Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Sunday, October 11, 1987 · The Forum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 9–2 on Sunday, October 11, 1987 at The Forum. The Oilers outshot the Kings 40–35.
Mark Messier scored twice and Glenn Anderson scored a hat trick. Jimmy Carson, Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Carpenter, Jari Kurri, Jim Ennis and Normand Lacombe also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 17 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (2)Glenn Anderson (1), Wayne Gretzky (2)1–000:43 EDM · 
Jimmy Carson (4)Luc Robitaille (4), Dave Taylor (2)1–102:47 LAK
Glenn Anderson (1)Unassisted2–115:08 EDM · - Mark Messier (3)Wayne Gretzky (3)3–118:55 EDM ·
2nd period
Wayne Gretzky (1)Grant Fuhr (1)4–108:03 EDM
Bobby Carpenter (1)Jim Fox (2)4–211:54 LAK- Glenn Anderson (2)Wayne Gretzky (4), Mark Messier (1)5–213:35 EDM ·
Jari Kurri (1)Wayne Gretzky (5)6–216:15 EDM
Jim Ennis (1)Craig MacTavish (1)7–219:18 EDM ·
3rd period
Normand Lacombe (1)Esa Tikkanen (1), Charlie Huddy (1)8–204:14 EDM · - Glenn Anderson (3)Mark Messier (2), John Miner (1)9–215:23 EDM
Team stats
EDMLAK
4035
0%0%
5/70/9
2632
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:30 into the first period
Mark Hardy · hooking2 min - 3:53 into the first period
Marty McSorley · high sticking2 min - 3:53 into the first periodMark Hardy · slashing2 min
- 4:51 into the first periodSteve Graves · hooking2 min
- 11:19 into the first periodDave Williams · tripping2 min
- 13:37 into the first periodJim Ennis · boarding2 min
- 18:45 into the first periodLuc Robitaille · roughing2 min
- 3:40 into the second periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
- 5:41 into the second periodLuc Robitaille · slashing2 min
- 9:27 into the second periodJohn Miner · cross checking2 min
- 12:13 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · holding2 min
- 12:13 into the second periodDave Williams · holding2 min
- 12:13 into the second periodDave Williams · roughing2 min
- 13:55 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · holding2 min
- 17:22 into the second periodLuc Robitaille · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBench · delaying game2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBench · delaying game2 min
- 0:37 into the third periodJohn Miner · slashing2 min
- 3:54 into the third periodSteve Duchesne · hooking2 min
- 7:24 into the third periodCharlie Huddy · holding2 min
- 10:26 into the third periodJim Ennis · cross checking2 min
- 15:43 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · tripping2 min
- 19:58 into the third periodMarty McSorley · delaying game2 min
- 19:58 into the third periodDean Kennedy · misconduct10 min
- 19:58 into the third periodJay Wells · delaying game2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 4 | 5 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Jim EnnisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8John MinerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Steve GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Daryl ReaughG | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33Bob KudelskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Craig RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Roland MelansonG | L | 24 | 7 | .708 |
| 35Glenn HealyG | 16 | 2 | .875 |