Vancouver Canucks vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Sunday, March 8, 1987 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–2 on Sunday, March 8, 1987 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Canucks 30–26.
Dave Taylor scored twice. Jimmy Carson, Barry Pederson, Steve Duchesne, Bob Bourne and Doug Lidster also scored.
Roland Melanson made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Taylor (15)Bernie Nicholls (42), Steve Duchesne (19)0–101:38 LAK · 
Jimmy Carson (27)Dave Taylor (36), Mark Hardy (16)0–203:15 LAK
Barry Pederson (22)Petri Skriko (31), Doug Lidster (43)1–209:24 VAN
Steve Duchesne (11)Luc Robitaille (32), Jimmy Carson (34)1–319:08 LAK
2nd period
Bob Bourne (12)Sean Mckenna (15), Mark Hardy (17)1–404:16 LAK
Doug Lidster (10)Stan Smyl (18), Steve Tambellini (18)2–411:39 VAN ·
3rd period
- Dave Taylor (16)Jimmy Carson (35), Grant Ledyard (21)2–501:03 LAK
Team stats
VANLAK
2630
0%0%
1/71/5
1923
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:12 into the first period
Stan Smyl · slashing2 min - 7:20 into the first period
Marcel Dionne · hooking2 min - 8:52 into the first periodPhil Sykes · roughing2 min
- 8:52 into the first periodSean Mckenna · roughing2 min
- 8:52 into the first periodJim Benning · high sticking2 min
- 8:52 into the first periodStan Smyl · roughing2 min
- 10:05 into the first periodDave Richter · holding2 min
- 12:54 into the first periodPatrik Sundstrom · hooking2 min
- 13:50 into the first periodDave Richter · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 1:48 into the second periodSteve Duchesne · holding2 min
- 2:07 into the second periodRoland Melanson · delaying game2 min
- 9:39 into the second periodJoe Paterson · instigator2 min
- 9:39 into the second periodJoe Paterson · fighting5 min
- 9:39 into the second periodGarth Butcher · fighting5 min
- 11:31 into the second periodSteve Duchesne · holding2 min
- 2:40 into the third periodKen Hammond · high sticking2 min
- 16:02 into the third periodKen Hammond · cross checking2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 3Doug LidsterD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 7Barry PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Moe LemayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25David BruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Sean MckennaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Grant LedyardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken HammondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Al JensenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Roland MelansonG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |