Detroit Red Wings vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, October 9, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–1 on Friday, October 9, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Red Wings 26–23.
Goals came from Petr Klima, Steve Martinson, Mark Messier, Steve Yzerman and John Chabot.
Greg Stefan made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Petr Klima (1)Adam Oates (2)1–006:42 DET · 
Steve Martinson (1)John Chabot (1), Dave Barr (1)2–007:20 DET
Mark Messier (1)Wayne Gretzky (1), Jari Kurri (1)2–117:41 EDM · 
Steve Yzerman (1)Doug Halward (1), Gerard Gallant (1)3–119:42 DET ·
3rd period
John Chabot (1)Unassisted4–119:10 DET ·
Team stats
DETEDM
2326
0%0%
2/71/6
2325
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:30 into the first period
Brent Ashton · roughing2 min - 5:30 into the first period
Steve Smith · roughing2 min - 6:17 into the first periodKelly Buchberger · slashing2 min
- 7:24 into the first periodSteve Yzerman · slashing2 min
- 7:24 into the first periodKevin McClelland · slashing2 min
- 10:47 into the first periodBob Probert · holding2 min
- 15:23 into the first periodDoug Halward · slashing2 min
- 15:23 into the first periodSteve Martinson · fighting5 min
- 15:23 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · fighting5 min
- 16:44 into the first periodGilbert Delorme · holding2 min
- 19:38 into the first periodMike Krushelnyski · interference2 min
- 1:15 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · tripping2 min
- 2:19 into the second periodKevin Lowe · interference2 min
- 4:42 into the second periodCharlie Huddy · tripping2 min
- 7:51 into the second periodBob Probert · interference2 min
- 8:44 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · interference2 min
- 11:21 into the second periodSteve Martinson · holding2 min
- 4:12 into the third periodShawn Burr · elbowing2 min
- 5:42 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:51 into the third periodAdam Graves · holding2 min
- 18:51 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · roughing2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 16John ChabotC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Adam OatesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave BarrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 36Steve MartinsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Doug HalwardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Joe MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Rick ZomboD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Darren VeitchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg StefanG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Jim EnnisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 22 | 3 | .864 |