Edmonton Oilers vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 25, 1987 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Hartford Whalers 5–3 on Wednesday, March 25, 1987 at Hartford Civic Center.
Kevin Dineen scored twice. John Anderson, Craig Muni, Glenn Anderson, Craig MacTavish, Paul Coffey and Jari Kurri also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
2nd period
John Anderson (27)Ray Ferraro (28), Kevin Dineen (36)0–100:41 HFD
Craig Muni (7)Esa Tikkanen (44), Wayne Gretzky (119)1–102:05 EDM
Glenn Anderson (32)Paul Coffey (47), Kent Nilsson (40)2–103:31 EDM
Kevin Dineen (37)Ron Francis (58)2–204:38 HFD
Craig MacTavish (18)Mike Krushelnyski (32)3–206:57 EDM · 
Paul Coffey (16)Grant Fuhr (2), Craig Muni (22)4–219:22 EDM ·
3rd period
Jari Kurri (53)Wayne Gretzky (120), Kent Nilsson (41)5–215:07 EDM · - Kevin Dineen (38)John Anderson (41), Ray Ferraro (29)5–319:10 HFD
Team stats
EDMHFD
2828
0%0%
2/40/8
168
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:00 into the first period
Moe Lemay · roughing2 min - 6:14 into the first period
Kevin Dineen · interference2 min - 8:41 into the first periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
- 10:37 into the first periodDean Evason · hooking2 min
- 13:34 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · tripping2 min
- 18:39 into the first periodKent Nilsson · tripping2 min
- 6:22 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · elbowing2 min
- 14:56 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · high sticking2 min
- 17:43 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · cross checking2 min
- 5:57 into the third periodCraig Muni · holding2 min
- 14:48 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · hooking2 min
- 16:57 into the third periodMoe Lemay · tripping2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Jaroslav PouzarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Moe LemayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike MollerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 11Kevin DineenR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 72Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |