Toronto Maple Leafs vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, December 5, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 on Saturday, December 5, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Maple Leafs 30–26.
Wayne Gretzky scored twice. Glenn Anderson, Miroslav Frycer, Russ Courtnall, Mark Messier and Jari Kurri also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Ken Wregget stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Glenn Anderson (16)Mark Messier (24), Kevin McClelland (2)0–109:05 EDM
Miroslav Frycer (6)Vincent Damphousse (10), Al Secord (6)1–115:08 TOR ·
2nd period
Russ Courtnall (13)Todd Gill (3)2–117:09 TOR
3rd period
Wayne Gretzky (19)Esa Tikkanen (22), Jeff Beukeboom (11)2–200:57 EDM
Mark Messier (19)Charlie Huddy (8), Glenn Anderson (15)2–305:40 EDM
Jari Kurri (14)Mark Messier (25), Glenn Anderson (16)2–409:33 EDM- Wayne Gretzky (20)Esa Tikkanen (23)2–518:59 EDM
Team stats
TOREDM
2630
0%0%
1/40/4
1520
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:26 into the first period
Esa Tikkanen · high sticking2 min - 9:26 into the first period
Mike Allison · high sticking2 min - 14:27 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:32 into the first periodTodd Gill · slashing2 min
- 1:51 into the second periodMark Messier · elbowing5 min
- 9:10 into the second periodGary Leeman · holding2 min
- 11:01 into the second periodEddie Olczyk · delaying game2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodCharlie Huddy · holding2 min
- 10:09 into the third periodAl Secord · hooking2 min
- 19:43 into the third periodCraig MacTavish · holding2 min
- 19:43 into the third periodMarty McSorley · instigator2 min
- 19:43 into the third periodMarty McSorley · fighting5 min
- 19:43 into the third periodTodd Gill · fighting5 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 14Miroslav FrycerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Gary LeemanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 3Dale DegrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 33Al IafrateD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Steve GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |