New York Islanders vs Detroit Red Wings

Regular season · Wednesday, January 21, 1987 · Joe Louis Arena

5–8

31–28

Game summary

The Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Islanders 8–5 on Wednesday, January 21, 1987 at Joe Louis Arena. The Islanders outshot the Red Wings 31–28.

Brent Ashton scored twice. Duane Sutter, Greg Gilbert, Steve Yzerman, Mike O'connell, Dave Barr, Rick Zombo, Petr Klima, Adam Oates, Tomas Jonsson, Pat LaFontaine and Brent Sutter also scored.

Greg Stefan made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Billy Smith stopped 10 of 14.

Goals
NYI	2	0	3	5	31
DET	1	6	1	8	28

Scoring

1st period

Duane Sutter (8)Bob Bassen (4), Greg Gilbert (5)1–002:21 NYI
Greg Gilbert (4)Brent Sutter (23), Brian Curran (8)2–007:26 NYI
Steve Yzerman (18)Harold Snepsts (11), Dave Barr (8)2–114:48 DET

2nd period

Mike O'connell (3)Steve Yzerman (34), Brent Ashton (20)2–202:02 DET ·
Dave Barr (4)Brent Ashton (21), Mike O'connell (15)2–303:29 DET ·
Rick Zombo (1)Tim Higgins (7), Gerard Gallant (18)2–404:48 DET
Brent Ashton (26)Darren Veitch (24), Steve Yzerman (35)2–510:15 DET
Petr Klima (17)Adam Oates (15), Darren Veitch (25)2–615:37 DET
Brent Ashton (27)Steve Yzerman (36), Mike O'connell (16)2–716:53 DET

3rd period

Adam Oates (10)Mike O'connell (17), Petr Klima (10)2–805:20 DET
Tomas Jonsson (5)Pat LaFontaine (18), Brad Lauer (10)3–806:07 NYI
Pat LaFontaine (22)Brad Lauer (11), Duane Sutter (13)4–810:27 NYI
Brent Sutter (24)Tomas Jonsson (23), Steve Konroyd (9)5–811:15 NYI

Team stats

NYIDET

3128

0%0%

0/42/5

1917

Penalties

3:11 into the first periodBrent Sutter · interference2 min
11:22 into the first periodJoey Kocur · charging2 min
19:00 into the first periodSteve Chiasson · interference2 min
0:24 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · holding2 min
2:11 into the second periodJoey Kocur · high sticking2 min
2:11 into the second periodJoey Kocur · fighting5 min
2:11 into the second periodBrian Curran · high sticking2 min
2:11 into the second periodBrian Curran · fighting5 min
2:34 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · holding2 min
2:12 into the third periodTim Higgins · high sticking double minor4 min
4:46 into the third periodMikko Makela · hooking2 min
14:08 into the third periodDave Barr · roughing2 min
14:08 into the third periodPat LaFontaine · roughing2 min
15:40 into the third periodBilly Smith · roughing2 min

Season series

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters

7Greg GilbertL	1	1	2	+1	2	0	–	–
12Duane SutterR	1	1	2	0	3	0	–	–
16Pat LaFontaineC	1	1	2	+1	5	2	–	–
21Brent SutterC	1	1	2	0	1	2	–	–
32Brad LauerR	0	2	2	0	3	0	–	–
3Tomas JonssonD	1	1	2	+1	2	4	–	–
28Bob BassenL	0	1	1	−1	2	0	–	–
33Steve KonroydD	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
34Brian CurranD	0	1	1	+2	0	7	–	–
10Alan KerrR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
19Bryan TrottierC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
24Mikko MakelaR	0	0	0	−1	3	2	–	–
26Patrick FlatleyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
35Richard KrommL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
2Gord DineenD	0	0	0	−4	1	0	–	–
5Denis PotvinD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
6Ken MorrowD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	–	–
29Ken LeiterD	0	0	0	−3	1	0	–	–

New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30Kelly HrudeyG		14	10	4	.714	25:38
31Billy SmithG	L	14	10	4	.714	33:59

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters

14Brent AshtonL	2	2	4	+1	2	0	–	–
19Steve YzermanC	1	3	4	0	2	0	–	–
2Mike O'connellD	1	3	4	−1	4	0	–	–
21Adam OatesC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	–	–
22Dave BarrR	1	1	2	+1	1	2	–	–
85Petr KlimaR	1	1	2	0	4	0	–	–
5Darren VeitchD	0	2	2	+1	1	0	–	–
17Gerard GallantL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
20Tim HigginsR	0	1	1	+1	2	4	–	–
4Rick ZomboD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
27Harold SnepstsD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	–	–
8Mark LambC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
11Shawn BurrL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
16Ric SeilingR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
24Bob ProbertL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
26Joey KocurR	0	0	0	0	1	9	–	–
3Steve ChiassonD	0	0	0	−2	1	2	–	–
52Dave LewisD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie
1Glen HanlonG		9	7	2	.778	13:05
30Greg StefanG	W	22	19	3	.864	46:53