Los Angeles Kings vs Edmonton Oilers
Playoffs · Tuesday, April 14, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–4 on Tuesday, April 14, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Kings 35–30.
Esa Tikkanen scored twice and Glenn Anderson scored twice. Jim Fox, Mark Messier, Dave Taylor, Steve Duchesne and Mark Hardy also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Esa Tikkanen (5)Jari Kurri (3), Randy Gregg (3)0–101:22 EDM
Jim Fox (3)Bernie Nicholls (5), Luc Robitaille (3)1–104:06 LAK
2nd period
Mark Messier (5)Randy Gregg (4), Jari Kurri (4)1–206:45 EDM · 
Glenn Anderson (3)Mark Messier (5), Steve Smith (1)1–310:53 EDM · 
Dave Taylor (2)Jimmy Carson (1)2–312:08 LAK
Steve Duchesne (2)Mark Hardy (2), Dave Taylor (3)3–316:08 LAK ·
3rd period
- Esa Tikkanen (6)Mark Messier (6), Kent Nilsson (3)3–407:53 EDM
- Glenn Anderson (4)Kent Nilsson (4), Mark Messier (7)3–510:47 EDM
Mark Hardy (1)Jimmy Carson (2), Luc Robitaille (4)4–515:47 LAK
Team stats
LAKEDM
3035
0%0%
1/32/5
1612
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:42 into the first period
Roland Melanson · delaying game2 min - 7:50 into the first period
Kevin McClelland · roughing2 min - 18:46 into the first periodSteve Smith · roughing2 min
- 18:46 into the first periodMark Hardy · roughing2 min
- 18:46 into the first periodMark Hardy · tripping2 min
- 2:16 into the second periodKevin Lowe · tripping2 min
- 5:12 into the second periodRoland Melanson · slashing2 min
- 9:52 into the second periodPhil Sykes · holding2 min
- 14:09 into the second periodSteve Smith · slashing2 min
- 2:37 into the third periodGrant Ledyard · holding2 min
- 15:10 into the third periodGlenn Anderson · slashing2 min
- 15:10 into the third periodRandy Gregg · roughing2 min
- 15:10 into the third periodJay Wells · high sticking2 min
- 15:10 into the third periodMorris Lukowich · roughing2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 4Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Roland MelansonG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
| 35Darren EliotG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Moe LemayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |