Philadelphia Flyers vs Edmonton Oilers
Playoffs · Sunday, May 31, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3–1 on Sunday, May 31, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Flyers 43–20.
Goals came from Murray Craven, Mark Messier, Jari Kurri and Glenn Anderson.
Grant Fuhr made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 40 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Murray Craven (3)Pelle Eklund (20), Doug Crossman (14)1–001:41 PHI · 
Mark Messier (12)Kent Nilsson (13), Glenn Anderson (13)1–107:45 EDM
2nd period
Jari Kurri (15)Wayne Gretzky (29)1–214:59 EDM
3rd period
Glenn Anderson (14)Charlie Huddy (7)1–317:36 EDM
Team stats
PHIEDM
2043
0%0%
1/30/3
1414
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:34 into the first period
Mark Messier · cross checking2 min - 1:13 into the first periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
- 4:22 into the first period
Dave Poulin · hooking2 min - 3:39 into the second periodIlkka Sinisalo · hooking2 min
- 12:15 into the second periodBrad Marsh · holding2 min
- 15:27 into the second periodSteve Smith · roughing2 min
- 15:27 into the second periodScott Mellanby · roughing2 min
- 16:02 into the second periodMark Messier · charging2 min
- 4:31 into the third periodCraig MacTavish · roughing2 min
- 4:31 into the third periodMarty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 4:31 into the third periodRick Tocchet · roughing2 min
- 4:31 into the third periodRon Hextall · roughing2 min
- 14:16 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · roughing2 min
- 14:16 into the third periodDoug Crossman · holding2 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 9Pelle EklundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave PoulinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ilkka SinisaloR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Derrick SmithL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | L | 43 | 3 | .930 |
| 33Glenn ReschG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 20 | 1 | .950 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |