Pittsburgh Penguins vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, November 20, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 on Friday, November 20, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum. The Penguins outshot the Oilers 33–31.
Goals came from Steve Smith, Craig Simpson, Mark Messier, Dave Hunter and Jari Kurri.
Grant Fuhr made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Smith (4)Wayne Gretzky (35), Jari Kurri (14)0–109:18 EDM · 
Craig Simpson (13)Mario Lemieux (17)1–118:29 PIT ·
2nd period
Mark Messier (14)Steve Smith (11), Mike Krushelnyski (6)1–205:53 EDM
Dave Hunter (3)Normand Lacombe (2), Craig Muni (2)1–316:41 EDM
3rd period
Jari Kurri (11)Ron Shudra (5), Wayne Gretzky (36)1–415:58 EDM
Team stats
PITEDM
3331
0%0%
1/71/3
1016
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:32 into the first period
Mario Lemieux · slashing2 min - 5:46 into the first period
Jim Wiemer · holding2 min - 8:30 into the first periodVille Siren · holding2 min
- 17:05 into the first periodCraig Muni · holding2 min
- 4:29 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · roughing2 min
- 4:29 into the second periodVille Siren · roughing2 min
- 8:07 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2:09 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · holding2 min
- 6:12 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · holding2 min
- 9:46 into the third periodCraig Muni · interference2 min
- 10:21 into the third periodMoe Mantha · hooking2 min
- 11:01 into the third periodSteve Smith · holding2 min
- 13:46 into the third periodRon Shudra · holding2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 14Chris KontosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Dan FrawleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Dwight MathiasenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 36Jock CallanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Ron ShudraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Steve GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Thomas McmurchyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 33 | 1 | .970 |