Hartford Whalers vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, December 19, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–3 on Saturday, December 19, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum. The Whalers outshot the Oilers 41–24.
John Anderson scored twice. Mark Messier, Craig Simpson, Dean Evason, Marty McSorley and Paul Lawless also scored.
Mike Liut made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Daryl Reaugh stopped 37 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (21)Unassisted0–106:04 EDM
Craig Simpson (23)Moe Mantha (12)0–216:11 EDM
2nd period
John Anderson (8)Kevin Dineen (13), Ron Francis (19)1–206:10 HFD · 
Dean Evason (3)Mark Reeds (2)2–212:05 HFD- John Anderson (9)Sylvain Turgeon (10), Sylvain Cote (6)3–215:17 HFD
Marty McSorley (3)Craig MacTavish (8), Dave Hannan (4)3–316:20 EDM
3rd period
Paul Lawless (2)Ulf Samuelsson (5)4–305:55 HFD
Team stats
HFDEDM
4124
0%0%
1/20/4
1511
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:55 into the first period
Mark Messier · holding2 min - 1:05 into the second period
Ulf Samuelsson · holding2 min - 3:37 into the second periodKevin Dineen · interference2 min
- 5:03 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · holding2 min
- 9:55 into the third periodDana Murzyn · high sticking double minor4 min
- 17:32 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · holding2 min
- 17:32 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · fighting5 min
- 17:32 into the third periodMark Reeds · roughing2 min
- 17:32 into the third periodMark Reeds · fighting5 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 20John AndersonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mark ReedsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Mike MillarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Daryl ReaughG | L | 41 | 4 | .902 |