Vancouver Canucks vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 1987 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Vancouver Canucks 3–2 on Saturday, December 26, 1987 at The Forum. The Canucks outshot the Kings 36–25.
Goals came from Paul Fenton, Tony Tanti, Mike Allison, Jimmy Carson and Greg Adams.
Roland Melanson made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Fenton (12)Jim Fox (17), Bernie Nicholls (19)0–109:02 LAK · 
Tony Tanti (16)Unassisted1–113:45 VAN
Mike Allison (2)Luc Robitaille (27)1–217:17 LAK
3rd period
Jimmy Carson (22)Bob Bourne (5), Jay Wells (10)1–312:58 LAK · 
Greg Adams (20)Jim Benning (7), Barry Pederson (15)2–319:40 VAN
Team stats
VANLAK
3625
0%0%
0/52/4
1618
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:43 into the first period
Jim Benning · tripping2 min - 3:08 into the first period
Larry Playfair · interference2 min - 7:44 into the first periodStan Smyl · holding2 min
- 17:17 into the first periodJay Wells · cross checking2 min
- 17:17 into the first periodGarth Butcher · roughing2 min
- 4:51 into the second periodBarry Pederson · hooking2 min
- 8:32 into the second periodLarry Playfair · interference2 min
- 13:13 into the second periodKen Hammond · hooking2 min
- 15:56 into the second periodPaul Guay · slashing2 min
- 18:21 into the second periodSteve Duchesne · holding2 min
- 2:27 into the third periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
- 2:27 into the third periodRich Sutter · roughing2 min
- 5:54 into the third periodBobby Carpenter · roughing2 min
- 5:54 into the third periodGarth Butcher · roughing2 min
- 12:51 into the third periodTony Tanti · tripping2 min
- 14:27 into the third periodSteve Duchesne · roughing2 min
- 14:27 into the third periodJohn Leblanc · slashing2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Craig CoxeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28John LeblancR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 33David SaundersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Daryl StanleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 30Frank CapriceG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 8Paul FentonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Mike AllisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Paul GuayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Glen CurrieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Ken HammondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Roland MelansonG | W | 36 | 2 | .944 |
| 35Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – |