Hartford Whalers vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Tuesday, December 22, 1987 · Olympic Saddledome
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Hartford Whalers 6–5 in overtime on Tuesday, December 22, 1987 at Olympic Saddledome. The Whalers outshot the Flames 37–36.
Goals came from Paul Lawless, Al MacInnis, Kevin Dineen, Neil Sheehy, Joe Nieuwendyk, John Anderson, Lanny McDonald, Ray Ferraro, Tim Hunter, Dave Tippett and Gary Roberts.
Mike Vernon made 32 saves on 37 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Lawless (4)Dean Evason (10), Mark Reeds (3)1–004:14 HFD
Al MacInnis (11)Gary Roberts (7)1–110:02 CGY
2nd period
Kevin Dineen (13)Ulf Samuelsson (7), Ron Francis (21)2–109:27 HFD
Neil Sheehy (2)Hakan Loob (17), Mike Bullard (23)2–210:25 CGY
Joe Nieuwendyk (22)Hakan Loob (18), Mike Bullard (24)2–313:25 CGY · 
John Anderson (10)Dana Murzyn (6)3–317:13 HFD
3rd period
Lanny McDonald (5)Neil Sheehy (5)3–410:47 CGY
Ray Ferraro (6)John Anderson (19), Sylvain Turgeon (11)4–414:53 HFD
Tim Hunter (3)Carey Wilson (21), Neil Sheehy (6)4–516:29 CGY
Dave Tippett (7)Dave Babych (20), Ron Francis (22)5–516:50 HFD
Overtime
Gary Roberts (5)Gary Suter (23)5–604:10 CGY
Team stats
HFDCGY
3736
0%0%
0/51/6
2614
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:30 into the first period
Ron Francis · hooking2 min - 6:23 into the first period
Tim Hunter · holding2 min - 7:37 into the first periodJohn Anderson · holding2 min
- 10:34 into the first periodGary Suter · interference2 min
- 13:55 into the first periodDean Evason · holding2 min
- 15:56 into the first periodJoel Otto · hooking2 min
- 4:05 into the second periodAl MacInnis · holding2 min
- 12:16 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · hooking2 min
- 19:02 into the second periodSteve Weeks · roughing2 min
- 19:48 into the second periodBrent Peterson · misconduct10 min
- 2:00 into the third periodJim Peplinski · roughing2 min
- 2:00 into the third periodKevin Dineen · roughing2 min
- 3:49 into the third periodTim Hunter · roughing2 min
- 3:49 into the third periodTorrie Robertson · roughing2 min
- 4:19 into the third periodDean Evason · tripping2 min
- 18:53 into the third periodJoel Otto · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mark ReedsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 36 | 6 | .833 |
Calgary Flames
| 5Neil SheehyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Hakan LoobR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Brett HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Ric NattressD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Brian GlynnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike VernonG | W | 37 | 5 | .865 |
| 36Doug DadswellG | 0 | 0 | – |