Edmonton Oilers vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Wednesday, March 4, 1987 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 8–5 on Wednesday, March 4, 1987 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Oilers 33–28.
Goals came from Brent Peterson, Esa Tikkanen, Mark Messier, Craig MacTavish, David Bruce, Paul Coffey, Jaroslav Pouzar, Steve Tambellini, Jari Kurri, Wayne Gretzky, Barry Pederson, Glenn Anderson and Tony Tanti.
Andy Moog made 28 saves on 33 shots for the win; Frank Caprice stopped 20 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Brent Peterson (6)Dave Lowry (9), David Bruce (6)0–102:07 VAN
Esa Tikkanen (29)Marty McSorley (3), Wayne Gretzky (97)1–110:00 EDM
Mark Messier (29)Glenn Anderson (30), Craig Muni (17)2–111:16 EDM
Craig MacTavish (16)Unassisted3–112:11 EDM
David Bruce (8)Petri Skriko (30)3–217:01 VAN
2nd period
Paul Coffey (13)Wayne Gretzky (98), Jari Kurri (48)4–203:32 EDM · 
Jaroslav Pouzar (1)Paul Coffey (38)5–204:02 EDM
Steve Tambellini (16)Tony Tanti (28), Barry Pederson (38)5–307:33 VAN · 
Jari Kurri (42)Craig Muni (18), Esa Tikkanen (37)6–317:51 EDM
3rd period
Wayne Gretzky (55)Kent Nilsson (34), Paul Coffey (39)7–311:33 EDM · 
Barry Pederson (21)Tony Tanti (29), Doug Lidster (41)7–414:05 VAN
Glenn Anderson (28)Mark Messier (58), Randy Gregg (14)8–417:10 EDM
Tony Tanti (34)Brent Peterson (11)8–519:53 VAN
Team stats
EDMVAN
2833
0%0%
2/51/5
3131
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:16 into the first period
Esa Tikkanen · tripping2 min - 11:47 into the first periodKevin Lowe · roughing2 min
- 11:47 into the first period
Tony Tanti · roughing2 min - 13:52 into the first periodSteve Smith · high sticking2 min
- 13:52 into the first periodSteve Smith · fighting5 min
- 13:52 into the first periodStan Smyl · high sticking2 min
- 13:52 into the first periodStan Smyl · fighting5 min
- 18:22 into the first periodMoe Lemay · holding2 min
- 3:07 into the second periodCraig Levie · tripping2 min
- 4:49 into the second periodMike Krushelnyski · tripping2 min
- 6:00 into the second periodCraig Muni · hooking2 min
- 8:18 into the second periodCraig MacTavish · holding2 min
- 10:13 into the second periodPetri Skriko · hooking2 min
- 10:39 into the second periodKent Nilsson · interference2 min
- 14:30 into the second periodKevin McClelland · high sticking2 min
- 14:30 into the second periodKevin McClelland · fighting5 min
- 14:30 into the second periodDave Richter · high sticking2 min
- 14:30 into the second periodDave Richter · fighting5 min
- 16:27 into the second periodMarty McSorley · fighting5 min
- 16:27 into the second periodGlen Cochrane · fighting5 min
- 6:35 into the third periodGarth Butcher · cross checking2 min
- 11:21 into the third periodDavid Bruce · hooking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Jaroslav PouzarL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Raimo SummanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 33 | 5 | .849 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 9Tony TantiR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Barry PedersonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Brent PetersonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25David BruceR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Dave LowryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Moe LemayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Craig LevieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 32Robin BartelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | L | 28 | 8 | .714 |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | – |