Vancouver Canucks vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Saturday, January 17, 1987 · Olympic Saddledome
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Calgary Flames 4–3 on Saturday, January 17, 1987 at Olympic Saddledome. The Flames outshot the Canucks 35–27.
Joe Mullen scored twice. Patrik Sundstrom, Rich Sutter, Brad Maxwell, Mike Bullard and Tony Tanti also scored.
Frank Caprice made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Mike Vernon stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Joe Mullen (25)Al MacInnis (35), Joel Otto (23)0–100:29 CGY
Patrik Sundstrom (16)Doug Lidster (32), Steve Tambellini (11)1–107:29 VAN · 
Rich Sutter (12)Doug Lidster (33), Barry Pederson (30)2–111:08 VAN
2nd period
Brad Maxwell (1)Tony Tanti (19), Patrik Sundstrom (16)3–110:23 VAN · - Joe Mullen (26)Paul Reinhart (24), Al MacInnis (36)3–219:27 CGY ·
3rd period
Mike Bullard (16)Paul Reinhart (25), Joe Mullen (23)3–301:12 CGY · 
Tony Tanti (19)Patrik Sundstrom (17), Jim Benning (4)4–307:43 VAN
Team stats
VANCGY
2735
0%0%
2/62/6
2827
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:12 into the first period
Rich Sutter · interference2 min - 6:01 into the first period
Tim Hunter · tripping2 min - 11:40 into the first periodStan Smyl · hooking2 min
- 14:43 into the first periodDale Degray · roughing2 min
- 14:43 into the first periodDale Degray · fighting5 min
- 14:43 into the first periodPaul Reinhart · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:43 into the first periodMoe Lemay · roughing2 min
- 14:43 into the first periodMoe Lemay · fighting5 min
- 18:23 into the first periodTim Hunter · elbowing2 min
- 8:44 into the second periodAl MacInnis · holding2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodMoe Lemay · hooking2 min
- 14:03 into the second periodJoel Otto · high sticking2 min
- 14:03 into the second periodStan Smyl · high sticking2 min
- 17:09 into the second periodHakan Loob · slashing2 min
- 17:09 into the second periodGarth Butcher · hooking2 min
- 18:31 into the second periodDoug Lidster · tripping2 min
- 19:00 into the second periodDave Richter · slashing5 min
- 5:39 into the third periodGary Roberts · high sticking2 min
- 8:56 into the third periodJoel Otto · roughing2 min
- 8:56 into the third periodNick Fotiu · roughing2 min
- 8:56 into the third periodJim Sandlak · roughing2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodGary Roberts · slashing2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodGarth Butcher · cross checking2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Brad MaxwellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Moe LemayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Dan HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25David BruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Robin BartelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | – |
Calgary Flames
| 7Joe MullenR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Mike BullardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Hakan LoobR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Gary RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Dale DegrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Jamie MacounD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike VernonG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – |