Edmonton Oilers vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Wednesday, February 25, 1987 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on Wednesday, February 25, 1987 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Oilers outshot the Devils 32-28.
Jari Kurri scored twice. Joe Cirella, John MacLean, Pat Verbeek and Aaron Broten also scored.
Craig Billington made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Jari Kurri (40)Mark Messier (57), Paul Coffey (36)1–004:38 EDM · PPG
Joe Cirella (7)Aaron Broten (38), Greg Adams (19)1–116:24 NJD · PPG
2nd period
- Jari Kurri (41)Esa Tikkanen (35), Paul Coffey (37)2–100:38 EDM
3rd period
John MacLean (23)Greg Adams (20), Mark Johnson (15)2–208:08 NJD · PPG
Pat Verbeek (25)Joe Cirella (12), Kirk Muller (30)2–316:19 NJD
Aaron Broten (17)Kirk Muller (31)2–419:30 NJD
Team stats
EDMNJD
32Shots on goal28
0%Faceoff %0%
1/7Power play2/4
12Penalty minutes21
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:20
Mark Messier · hooking2 min - 1st 04:26
Bruce Driver · interference2 min - 1st 05:34Ken Daneyko · holding2 min
- 1st 10:20Joe Cirella · holding2 min
- 1st 10:20Joe Cirella · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1st 14:03Randy Gregg · hooking2 min
- 1st 14:36Dave Hunter · hooking2 min
- 2nd 02:37Ken Daneyko · high sticking5 min
- 2nd 05:30Kevin Lowe · roughing2 min
- 2nd 05:30Pat Verbeek · roughing2 min
- 2nd 09:34Craig Wolanin · hooking2 min
- 2nd 10:13Mark Messier · slashing2 min
- 2nd 10:13Craig Billington · slashing2 min
- 2nd 12:01Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 06:39Jaroslav Pouzar · interference2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 17Jari KurriR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 8Stu KulakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jaroslav PouzarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Raimo SummanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 28 | 24 | 4 | .857 | 60:00 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Richard ChernomazR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 59:48 |