New Jersey Devils vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Tuesday, March 17, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the New Jersey Devils 7–4 on Tuesday, March 17, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum.
Paul Coffey scored twice and Jari Kurri scored twice. Kent Nilsson, Craig Muni, Randy Gregg, Claude Loiselle, Doug Sulliman, Aaron Broten and Richard Chernomaz also scored.
Andy Moog made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Craig Billington stopped 22 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Coffey (14)Dave Hunter (8), Craig MacTavish (17)0–103:28 EDM
Kent Nilsson (15)Mark Messier (62)0–205:41 EDM
2nd period
Craig Muni (5)Kent Nilsson (38), Glenn Anderson (33)0–300:40 EDM
Randy Gregg (8)Mark Messier (63), Kent Nilsson (39)0–404:59 EDM- Paul Coffey (15)Wayne Gretzky (110), Jari Kurri (53)0–509:02 EDM ·
3rd period
Claude Loiselle (14)Anders Carlsson (14), Joe Cirella (18)1–504:10 NJD
Doug Sulliman (26)Kirk Muller (40), Anders Carlsson (15)2–510:27 NJD · 
Aaron Broten (22)Kirk Muller (41), Joe Cirella (19)3–510:39 NJD · 
Jari Kurri (49)Paul Coffey (42), Wayne Gretzky (111)3–612:39 EDM · 
Richard Chernomaz (5)Ken Daneyko (10)4–618:31 NJD- Jari Kurri (50)Wayne Gretzky (112), Mark Messier (64)4–719:31 EDM ·
Team stats
NJDEDM
2929
0%0%
2/53/4
1314
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:27 into the first period
Kevin Lowe · high sticking2 min - 7:48 into the second period
Gordon Mark · holding2 min - 9:07 into the second periodMoe Lemay · instigator2 min
- 9:07 into the second periodMoe Lemay · fighting5 min
- 9:07 into the second periodJohn MacLean · fighting5 min
- 11:38 into the second periodKen Daneyko · high sticking2 min
- 6:04 into the third periodCharlie Huddy · high sticking5 min
- 11:05 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:59 into the third periodPat Verbeek · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 11Richard ChernomazR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Craig BillingtonG | L | 29 | 7 | .759 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Wayne Van DorpL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Moe LemayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 29 | 4 | .862 |