Vancouver Canucks vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Wednesday, April 1, 1987 · The Forum
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Los Angeles Kings 8–3 on Wednesday, April 1, 1987 at The Forum. The Canucks outshot the Kings 49–20.
Goals came from Stan Smyl, Raimo Summanen, Bryan Erickson, Bernie Nicholls, Patrik Sundstrom, Brent Peterson, Luc Robitaille, Tony Tanti, Rich Sutter, Dave Lowry and David Bruce.
Frank Caprice made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 18 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Stan Smyl (17)Brent Peterson (12)1–006:44 VAN
Raimo Summanen (14)Patrik Sundstrom (39), Tony Tanti (36)2–007:20 VAN
Bryan Erickson (19)Paul Guay (5), Joe Paterson (1)2–109:09 LAK
Bernie Nicholls (32)Morris Lukowich (21), Bryan Erickson (30)2–210:55 LAK · 
Patrik Sundstrom (28)Tony Tanti (37)3–212:34 VAN
Brent Peterson (7)Raimo Summanen (9), Garth Butcher (13)4–217:37 VAN ·
2nd period
Luc Robitaille (44)Steve Duchesne (24), Jimmy Carson (41)4–302:49 LAK · 
Tony Tanti (40)Patrik Sundstrom (40)5–306:58 VAN · 
Rich Sutter (18)Jim Benning (11), Michel Petit (13)6–309:05 VAN · 
Dave Lowry (7)Stan Smyl (22)7–316:12 VAN
3rd period
David Bruce (9)Raimo Summanen (10), Patrik Sundstrom (41)8–304:21 VAN
Team stats
VANLAK
4920
0%0%
3/82/5
6369
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:12 into the first period
Garth Butcher · tripping2 min - 9:36 into the first periodStan Smyl · cross checking2 min
- 10:55 into the first periodStan Smyl · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:49 into the first period
Bobby Carpenter · interference2 min - 15:38 into the first periodCraig Duncanson · tripping2 min
- 19:33 into the first periodGrant Ledyard · interference2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodPhil Sykes · roughing double minor4 min
- 20:00 into the first periodPetri Skriko · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodPetri Skriko · game misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the first periodTony Tanti · roughing2 min
- 2:26 into the second periodBench · unsportsmanlike conduct coach2 min
- 3:16 into the second periodDarren Eliot · slashing2 min
- 5:27 into the second periodCraig Duncanson · instigator2 min
- 5:27 into the second periodCraig Duncanson · fighting5 min
- 5:27 into the second periodGarth Butcher · fighting5 min
- 8:11 into the second periodMorris Lukowich · high sticking2 min
- 12:48 into the second periodDean Kennedy · roughing2 min
- 12:48 into the second periodDave Lowry · roughing2 min
- 12:48 into the second periodGlen Cochrane · holding2 min
- 19:17 into the second periodPhil Sykes · roughing2 min
- 19:17 into the second periodMichel Petit · roughing2 min
- 0:17 into the third periodJoe Paterson · instigator2 min
- 0:17 into the third periodJoe Paterson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 0:17 into the third periodJoe Paterson · fighting5 min
- 0:17 into the third periodGarth Butcher · fighting5 min
- 14:24 into the third periodCraig Duncanson · fighting5 min
- 14:24 into the third periodCraig Duncanson · misconduct10 min
- 14:24 into the third periodPhil Sykes · misconduct10 min
- 14:24 into the third periodPhil Sykes · misconduct10 min
- 14:24 into the third periodGlen Cochrane · fighting5 min
- 14:24 into the third periodGlen Cochrane · misconduct10 min
- 14:24 into the third periodBrent Peterson · misconduct10 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 14Raimo SummanenR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Brent PetersonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Dave LowryL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 25David BruceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 10 | – |
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Dan HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | W | 20 | 3 | .850 |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 15Bryan EricksonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Paul GuayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 27Joe PatersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 32Craig DuncansonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Craig RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Roland MelansonG | L | 22 | 4 | .818 |
| 35Darren EliotG | 27 | 4 | .852 |