Detroit Red Wings vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Tuesday, March 3, 1987 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–3 on Tuesday, March 3, 1987 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Red Wings 40–20.
Ron Francis scored twice. Dean Evason, Kevin Dineen, Shawn Burr, Gerard Gallant, Mike O'connell and Dave Tippett also scored.
Mike Liut made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Greg Stefan stopped 35 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Dean Evason (17)Sylvain Turgeon (7), Ron Francis (45)0–112:42 HFD · 
Kevin Dineen (28)Ron Francis (46), John Anderson (37)0–219:27 HFD
2nd period
Shawn Burr (18)Petr Klima (17), Tim Higgins (11)1–203:35 DET
Ron Francis (24)Paul Lawless (19), Sylvain Cote (6)1–311:58 HFD- Ron Francis (25)Paul Lawless (20), Paul Macdermid (10)1–418:34 HFD
3rd period
Gerard Gallant (34)Brent Ashton (32), Steve Yzerman (52)2–402:43 DET · 
Mike O'connell (5)Adam Oates (25)3–416:12 DET · 
Dave Tippett (8)Doug Jarvis (11)3–518:02 HFD
Team stats
DETHFD
2040
0%0%
1/31/4
1513
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:33 into the first period
Rick Zombo · elbowing2 min - 16:52 into the first period
Randy Ladouceur · holding2 min - 1:06 into the second periodRick Zombo · interference2 min
- 13:26 into the second periodDave Babych · hooking2 min
- 18:58 into the second periodGerard Gallant · tripping2 min
- 1:33 into the third periodDave Barr · fighting5 min
- 1:33 into the third periodDean Evason · fighting5 min
- 1:57 into the third periodScot Kleinendorst · cross checking2 min
- 10:42 into the third periodBob Probert · roughing2 min
- 10:42 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 15:08 into the third periodLee Norwood · roughing2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Shawn BurrL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Brent AshtonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Adam OatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Billy CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave BarrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Rick ZomboD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 52Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Greg StefanG | L | 40 | 5 | .875 |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 72Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 20 | 3 | .850 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |