Edmonton Oilers vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Saturday, December 12, 1987 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-3 on Saturday, December 12, 1987 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Oilers 27-24.
Wayne Gretzky scored twice and John Leblanc scored twice. Craig Simpson, Marty McSorley, Dave Hannan, Stan Smyl and Jari Kurri also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 18 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Craig Simpson (19)Normand Lacombe (5), Charlie Huddy (9)1–010:42 EDM
Marty McSorley (2)Craig MacTavish (7)2–011:53 EDM
2nd period
Wayne Gretzky (26)Unassisted3–001:35 EDM · SHG
Dave Hannan (5)Unassisted4–007:04 EDM · SHG
John Leblanc (1)Stan Smyl (17), Dave Richter (1)4–109:25 VAN
Stan Smyl (8)Randy Boyd (7), Doug Wickenheiser (6)4–211:57 VAN · PPG
3rd period
- Wayne Gretzky (27)Jari Kurri (22)5–202:54 EDM · SHG
- John Leblanc (2)Stan Smyl (18)5–306:28 VAN
Jari Kurri (17)Wayne Gretzky (47), Craig Muni (5)6–317:21 EDM
Team stats
EDMVAN
24Shots on goal27
0%Faceoff %0%
0/3Power play1/7
38Penalty minutes30
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 00:55
Charlie Huddy · roughing2 min - 1st 00:55Charlie Huddy · fighting5 min
- 1st 00:55
Stan Smyl · instigator2 min - 1st 00:55Stan Smyl · roughing2 min
- 1st 00:55Stan Smyl · fighting5 min
- 1st 03:00Steve Smith · holding2 min
- 1st 12:35Kevin Lowe · roughing2 min
- 1st 12:35Marty McSorley · misconduct10 min
- 1st 12:35Dave Richter · misconduct10 min
- 1st 12:35Rich Sutter · roughing2 min
- 1st 16:25Normand Lacombe · holding2 min
- 1st 19:09Kevin McClelland · elbowing2 min
- 2nd 00:41Craig Muni · tripping2 min
- 2nd 06:35Marty McSorley · interference2 min
- 2nd 11:00Esa Tikkanen · holding2 min
- 2nd 12:02Dave Richter · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:46Craig Coxe · tripping2 min
- 3rd 01:04Mike Krushelnyski · tripping2 min
- 3rd 07:37Kevin McClelland · fighting5 min
- 3rd 07:37Jim Agnew · fighting5 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Daryl ReaughG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 60:00 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28John LeblancR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 6Dave RichterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy BoydD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ronnie SternR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 17Jeff RohlicekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 21Craig CoxeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 33David SaundersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 5 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 32Jim AgnewD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Ian KiddD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 24 | 18 | 6 | .750 | 60:00 |
| 30Frank CapriceG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |