New Jersey Devils vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, November 25, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Edmonton Oilers 8–7 in overtime on Wednesday, November 25, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum. The Devils outshot the Oilers 33–22.
Doug Sulliman scored twice and Aaron Broten scored twice. Jack O'Callahan, Steve Smith, Jari Kurri, Jeff Beukeboom, Ken Daneyko, Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson, Esa Tikkanen, Pat Verbeek, Wayne Gretzky and Kirk Muller also scored.
Alain Chevrier made 8 saves on 9 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 25 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Jack O'Callahan (2)Bruce Driver (13)1–009:21 NJD · 
Steve Smith (5)Wayne Gretzky (37), Jari Kurri (15)1–110:09 EDM
Jari Kurri (12)Wayne Gretzky (38), Chris Joseph (5)1–215:27 EDM · 
Jeff Beukeboom (2)Mark Messier (19), Glenn Anderson (12)1–317:27 EDM
Ken Daneyko (2)Aaron Broten (14), Pat Verbeek (8)2–318:34 NJD
Doug Sulliman (6)Patrik Sundstrom (12), Jim Korn (6)3–319:48 NJD ·
2nd period
Mark Messier (15)Glenn Anderson (13), Moe Mantha (9)3–406:09 EDM · 
Glenn Anderson (14)Chris Joseph (6), Mark Messier (20)3–509:31 EDM · 
Esa Tikkanen (5)Wayne Gretzky (39)3–610:53 EDM- Doug Sulliman (7)Patrik Sundstrom (13), Jack O'Callahan (4)4–613:39 NJD ·
Pat Verbeek (17)Aaron Broten (15), Kirk Muller (20)5–615:52 NJD
Wayne Gretzky (17)Mark Messier (21), Craig Muni (3)5–718:47 EDM ·
3rd period
Aaron Broten (7)Joe Cirella (11)6–712:53 NJD · 
Kirk Muller (6)Craig Wolanin (7), Aaron Broten (16)7–716:44 NJD
Overtime
- Aaron Broten (8)Pat Verbeek (9), Kirk Muller (21)8–700:13 NJD
Team stats
NJDEDM
3322
0%0%
3/83/7
2729
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:24 into the first period
Steve Smith · cross checking2 min - 8:07 into the first period
Joe Cirella · holding2 min - 8:33 into the first periodMark Messier · cross checking2 min
- 11:25 into the first periodKevin McClelland · roughing2 min
- 11:25 into the first periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
- 15:08 into the first periodKen Daneyko · holding2 min
- 15:08 into the first periodKen Daneyko · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:02 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · tripping2 min
- 0:52 into the second periodMark Messier · hooking2 min
- 0:52 into the second periodMark Messier · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:48 into the second periodClaude Loiselle · hooking2 min
- 6:44 into the second periodKevin McClelland · elbowing2 min
- 6:44 into the second periodKevin McClelland · fighting5 min
- 6:44 into the second periodPerry Anderson · instigator2 min
- 6:44 into the second periodPerry Anderson · fighting5 min
- 8:43 into the second periodKirk Muller · holding2 min
- 11:57 into the second periodCraig Simpson · hooking2 min
- 17:41 into the second periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
- 17:41 into the second periodSteve Smith · cross checking2 min
- 17:41 into the second periodJim Korn · cross checking2 min
- 18:19 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
- 18:19 into the second periodPatrik Sundstrom · cross checking2 min
- 19:10 into the second periodJack O'Callahan · roughing2 min
- 12:23 into the third periodKen Daneyko · tripping2 min
- 14:40 into the third periodCraig Simpson · hooking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 2 | 3 | 5 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Jack O'CallahanD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Perry AndersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Gordon MarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Bob SauveG | 13 | 6 | .538 | |
| 30Alain ChevrierG | W | 9 | 1 | .889 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Chris JosephD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Ron ShudraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 33 | 8 | .758 |