Los Angeles Kings vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Tuesday, December 22, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–2 on Tuesday, December 22, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Kings 35–31.
Goals came from Esa Tikkanen, Craig Simpson, Luc Robitaille, Steve Duchesne, Marty McSorley, Mark Messier and Jari Kurri.
Grant Fuhr made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Bob Janecyk stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Esa Tikkanen (9)Jari Kurri (26), Wayne Gretzky (51)0–114:26 EDM
Craig Simpson (24)Glenn Anderson (19)0–216:15 EDM ·
2nd period
Luc Robitaille (20)Mike Allison (4)1–210:51 LAK · 
Steve Duchesne (8)Joe Paterson (3), Larry Playfair (2)2–212:25 LAK
Marty McSorley (4)Craig MacTavish (9), Esa Tikkanen (26)2–313:16 EDM
3rd period
Mark Messier (22)Glenn Anderson (20), Craig Simpson (19)2–403:27 EDM
Jari Kurri (20)Wayne Gretzky (52), Jeff Beukeboom (13)2–511:45 EDM ·
Team stats
LAKEDM
3135
0%0%
1/52/2
5258
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:20 into the first period
Craig Muni · tripping2 min - 12:12 into the first periodEsa Tikkanen · cross checking2 min
- 13:27 into the first periodSteve Smith · fighting5 min
- 13:27 into the first period
Mike Allison · fighting5 min - 15:07 into the first periodLarry Playfair · cross checking2 min
- 19:03 into the first periodEsa Tikkanen · roughing2 min
- 19:03 into the first periodPhil Sykes · roughing2 min
- 9:00 into the second periodKevin McClelland · high sticking2 min
- 9:00 into the second periodKevin McClelland · fighting5 min
- 9:00 into the second periodJay Wells · instigator2 min
- 9:00 into the second periodJay Wells · fighting5 min
- 10:47 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · hooking2 min
- 15:18 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
- 15:18 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · misconduct10 min
- 15:18 into the second periodWayne Gretzky · roughing2 min
- 15:18 into the second periodJoe Paterson · roughing2 min
- 15:18 into the second periodJoe Paterson · misconduct10 min
- 15:18 into the second periodPhil Sykes · roughing2 min
- 15:50 into the second periodKevin McClelland · fighting5 min
- 15:50 into the second periodKevin McClelland · misconduct10 min
- 15:50 into the second periodLarry Playfair · fighting5 min
- 15:50 into the second periodLarry Playfair · misconduct10 min
- 5:42 into the third periodSteve Smith · roughing2 min
- 11:18 into the third periodJimmy Carson · holding2 min
- 17:00 into the third periodMarty McSorley · fighting5 min
- 17:00 into the third periodJoe Paterson · fighting5 min
- 17:25 into the third periodCraig Muni · holding2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 10Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 27Joe PatersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Paul FentonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Paul GuayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Ken HammondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bob JanecykG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Steve GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |