New York Rangers vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, January 23, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Rangers 7–4 on Friday, January 23, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum. The Rangers outshot the Oilers 39–27.
Mark Messier scored twice, Wayne Gretzky scored twice and Tomas Sandstrom scored twice. Esa Tikkanen, Walt Poddubny, Stu Kulak, James Patrick and Raimo Summanen also scored.
Andy Moog made 35 saves on 39 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 20 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (20)Kevin McClelland (9), Jeff Beukeboom (3)0–101:39 EDM
Esa Tikkanen (23)Jari Kurri (37), Wayne Gretzky (70)0–204:09 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (46)Esa Tikkanen (26), Steve Smith (11)0–309:25 EDM · 
Tomas Sandstrom (24)James Patrick (25)1–311:21 NYR ·
2nd period
Walt Poddubny (25)Ron Duguay (14), Willie Huber (16)2–307:34 NYR · - Wayne Gretzky (47)Steve Smith (12), Esa Tikkanen (27)2–409:47 EDM ·
Stu Kulak (4)Raimo Summanen (6), Kevin Lowe (16)2–510:04 EDM
3rd period
- Tomas Sandstrom (25)Ron Greschner (24), Walt Poddubny (31)3–505:04 NYR
James Patrick (6)Pierre Larouche (22), Tomas Sandstrom (25)4–514:21 NYR
Raimo Summanen (6)Mike Krushelnyski (24), Stu Kulak (2)4–618:14 EDM- Mark Messier (21)Wayne Gretzky (71), Glenn Anderson (25)4–719:32 EDM ·
Team stats
NYREDM
3927
0%0%
2/42/3
611
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:05 into the first period
Don Jackson · roughing2 min - 8:50 into the first periodJan Erixon · hooking2 min
- 11:17 into the first period
Craig Muni · holding2 min - 5:35 into the second periodSteve Smith · holding2 min
- 8:07 into the second periodLarry Melnyk · hooking2 min
- 18:01 into the second periodMark Messier · cross checking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodSteve Smith · slashing5 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Chris JensenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 38Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 26 | 6 | .769 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Stu KulakR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Raimo SummanenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 39 | 4 | .897 |