Edmonton Oilers vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Monday, March 23, 1987 · Brendan Byrne Arena

7–6

35–30

Game summary

The Edmonton Oilers beat the New Jersey Devils 7–6 on Monday, March 23, 1987 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Oilers outshot the Devils 35–30.

Reijo Ruotsalainen scored twice. Esa Tikkanen, John MacLean, Mike Krushelnyski, Pat Verbeek, Craig Muni, Richard Chernomaz, Kirk Muller, Doug Sulliman, Mike Moller, Glenn Anderson and Bruce Driver also scored.

Andy Moog made 24 saves on 30 shots for the win; Craig Billington stopped 28 of 35.

Goals
EDM	3	3	1	7	35
NJD	2	3	1	6	30

Scoring

1st period

Esa Tikkanen (33)Reijo Ruotsalainen (4), Jari Kurri (54)1–001:35 EDM ·
John MacLean (28)Perry Anderson (8), Mark Johnson (24)1–103:22 NJD ·
Mike Krushelnyski (15)Mike Moller (1), Jaroslav Pouzar (2)2–109:51 EDM
Pat Verbeek (31)Bruce Driver (23)2–216:53 NJD
Craig Muni (6)Reijo Ruotsalainen (5), Esa Tikkanen (42)3–219:33 EDM

2nd period

Richard Chernomaz (6)Doug Sulliman (24), Claude Loiselle (21)3–303:27 NJD
Kirk Muller (24)Aaron Broten (46), Bruce Driver (24)3–407:50 NJD ·
Reijo Ruotsalainen (2)Wayne Gretzky (116), Esa Tikkanen (43)4–409:22 EDM
Doug Sulliman (27)Richard Chernomaz (1)4–514:29 NJD
Mike Moller (1)Jaroslav Pouzar (3), Mike Krushelnyski (31)5–514:39 EDM
Glenn Anderson (31)Wayne Gretzky (117), Reijo Ruotsalainen (6)6–516:40 EDM ·

3rd period

Reijo Ruotsalainen (3)Wayne Gretzky (118), Paul Coffey (46)7–507:50 EDM ·
Bruce Driver (6)John MacLean (27), Mark Johnson (25)7–611:55 NJD

Team stats

EDMNJD

3530

0%0%

3/42/5

1422

Penalties

0:43 into the first periodKirk Muller · holding2 min
2:27 into the first periodNormand Lacombe · holding2 min
4:34 into the first periodEsa Tikkanen · slashing2 min
4:34 into the first periodClaude Loiselle · high sticking2 min
6:11 into the first periodJoe Cirella · tripping2 min
9:51 into the first periodJaroslav Pouzar · roughing2 min
9:51 into the first periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
0:44 into the second periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
6:47 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
10:25 into the second periodGlenn Anderson · high sticking2 min
16:05 into the second periodRichard Chernomaz · tripping2 min
6:19 into the third periodKen Daneyko · holding2 min
7:50 into the third periodKen Daneyko · game misconduct10 min
17:40 into the third periodKevin Lowe · tripping2 min

Season series

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers skaters

29Reijo RuotsalainenD	2	3	5	−1	5	0	–	–
10Esa TikkanenL	1	2	3	+1	1	2	–	–
99Wayne GretzkyC	0	3	3	+1	6	0	–	–
20Jaroslav PouzarL	0	2	2	+1	1	2	–	–
25Mike MollerR	1	1	2	+1	4	0	–	–
26Mike KrushelnyskiC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	–	–
9Glenn AndersonR	1	0	1	−2	3	2	–	–
17Jari KurriR	0	1	1	0	3	0	–	–
7Paul CoffeyD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	–	–
28Craig MuniD	1	0	1	−1	1	0	–	–
12Dave HunterL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
14Craig MacTavishC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
15Kent NilssonC	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
19Normand LacombeR	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
23Moe LemayL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
4Kevin LoweD	0	0	0	0	2	4	–	–
6Jeff BeukeboomD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
22Charlie HuddyD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–

Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie
31Grant FuhrG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Andy MoogG	W	30	24	6	.800	60:00

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

23Bruce DriverD	1	2	3	+1	2	0	–	–
11Richard ChernomazR	1	1	2	+1	2	2	–	–
12Mark JohnsonC	0	2	2	0	5	0	–	–
15John MacLeanR	1	1	2	−1	5	0	–	–
22Doug SullimanL	1	1	2	+1	4	0	–	–
9Kirk MullerL	1	0	1	+1	2	2	–	–
10Aaron BrotenC	0	1	1	+1	5	0	–	–
16Pat VerbeekR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
19Claude LoiselleC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	–	–
25Perry AndersonL	0	1	1	−2	0	0	–	–
7Peter McNabC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
20Anders CarlssonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
24Greg AdamsL	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
2Joe CirellaD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	–	–
3Ken DaneykoD	0	0	0	0	2	14	–	–
4Gordon MarkD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
21Steve RichmondD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
27Randy VelischekD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
30Alain ChevrierG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Craig BillingtonG	L	35	28	7	.800	58:32