Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, October 24, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 9–5 on Saturday, October 24, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum.
Wayne Gretzky scored twice and Esa Tikkanen scored twice. Mark Messier, Dave Richter, Greg Adams, Normand Lacombe, Barry Pederson, Mike Krushelnyski, Craig MacTavish, Jari Kurri, Stan Smyl and Tony Tanti also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 10 saves on 13 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 19 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (7)Glenn Anderson (4), Steve Smith (4)0–105:02 EDM
Dave Richter (1)Unassisted1–105:19 VAN
Wayne Gretzky (6)Esa Tikkanen (5)1–207:24 EDM
Greg Adams (7)Stan Smyl (5), Petri Skriko (2)2–217:02 VAN
Normand Lacombe (3)Glenn Anderson (5), Jeff Beukeboom (4)2–317:20 EDM
Esa Tikkanen (1)Wayne Gretzky (13), John Miner (3)2–418:40 EDM ·
2nd period
Barry Pederson (4)Craig Coxe (2), Raimo Summanen (3)3–405:37 VAN
Mike Krushelnyski (2)Dave Hunter (2), Wayne Gretzky (14)3–507:17 EDM
Craig MacTavish (1)Mike Krushelnyski (2), Dave Hunter (3)3–607:42 EDM
Jari Kurri (5)Mark Messier (7), Glenn Anderson (6)3–711:08 EDM
3rd period
Stan Smyl (1)Unassisted4–706:11 VAN · - Esa Tikkanen (2)Wayne Gretzky (15), Kevin Lowe (3)4–808:53 EDM
Tony Tanti (3)Garth Butcher (2), Barry Pederson (3)5–812:24 VAN · - Wayne Gretzky (7)Steve Smith (5)5–915:05 EDM
Team stats
VANEDM
2828
0%0%
1/41/2
3327
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:40 into the first period
Kevin McClelland · roughing2 min - 13:40 into the first periodMarty McSorley · fighting5 min
- 13:40 into the first period
Garth Butcher · fighting5 min - 13:40 into the first periodCraig Coxe · high sticking2 min
- 13:40 into the first periodTony Tanti · misconduct10 min
- 18:20 into the first periodDoug Lidster · tripping2 min
- 17:32 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · interference2 min
- 1:25 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · fighting5 min
- 1:25 into the third periodCraig Coxe · fighting5 min
- 3:14 into the third periodWayne Gretzky · interference2 min
- 5:29 into the third periodDave Lowry · interference2 min
- 8:08 into the third periodKevin McClelland · fighting5 min
- 8:08 into the third periodMichel Petit · fighting5 min
- 11:29 into the third periodSteve Smith · hooking2 min
- 13:03 into the third periodCharlie Huddy · hooking2 min
- 18:54 into the third periodKevin McClelland · roughing2 min
- 18:54 into the third periodGarth Butcher · roughing2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 7Barry PedersonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Raimo SummanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 21Craig CoxeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 6Dave RichterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 17Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 5 | – |
| 22Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25David BruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 28 | 9 | .679 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8John MinerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Dave DonnellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Daryl ReaughG | 15 | 2 | .867 | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 13 | 3 | .769 |