Detroit Red Wings vs Edmonton Oilers
Playoffs · Wednesday, May 13, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–3 on Wednesday, May 13, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Red Wings 37–19.
Mark Messier scored twice and Kent Nilsson scored twice. Gerard Gallant, Paul Coffey, Brent Ashton, Steve Yzerman and Kevin McClelland also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 16 saves on 19 shots for the win; Greg Stefan stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Gerard Gallant (8)Steve Yzerman (13), Bob Probert (4)1–004:37 DET · 
Paul Coffey (1)Jari Kurri (6), Glenn Anderson (8)1–106:40 EDM · 
Brent Ashton (4)Dave Lewis (4), Adam Oates (7)2–109:04 DET
2nd period
Steve Yzerman (5)Mike O'connell (4)3–102:14 DET
Kevin McClelland (1)Craig MacTavish (7)3–204:38 EDM
Mark Messier (9)Glenn Anderson (9), Kent Nilsson (11)3–318:23 EDM
3rd period
- Mark Messier (10)Glenn Anderson (10), Kent Nilsson (12)3–404:48 EDM
Kent Nilsson (5)Glenn Anderson (11), Paul Coffey (4)3–519:11 EDM · - Kent Nilsson (6)Glenn Anderson (12)3–619:41 EDM ·
Team stats
DETEDM
1937
0%0%
1/31/2
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:41 into the first period
Jari Kurri · tripping2 min - 5:27 into the first period
Rick Zombo · tripping2 min - 6:44 into the first periodBob Probert · delaying game2 min
- 6:44 into the first periodWayne Van Dorp · delaying game2 min
- 12:06 into the first periodMarty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 13:07 into the first periodJeff Sharples · holding2 min
- 14:55 into the first periodWayne Gretzky · hooking2 min
- 6:39 into the second periodJoey Kocur · roughing2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 19Steve YzermanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 14Brent AshtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 21Adam OatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Mark LambC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Mark KumpelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Rick ZomboD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 32Jeff SharplesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Greg StefanG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 5 | 5 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 6 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +4 | 6 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Wayne Van DorpL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 19 | 3 | .842 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |