Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings
Playoffs · Sunday, April 12, 1987 · The Forum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–3 on Sunday, April 12, 1987 at The Forum. The Oilers outshot the Kings 37–26.
Esa Tikkanen scored twice. Bob Bourne, Kent Nilsson, Jari Kurri, Jimmy Carson, Steve Smith, Steve Duchesne and Wayne Gretzky also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 31 of 36.
Scoring
2nd period
Bob Bourne (2)Bryan Erickson (1), Phil Sykes (1)0–106:38 LAK
Kent Nilsson (3)Charlie Huddy (3), Mark Messier (4)1–111:22 EDM
Jari Kurri (7)Wayne Gretzky (10)2–119:00 EDM
Jimmy Carson (1)Dave Taylor (2), Steve Duchesne (2)2–219:21 LAK
3rd period
Steve Smith (1)Wayne Gretzky (11)3–204:43 EDM
Esa Tikkanen (3)Wayne Gretzky (12), Dave Hunter (1)4–207:49 EDM
Steve Duchesne (1)Unassisted4–308:15 LAK- Esa Tikkanen (4)Wayne Gretzky (13), Reijo Ruotsalainen (2)5–316:08 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (2)Esa Tikkanen (2), Craig Muni (1)6–319:34 EDM ·
Team stats
EDMLAK
3726
0%0%
0/40/4
4030
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:00 into the first period
Steve Duchesne · high sticking2 min - 3:39 into the first periodJay Wells · hooking2 min
- 6:12 into the first period
Steve Smith · misconduct10 min - 6:12 into the first periodDave Williams · misconduct10 min
- 6:54 into the first periodCraig Muni · elbowing2 min
- 6:54 into the first periodMorris Lukowich · high sticking2 min
- 9:30 into the first periodGlenn Anderson · high sticking2 min
- 16:24 into the first periodJay Wells · holding2 min
- 18:10 into the first periodMark Messier · tripping2 min
- 19:03 into the first periodMorris Lukowich · tripping2 min
- 3:13 into the second periodMoe Lemay · slashing2 min
- 13:27 into the second periodMarty McSorley · misconduct10 min
- 13:27 into the second periodMoe Lemay · charging2 min
- 13:27 into the second periodGrant Ledyard · slashing2 min
- 14:59 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · slashing2 min
- 14:59 into the second periodPhil Sykes · slashing2 min
- 16:04 into the second periodCharlie Huddy · high sticking2 min
- 16:04 into the second periodDave Williams · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodRandy Gregg · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDave Taylor · high sticking2 min
- 4:58 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · tripping2 min
- 19:40 into the third periodKevin McClelland · high sticking2 min
- 19:40 into the third periodDave Williams · high sticking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 4 | 5 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Moe LemayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Roland MelansonG | L | 36 | 5 | .861 |
| 35Darren EliotG | 0 | 0 | – |