Toronto Maple Leafs vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Thursday, December 3, 1987 · Olympic Saddledome
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 on Thursday, December 3, 1987 at Olympic Saddledome. The Maple Leafs outshot the Flames 36–33.
Goals came from Jim Peplinski, Miroslav Frycer, Al MacInnis, Joe Nieuwendyk, Russ Courtnall, Hakan Loob, Joe Mullen and Mike Blaisdell.
Mike Vernon made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Allan Bester stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Jim Peplinski (9)Joel Otto (7), Joe Mullen (20)0–100:15 CGY
Miroslav Frycer (5)Vincent Damphousse (9), Al Secord (5)1–107:50 TOR
Al MacInnis (9)Gary Suter (13), Mike Bullard (18)1–216:05 CGY ·
2nd period
Joe Nieuwendyk (15)Mike Bullard (19), Al MacInnis (16)1–304:54 CGY · 
Russ Courtnall (12)Allan Bester (1)2–306:42 TOR · 
Hakan Loob (15)Gary Suter (14)2–407:21 CGY ·
3rd period
Joe Mullen (11)Jim Peplinski (13)2–516:09 CGY
Mike Blaisdell (1)Greg Terrion (10)3–518:02 TOR
Team stats
TORCGY
3633
0%0%
0/63/4
1014
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:23 into the first period
Brian Glynn · holding2 min - 15:39 into the first period
Rick Lanz · interference2 min - 18:08 into the first periodLanny McDonald · interference2 min
- 18:48 into the first periodBrad McCrimmon · roughing2 min
- 18:48 into the first periodMark Osborne · high sticking2 min
- 2:25 into the second periodHakan Loob · interference2 min
- 4:37 into the second periodTodd Gill · holding2 min
- 5:42 into the second periodTom Fergus · holding2 min
- 16:27 into the second periodGary Roberts · high sticking2 min
- 3:11 into the third periodGary Roberts · high sticking2 min
- 7:48 into the third periodTodd Gill · hooking2 min
- 12:25 into the third periodAl MacInnis · tripping2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 10Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Miroslav FrycerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BlaisdellR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Gary LeemanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 12Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Tom FergusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Dale DegrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Al IafrateD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Allan BesterG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – |
Calgary Flames
| 7Joe MullenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Hakan LoobR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Ric NattressD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Brian GlynnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike VernonG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
| 36Doug DadswellG | 0 | 0 | – |