Toronto Maple Leafs vs Detroit Red Wings
Playoffs · Thursday, April 23, 1987 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Detroit Red Wings 7–2 on Thursday, April 23, 1987 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Maple Leafs 32–21.
Steve Thomas scored twice. Rick Vaive, Dan Daoust, Darren Veitch, Russ Courtnall, Peter Ihnacak, Al Iafrate and Brent Ashton also scored.
Ken Wregget made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Greg Stefan stopped 14 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Thomas (1)Mike Allison (2), Russ Courtnall (2)1–005:30 TOR · 
Rick Vaive (4)Al Iafrate (2), Wendel Clark (4)2–011:02 TOR
Dan Daoust (4)Vincent Damphousse (4)3–011:28 TOR
2nd period
Darren Veitch (2)Gerard Gallant (3), Mel Bridgman (1)3–100:17 DET · 
Russ Courtnall (3)Rick Lanz (1)4–108:59 TOR ·
3rd period
Peter Ihnacak (2)Todd Gill (2), Russ Courtnall (3)5–102:02 TOR- Steve Thomas (2)Russ Courtnall (4)6–109:20 TOR
Al Iafrate (1)Mark Osborne (3), Steve Thomas (1)7–114:10 TOR · 
Brent Ashton (2)Adam Oates (4), Darren Veitch (3)7–217:40 DET ·
Team stats
TORDET
2132
0%0%
3/52/9
3436
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:57 into the first period
Joey Kocur · high sticking2 min - 1:57 into the first periodJoey Kocur · fighting5 min
- 1:57 into the first period
Todd Gill · high sticking2 min - 1:57 into the first periodTodd Gill · fighting5 min
- 4:08 into the first periodBob Probert · instigator2 min
- 4:08 into the first periodBob Probert · fighting5 min
- 4:08 into the first periodAl Iafrate · fighting5 min
- 7:10 into the first periodGerard Gallant · roughing2 min
- 7:10 into the first periodKen Wregget · roughing2 min
- 13:32 into the first periodBill Root · holding2 min
- 18:21 into the first periodAl Iafrate · cross checking2 min
- 6:37 into the second periodBob Probert · interference2 min
- 6:37 into the second periodBob Probert · roughing2 min
- 6:37 into the second periodBob Probert · misconduct10 min
- 13:40 into the second periodChris Kotsopoulos · hooking2 min
- 15:20 into the second periodDave Barr · roughing2 min
- 15:20 into the second periodTodd Gill · roughing2 min
- 15:40 into the second periodBorje Salming · holding2 min
- 18:31 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 6:33 into the third periodBrent Ashton · slashing2 min
- 10:25 into the third periodRick Lanz · holding2 min
- 12:13 into the third periodGerard Gallant · cross checking2 min
- 16:06 into the third periodWendel Clark · holding2 min
- 18:22 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:25 into the third periodKen Wregget · slashing2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 33Al IafrateD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Wendel ClarkL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Bob McgillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Allan BesterG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Ken WreggetG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 5Darren VeitchD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Brent AshtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 15Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Adam OatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Mark KumpelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave BarrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Greg StefanG | L | 21 | 7 | .667 |