Edmonton Oilers vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, December 2, 1987 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Edmonton Oilers 7-4 on Wednesday, December 2, 1987 at Joe Louis Arena. The Oilers outshot the Red Wings 34-25.
Gerard Gallant scored twice, Craig Simpson scored a hat trick and John Chabot scored twice. Brent Ashton, Shawn Burr, Mike Krushelnyski and Joe Murphy also scored.
Glen Hanlon made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 4 of 9.
Scoring
1st period
Brent Ashton (9)Petr Klima (3), Darren Veitch (12)0–100:42 DET
Gerard Gallant (8)Bob Probert (14)0–201:02 DET
Shawn Burr (7)Petr Klima (4), Jeff Sharples (6)0–303:09 DET · PPG
Craig Simpson (16)Esa Tikkanen (20), Steve Smith (14)1–307:34 EDM
John Chabot (2)Tim Higgins (4), Joe Murphy (4)1–408:10 DET- Gerard Gallant (9)Steve Yzerman (14), Darren Veitch (13)1–511:47 DET · PPG
- Craig Simpson (17)Wayne Gretzky (43), Glenn Anderson (14)2–519:43 EDM · PPG
2nd period
Mike Krushelnyski (5)Normand Lacombe (4)3–506:59 EDM- John Chabot (3)Tim Higgins (5), Mel Bridgman (3)3–617:08 DET
3rd period
Joe Murphy (4)Unassisted3–700:52 DET- Craig Simpson (18)Moe Mantha (10), Esa Tikkanen (21)4–718:24 EDM · PPG
Team stats
EDMDET
34Shots on goal25
0%Faceoff %0%
2/10Power play2/8
25Penalty minutes29
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 01:25
Grant Fuhr · slashing2 min - 1st 04:38
Joey Kocur · roughing2 min - 1st 09:36Bob Probert · holding2 min
- 1st 11:11Charlie Huddy · hooking2 min
- 1st 13:27Darren Veitch · high sticking2 min
- 1st 18:42Bob Probert · roughing2 min
- 1st 18:42Steve Smith · roughing2 min
- 1st 19:11Rick Zombo · holding2 min
- 2nd 03:13Shawn Burr · slashing2 min
- 2nd 03:13Jeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
- 2nd 04:10Rick Zombo · slashing2 min
- 2nd 07:44Jeff Beukeboom · holding2 min
- 2nd 09:44Rick Zombo · tripping2 min
- 2nd 11:04Jari Kurri · interference2 min
- 2nd 13:48Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 18:29Gilbert Delorme · holding2 min
- 3rd 02:10Jeff Sharples · holding2 min
- 3rd 05:18Steve Graves · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 09:18Joey Kocur · fighting5 min
- 3rd 09:18Kelly Buchberger · fighting5 min
- 3rd 10:05Craig MacTavish · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 12:02Steve Chiasson · interference2 min
- 3rd 14:19Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3rd 17:59Doug Halward · roughing2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 7 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 15Steve GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | – |
| 2Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Daryl ReaughG | 16 | 14 | 2 | .875 | 40:00 | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 9 | 4 | 5 | .444 | 20:00 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Joe MurphyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16John ChabotC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Darren VeitchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 14Brent AshtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Jeff SharplesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Rick ZomboD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | W | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 59:19 |
| 30Greg StefanG | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 00:41 |