Detroit Red Wings vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 11, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–3 on Wednesday, March 11, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Red Wings 36–27.
Steve Yzerman scored twice and Esa Tikkanen scored twice. Kevin Lowe, Mark Messier, Jari Kurri, Petr Klima and Wayne Gretzky also scored.
Andy Moog made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Greg Stefan stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
2nd period
Kevin Lowe (8)Mark Messier (60)0–119:57 EDM
3rd period
Mark Messier (33)Unassisted0–202:38 EDM · 
Steve Yzerman (28)Darren Veitch (40), Gerard Gallant (33)1–204:50 DET
Jari Kurri (47)Wayne Gretzky (105)1–306:52 EDM · - Steve Yzerman (29)Mel Bridgman (32)2–307:45 DET
Esa Tikkanen (31)Jari Kurri (49), Wayne Gretzky (106)2–415:00 EDM
Petr Klima (29)Darren Veitch (41), Adam Oates (29)3–417:49 DET
Wayne Gretzky (57)Glenn Anderson (32), Reijo Ruotsalainen (2)3–518:41 EDM- Esa Tikkanen (32)Wayne Gretzky (107), Jari Kurri (50)3–619:11 EDM
Team stats
DETEDM
2736
0%0%
0/30/4
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:24 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 5:59 into the first period
Tim Higgins · hooking2 min - 11:15 into the first periodRick Zombo · holding2 min
- 11:31 into the first periodGilbert Delorme · holding2 min
- 11:31 into the first periodGlenn Anderson · slashing2 min
- 10:49 into the second periodGerard Gallant · tripping2 min
- 1:06 into the third periodGlenn Anderson · hooking2 min
- 5:44 into the third periodKevin McClelland · boarding2 min
- 9:00 into the third periodTim Higgins · holding2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 19Steve YzermanC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Darren VeitchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Adam OatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 8Mark LambC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave BarrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Rick ZomboD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 29Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Greg StefanG | L | 36 | 6 | .833 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +5 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Jaroslav PouzarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |