Los Angeles Kings vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, December 12, 1987 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Los Angeles Kings 3–2 on Saturday, December 12, 1987 at Hartford Civic Center. The Kings outshot the Whalers 32–28.
Goals came from Bryan Erickson, Mike Millar, Ron Francis, Dave Babych and Luc Robitaille.
Mike Liut made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Bob Janecyk stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Erickson (3)Bob Bourne (4), Paul Fenton (8)1–007:34 LAK
Mike Millar (4)Paul Macdermid (3), Ray Ferraro (13)1–109:48 HFD ·
2nd period
Ron Francis (13)Dana Murzyn (5), Ulf Samuelsson (4)1–200:42 HFD
Dave Babych (6)Unassisted1–309:01 HFD ·
3rd period
Luc Robitaille (17)Steve Duchesne (16), Jimmy Carson (21)2–314:08 LAK
Team stats
LAKHFD
3228
0%0%
0/52/7
1410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:59 into the first period
Steve Duchesne · holding2 min - 8:28 into the first periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
- 11:18 into the first period
Ulf Samuelsson · interference2 min - 4:03 into the second periodJoel Quenneville · holding2 min
- 4:14 into the second periodPaul Fenton · hooking2 min
- 8:07 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:03 into the second periodJimmy Carson · high sticking2 min
- 5:38 into the third periodJoel Quenneville · holding2 min
- 6:12 into the third periodBernie Nicholls · slashing2 min
- 8:24 into the third periodRay Ferraro · slashing2 min
- 16:24 into the third periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
- 17:46 into the third periodMike Liut · illegal stick2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 8Paul FentonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Bryan EricksonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Wayne McbeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bob JanecykG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 31Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 8Mike MillarR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |