Los Angeles Kings vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 21, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–2 on Wednesday, October 21, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum. The Kings outshot the Oilers 27–19.
Wayne Gretzky scored twice. Kevin McClelland, Luc Robitaille, Glenn Anderson, Jimmy Carson, Jari Kurri and Mark Messier also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Glenn Healy stopped 13 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Kevin McClelland (1)Kevin Lowe (1), Grant Fuhr (2)0–104:03 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (4)Kevin Lowe (2)0–218:35 EDM
2nd period
Luc Robitaille (2)Dave Taylor (3), Jimmy Carson (2)1–203:42 LAK · 
Glenn Anderson (8)Wayne Gretzky (10), Jari Kurri (5)1–305:25 EDM · 
Jimmy Carson (5)Luc Robitaille (6)2–307:34 LAK
3rd period
- Wayne Gretzky (5)Jeff Beukeboom (2), Mark Messier (6)2–403:25 EDM
Jari Kurri (2)Esa Tikkanen (3), Steve Smith (2)2–511:51 EDM
Mark Messier (6)Unassisted2–615:34 EDM ·
Team stats
LAKEDM
2719
0%0%
1/51/3
1115
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:18 into the first period
Wayne Mcbean · hooking2 min - 17:09 into the first period
Steve Smith · fighting5 min - 17:09 into the first periodCraig Duncanson · fighting5 min
- 1:44 into the second periodCharlie Huddy · hooking2 min
- 4:24 into the second periodJay Wells · tripping2 min
- 9:31 into the second periodCharlie Huddy · holding2 min
- 0:56 into the third periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
- 9:11 into the third periodJohn Miner · holding2 min
- 14:07 into the third periodCraig MacTavish · hooking2 min
- 15:58 into the third periodJay Wells · high sticking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Craig DuncansonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Bob KudelskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Wayne McbeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Petr PrajzlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Glenn HealyG | L | 19 | 6 | .684 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Steve GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8John MinerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |