Edmonton Oilers vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Sunday, November 1, 1987 · Madison Square Garden

7–6

31–33

Game summary

The Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Rangers 7–6 on Sunday, November 1, 1987 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Oilers 33–31.

Kevin McClelland scored twice and Thomas Mcmurchy scored twice. Glenn Anderson, Charlie Huddy, Kelly Kisio, Mike Donnelly, Ron Duguay, Marcel Dionne, Mark Messier, Jari Gronstrand and Walt Poddubny also scored.

Daryl Reaugh made 20 saves on 24 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 24 of 31.

Goals
EDM	4	1	2	7	31
NYR	1	3	2	6	33

Scoring

1st period

Kevin McClelland (2)Unassisted1–002:01 EDM
Thomas Mcmurchy (2)Esa Tikkanen (7), Mark Messier (9)2–006:39 EDM
Glenn Anderson (11)Wayne Gretzky (20), Jari Kurri (8)3–008:30 EDM
Charlie Huddy (3)Steve Smith (6), Craig MacTavish (3)4–012:57 EDM
Kelly Kisio (5)James Patrick (11), John Vanbiesbrouck (1)4–115:08 NYR ·

2nd period

Mike Donnelly (1)Tomas Sandstrom (10), Walt Poddubny (10)4–205:02 NYR
Ron Duguay (1)James Patrick (12), Don Maloney (3)4–306:11 NYR
Kevin McClelland (3)Wayne Gretzky (21), Steve Graves (1)5–316:47 EDM
Marcel Dionne (8)Kelly Kisio (6), James Patrick (13)5–419:46 NYR ·

3rd period

Mark Messier (10)Thomas Mcmurchy (1), Steve Smith (7)6–402:59 EDM
Thomas Mcmurchy (3)Mark Messier (10), Esa Tikkanen (8)7–408:03 EDM
Jari Gronstrand (1)Marcel Dionne (7), Walt Poddubny (11)7–511:47 NYR ·
Walt Poddubny (11)Kelly Kisio (7), Marcel Dionne (8)7–618:32 NYR

Team stats

EDMNYR

3133

0%0%

0/43/7

1610

Penalties

2:07 into the first periodDon Maloney · hooking2 min
14:20 into the first periodCraig Muni · interference2 min
17:53 into the first periodSteve Smith · roughing2 min
17:53 into the first periodTomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min
19:03 into the first periodMarcel Dionne · holding2 min
8:10 into the second periodCraig Muni · tripping2 min
10:45 into the second periodLucien DeBlois · holding2 min
11:49 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
17:46 into the second periodKevin McClelland · holding2 min
19:29 into the second periodMark Messier · slashing2 min
8:38 into the third periodThomas Mcmurchy · cross checking2 min
10:52 into the third periodKevin Lowe · cross checking2 min
15:12 into the third periodMarcel Dionne · interference2 min

Season series

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers skaters

11Mark MessierC	1	2	3	+2	2	2	–	–
37Thomas McmurchyR	2	1	3	+2	4	2	–	–
10Esa TikkanenL	0	2	2	+2	0	0	–	–
24Kevin McClellandR	2	0	2	+2	4	2	–	–
99Wayne GretzkyC	0	2	2	0	3	0	–	–
5Steve SmithD	0	2	2	+4	0	2	–	–
9Glenn AndersonR	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
14Craig MacTavishC	0	1	1	0	3	0	–	–
15Steve GravesL	0	1	1	+2	0	0	–	–
17Jari KurriR	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
22Charlie HuddyD	1	0	1	+4	2	0	–	–
12Dave HunterL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
19Normand LacombeR	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
26Mike KrushelnyskiC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
4Kevin LoweD	0	0	0	−1	2	2	–	–
27Ron ShudraD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
28Craig MuniD	0	0	0	−1	0	4	–	–
32Jim WiemerD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–

Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie
29Daryl ReaughG	W	24	20	4	.833	34:58
31Grant FuhrG		9	7	2	.778	25:02

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

8Walt PoddubnyL	1	2	3	0	5	0	–	–
11Kelly KisioC	1	2	3	0	6	0	–	–
16Marcel DionneC	1	2	3	−1	4	4	–	–
3James PatrickD	0	3	3	+1	2	0	–	–
12Don MaloneyL	0	1	1	+1	0	2	–	–
22Mike DonnellyL	1	0	1	−1	2	0	–	–
28Tomas SandstromR	0	1	1	0	3	2	–	–
44Ron DuguayC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
5Jari GronstrandD	1	0	1	−2	2	0	–	–
9Ulf DahlenR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
14Gord WalkerL	0	0	0	−4	1	0	–	–
19Brian MullenR	0	0	0	−4	1	0	–	–
23Lucien DeBloisC	0	0	0	−1	2	2	–	–
25John OgrodnickL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
4Ron GreschnerD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
6Curt GilesD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
29Bruce BellD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
30Larry MelnykD	0	0	0	−3	1	0	–	–

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
31Ron ScottG		0	0	0	–	–
34John VanbiesbrouckG	L	31	24	7	.774	60:00