Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Monday, December 28, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 7-3 on Monday, December 28, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Oilers 38-28.
Mark Messier scored twice and Craig Simpson scored twice. Glenn Anderson, Tony Tanti, Daryl Stanley, Kevin McClelland, John Leblanc and Marty McSorley also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Frank Caprice stopped 21 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Glenn Anderson (19)Moe Mantha (13), Esa Tikkanen (28)0–112:15 EDM · PPG
Mark Messier (23)Wayne Gretzky (53)0–214:21 EDM · SHG
Tony Tanti (17)Garth Butcher (8), Randy Boyd (9)1–217:04 VAN · PPG
2nd period
Daryl Stanley (2)Barry Pederson (16), Petri Skriko (12)2–201:07 VAN
Kevin McClelland (9)Mike Krushelnyski (11)2–306:33 EDM- Mark Messier (24)Glenn Anderson (21), Craig Muni (8)2–408:59 EDM
John Leblanc (6)Randy Boyd (10), Greg Adams (18)3–416:25 VAN · PPG
3rd period
Craig Simpson (25)Glenn Anderson (22), Mark Messier (32)3–500:45 EDM- Craig Simpson (26)Mark Messier (33), Glenn Anderson (23)3–608:27 EDM
Marty McSorley (5)Craig MacTavish (10), Craig Muni (9)3–716:20 EDM
Team stats
VANEDM
38Shots on goal28
0%Faceoff %0%
2/6Power play1/3
30Penalty minutes36
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 03:11
Mike Krushelnyski · holding2 min - 1st 06:28
Dave Richter · holding2 min - 1st 10:48Randy Boyd · charging2 min
- 1st 12:33Moe Mantha · tripping2 min
- 1st 15:40Marty McSorley · tripping2 min
- 1st 18:54Daryl Stanley · holding2 min
- 1st 19:43Craig Simpson · holding2 min
- 1st 19:43Garth Butcher · roughing2 min
- 2nd 07:37Moe Mantha · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 07:37Stan Smyl · elbowing2 min
- 2nd 10:22Kevin McClelland · fighting5 min
- 2nd 10:22Daryl Stanley · fighting5 min
- 2nd 11:11Steve Smith · slashing2 min
- 2nd 11:11Steve Smith · fighting5 min
- 2nd 11:11Craig Coxe · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 11:11Craig Coxe · fighting5 min
- 2nd 14:54Craig Muni · tripping2 min
- 2nd 15:33Kevin Lowe · hooking2 min
- 3rd 02:42Steve Graves · slashing2 min
- 3rd 02:42Tony Tanti · slashing2 min
- 3rd 09:22Moe Mantha · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:22Jim Sandlak · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:39Esa Tikkanen · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 09:39Craig Coxe · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:51Craig MacTavish · slashing2 min
- 3rd 09:51Dave Richter · slashing2 min
- 3rd 18:54Jeff Beukeboom · holding2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 27Randy BoydD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 3 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 5 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28John LeblancR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 2 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 0 | – |
| 29Daryl StanleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Craig CoxeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 33David SaundersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 8 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | L | 28 | 21 | 7 | .750 | 60:00 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 1 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Steve GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 0 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 38 | 35 | 3 | .921 | 60:00 |