Randy Ladouceur (3)Gerard Gallant (14), Shawn Burr (11)3–506:16 DET · 
Joel Otto (12)Mike Bullard (18)4–509:29 CGY
Tim Higgins (6)Darren Veitch (18)4–619:28 DET ·
Team stats
CGYDET
2432
0%0%
0/21/4
3430
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 16:43 into the first period
Gary Suter · hooking2 min - 19:31 into the first periodNeil Sheehy · roughing2 min
- 19:31 into the first period
Joey Kocur · high sticking2 min - 1:43 into the second periodGary Suter · instigator2 min
- 1:43 into the second periodGary Suter · fighting5 min
- 1:43 into the second periodGerard Gallant · fighting5 min
- 8:22 into the second periodNick Fotiu · roughing2 min
- 12:44 into the second periodTim Hunter · fighting5 min
- 12:44 into the second periodBob Probert · fighting5 min
- 16:49 into the second periodLee Norwood · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodGerard Gallant · roughing2 min
- 1:41 into the third periodDarren Veitch · tripping2 min
- 4:53 into the third periodTim Hunter · tripping2 min
- 10:57 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · roughing2 min
- 10:57 into the third periodNick Fotiu · misconduct10 min
- 10:57 into the third periodRandy Ladouceur · misconduct10 min
- 10:57 into the third periodSteve Yzerman · roughing2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 22Nick FotiuL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Mike BullardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Jamie MacounD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Hakan LoobR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 14Brian BradleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 5Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Dale DegrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike VernonG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Darren VeitchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 52Dave LewisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg StefanG | W | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 34Sam St. LaurentG | 0 | 0 | – |