Minnesota North Stars vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Sunday, December 6, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Minnesota North Stars 10-4 on Sunday, December 6, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum.
Esa Tikkanen scored twice, Wayne Gretzky scored 5 goals and Dino Ciccarelli scored twice. Terry Ruskowski, Steve Smith, Jari Kurri, Mike Krushelnyski and Brian Lawton also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 35 saves on 39 shots for the win; Kari Takko stopped 3 of 4.
Scoring
1st period
Esa Tikkanen (6)Wayne Gretzky (44), Jari Kurri (18)0–100:42 EDM
Terry Ruskowski (2)Neal Broten (14), Brian Bellows (11)1–104:39 MNS · PPG
Wayne Gretzky (21)Steve Smith (15)1–205:38 EDM
Steve Smith (6)Craig MacTavish (6)1–309:06 EDM
Dino Ciccarelli (15)Scott Bjugstad (11), Ron Wilson (11)2–310:58 MNS · PPG- Wayne Gretzky (22)Craig Simpson (17), Esa Tikkanen (24)2–414:34 EDM · PPG
- Wayne Gretzky (23)Mark Messier (26), Jari Kurri (19)2–516:11 EDM · PPG
2nd period
Jari Kurri (15)Glenn Anderson (17), Mark Messier (27)2–611:17 EDM- Dino Ciccarelli (16)Unassisted3–614:43 MNS · PPG
- Wayne Gretzky (24)Jari Kurri (20), Esa Tikkanen (25)3–715:13 EDM
Mike Krushelnyski (6)Unassisted3–819:53 EDM
3rd period
Brian Lawton (7)Unassisted4–801:51 MNS- Esa Tikkanen (7)Jari Kurri (21)4–912:52 EDM · SHG
- Wayne Gretzky (25)Steve Smith (16), Grant Fuhr (6)4–1014:15 EDM
Team stats
MNSEDM
39Shots on goal39
0%Faceoff %0%
3/10Power play2/5
16Penalty minutes24
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 03:47
Craig Muni · hooking2 min - 1st 06:10Kevin McClelland · slashing2 min
- 1st 06:10
Frantisek Musil · slashing2 min - 1st 09:28Jeff Beukeboom · holding2 min
- 1st 12:44Brian Lawton · interference2 min
- 1st 15:49Frantisek Musil · holding2 min
- 1st 17:53Esa Tikkanen · hooking2 min
- 2nd 01:29Jeff Beukeboom · holding2 min
- 2nd 03:19Kevin Lowe · holding2 min
- 2nd 09:00Glenn Anderson · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 09:00Mark Messier · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:59Steve Smith · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 06:46Dirk Graham · holding2 min
- 3rd 10:15Kevin Lowe · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:52Mark Messier · tripping2 min
- 3rd 13:16Bob Brooke · holding2 min
- 3rd 13:16Bob Brooke · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 13:47Moe Mantha · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:43Neal Broten · tripping2 min
- 3rd 19:51Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 2 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 8 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 2 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 11Brian LawtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Scott BjugstadL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 3 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Ron WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 3 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dirk GrahamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 3 | – |
| 37Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 5Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 25Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | – |
| 28Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | L | 4 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 05:26 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 35 | 26 | 9 | .743 | 54:34 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 5 | 1 | 6 | +4 | 13 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 4 | 5 | +5 | 2 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 39 | 35 | 4 | .897 | 60:00 |