Edmonton Oilers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, November 29, 1987 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Sunday, November 29, 1987 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Oilers 29–21.
Mark Messier scored twice. Craig Simpson, Robert Logan, Adam Creighton, Steve Graves and Glenn Anderson also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (17)Jeff Beukeboom (8), Grant Fuhr (5)1–001:33 EDM · 
Craig Simpson (14)Jari Kurri (17), Mike Krushelnyski (8)2–006:59 EDM
2nd period
Robert Logan (2)Mike Foligno (10), Christian Ruuttu (13)2–100:57 BUF
Adam Creighton (6)Kevin Maguire (3), Doug Smith (9)2–206:37 BUF- Mark Messier (18)Wayne Gretzky (41), Jeff Beukeboom (9)3–207:58 EDM ·
Steve Graves (2)Steve Smith (13), Mark Messier (23)4–208:45 EDM
3rd period
Glenn Anderson (15)Jeff Beukeboom (10), Wayne Gretzky (42)5–205:26 EDM ·
Team stats
EDMBUF
2129
0%0%
2/50/5
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:02 into the first period
Grant Fuhr · delaying game2 min - 4:22 into the first periodSteve Smith · hooking2 min
- 15:08 into the first period
Lindy Ruff · slashing2 min - 4:07 into the second periodMark Messier · hooking2 min
- 6:52 into the second periodDave Andreychuk · slashing2 min
- 14:42 into the second periodChris Joseph · holding2 min
- 18:39 into the second periodMoe Mantha · holding2 min
- 19:42 into the second periodPierre Turgeon · hooking2 min
- 4:48 into the third periodLindy Ruff · tripping2 min
- 13:26 into the third periodBob Halkidis · holding2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.