Boston Bruins vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, October 17, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Boston Bruins 4–3 on Saturday, October 17, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Bruins 35–31.
Randy Burridge scored twice. Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson, Wayne Gretzky, Rick Middleton and Normand Lacombe also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Rejean Lemelin stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (5)Jari Kurri (3), Wayne Gretzky (8)0–112:18 EDM · 
Glenn Anderson (7)Wayne Gretzky (9)0–216:54 EDM · 
Randy Burridge (3)Keith Crowder (3)1–219:29 BOS
2nd period
Wayne Gretzky (3)Jari Kurri (4)1–313:19 EDM
Rick Middleton (1)Geoff Courtnall (3), Ray Bourque (4)2–316:44 BOS · - Randy Burridge (4)Ray Bourque (5), Rick Middleton (3)3–319:22 BOS ·
3rd period
Normand Lacombe (2)Mark Messier (5), Glenn Anderson (3)3–413:35 EDM
Team stats
BOSEDM
3135
0%0%
2/82/6
1923
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:35 into the first period
Bob Sweeney · holding2 min - 7:01 into the first period
Normand Lacombe · tripping2 min - 10:48 into the first periodBilly O'Dwyer · holding2 min
- 11:48 into the first periodRandy Burridge · hooking2 min
- 14:02 into the first periodCharlie Huddy · holding2 min
- 16:35 into the first periodBilly O'Dwyer · holding2 min
- 1:35 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · hooking2 min
- 3:25 into the second periodKeith Crowder · roughing2 min
- 3:25 into the second periodSteve Smith · roughing2 min
- 5:14 into the second periodKen Linseman · cross checking2 min
- 8:03 into the second periodCraig Muni · holding2 min
- 14:39 into the second periodCam Neely · fighting5 min
- 14:39 into the second periodKelly Buchberger · fighting5 min
- 15:21 into the second periodCraig MacTavish · holding2 min
- 16:27 into the second periodSteve Smith · hooking2 min
- 19:11 into the second periodGlenn Anderson · hooking2 min
- 6:36 into the third periodSteve Smith · slashing2 min
- 17:43 into the third periodGlen Wesley · hooking2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Cam NeelyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Billy O'DwyerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Taylor HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 41Allen PedersenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mark LambC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8John MinerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |