Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings

Regular season · Wednesday, December 16, 1987 · The Forum

5–7

26–34

Game summary

The Los Angeles Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers 7–5 on Wednesday, December 16, 1987 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Oilers 34–26.

Jim Fox scored twice and Craig Simpson scored twice. Craig MacTavish, Bobby Carpenter, Luc Robitaille, Steve Smith, Wayne Gretzky, Mike Allison, Mark Hardy and Bernie Nicholls also scored.

Goals
EDM	1	1	3	5	26
LAK	1	3	3	7	34

Scoring

1st period

Craig MacTavish (3)Marty McSorley (1), Steve Smith (18)1–007:41 EDM
Jim Fox (8)Bobby Carpenter (20)1–119:56 LAK

2nd period

Jim Fox (9)Unassisted1–201:32 LAK
Craig Simpson (20)Wayne Gretzky (48), Jari Kurri (23)2–209:43 EDM ·
Bobby Carpenter (13)Jim Fox (15), Larry Playfair (1)2–313:41 LAK
Luc Robitaille (18)Tom Laidlaw (4), Jimmy Carson (22)2–414:24 LAK

3rd period

Steve Smith (7)Craig Simpson (18), Mark Messier (29)3–402:42 EDM ·
Craig Simpson (21)Mike Krushelnyski (10)4–403:43 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (28)Jari Kurri (24), Steve Smith (19)5–406:09 EDM
Mike Allison (1)Tom Laidlaw (5), Bryan Erickson (6)5–506:39 LAK
Mark Hardy (5)Jimmy Carson (23)5–614:33 LAK ·
Bernie Nicholls (14)Bobby Carpenter (21), Jim Fox (16)5–719:07 LAK

Team stats

EDMLAK

2634

0%0%

2/61/8

3129

Penalties

4:02 into the first periodCraig Muni · hooking2 min
9:09 into the first periodMark Messier · tripping2 min
10:35 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
10:35 into the first periodSteve Smith · high sticking2 min
10:35 into the first periodPaul Fenton · high sticking2 min
10:35 into the first periodBernie Nicholls · cross checking2 min
13:07 into the first periodBobby Carpenter · holding2 min
17:56 into the first periodMark Messier · interference2 min
3:05 into the second periodJoe Paterson · hooking2 min
6:01 into the second periodCraig Muni · interference2 min
9:03 into the second periodJoe Paterson · tripping2 min
15:23 into the second periodCraig Simpson · high sticking2 min
15:23 into the second periodCraig Simpson · fighting5 min
15:23 into the second periodMark Hardy · roughing2 min
15:23 into the second periodMark Hardy · fighting5 min
15:38 into the second periodDave Hannan · slashing2 min
15:38 into the second periodLarry Playfair · slashing2 min
16:43 into the second periodPaul Guay · holding2 min
2:26 into the third periodJay Wells · high sticking2 min
7:26 into the third periodLuc Robitaille · tripping2 min
9:38 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · high sticking double minor4 min
12:19 into the third periodBernie Nicholls · slashing2 min
13:13 into the third periodMoe Mantha · high sticking2 min
13:30 into the third periodCraig Muni · hooking2 min
14:25 into the third periodSteve Smith · cross checking2 min
14:25 into the third periodPaul Fenton · roughing2 min

Game summary

Scoring

Team stats

Penalties

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