Philadelphia Flyers vs Edmonton Oilers

Regular season · Wednesday, December 30, 1987 · Northlands Coliseum

0–6

23–29

Game summary

The Edmonton Oilers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6–0 on Wednesday, December 30, 1987 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Flyers 29–23.

Goals came from Jari Kurri, Kevin Lowe, Esa Tikkanen, Dave Hannan, Marty McSorley and Wayne Gretzky.

Grant Fuhr made 23 saves on 23 shots for the win; Ron Hextall stopped 23 of 29.

Goals
PHI	0	0	0	0	23
EDM	3	2	1	6	29

Scoring

1st period

Jari Kurri (21)Wayne Gretzky (54)0–101:55 EDM ·
Kevin Lowe (2)Wayne Gretzky (55)0–206:49 EDM ·
Esa Tikkanen (10)Jari Kurri (27), Wayne Gretzky (56)0–309:43 EDM

2nd period

Dave Hannan (6)Marty McSorley (4)0–409:10 EDM
Marty McSorley (6)Steve Smith (20), Mike Krushelnyski (12)0–514:14 EDM

3rd period

Wayne Gretzky (30)Esa Tikkanen (29), Grant Fuhr (7)0–618:45 EDM

Team stats

PHIEDM

2329

0%0%

0/51/6

5339

Penalties

1:08 into the first periodNick Fotiu · hooking2 min
5:56 into the first periodEsa Tikkanen · holding2 min
9:43 into the first periodRon Hextall · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
12:48 into the first periodKevin McClelland · holding2 min
14:22 into the first periodSteve Smith · high sticking2 min
1:34 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
1:34 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
1:34 into the second periodNick Fotiu · roughing2 min
1:34 into the second periodNick Fotiu · roughing2 min
5:24 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · holding2 min
8:30 into the second periodMike Krushelnyski · holding2 min
8:30 into the second periodRon Sutter · slashing2 min
10:08 into the second periodCraig Muni · tripping2 min
13:02 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · slashing2 min
13:02 into the second periodKjell Samuelsson · cross checking2 min
15:51 into the second periodRick Tocchet · tripping2 min
19:44 into the second periodMike Krushelnyski · roughing2 min
19:44 into the second periodMarty McSorley · interference2 min
19:44 into the second periodDave Brown · roughing2 min
19:44 into the second periodRon Hextall · high sticking2 min
3:34 into the third periodKevin McClelland · slashing2 min
3:34 into the third periodKevin McClelland · fighting5 min
3:34 into the third periodKevin McClelland · attempt to injure10 min
3:34 into the third periodKjell Samuelsson · interference2 min
3:34 into the third periodRick Tocchet · fighting5 min
3:34 into the third periodRick Tocchet · game misconduct10 min
8:30 into the third periodRon Sutter · tripping2 min
10:39 into the third periodLindsay Carson · slashing2 min
16:24 into the third periodDave Brown · misconduct10 min
20:00 into the third periodMarty McSorley · high sticking2 min
20:00 into the third periodRon Hextall · high sticking2 min

Season series

Philadelphia Flyers

Philadelphia Flyers skaters

9Pelle EklundC	0	2	0	–	–
14Ron SutterC	−1	1	4	–	–
18Lindsay CarsonC	0	1	2	–	–
19Scott MellanbyR	−2	2	0	–	–
20Dave PoulinC	−1	0	0	–	–
21Dave BrownR	−2	1	12	–	–
22Rick TocchetR	0	2	17	–	–
23Ilkka SinisaloR	0	3	0	–	–
24Derrick SmithL	−1	4	0	–	–
25Peter ZezelC	−3	1	0	–	–
29Nick FotiuL	−2	1	6	–	–
32Murray CravenL	−3	0	0	–	–
2Mark HoweD	−2	1	0	–	–
3Doug CrossmanD	−1	0	0	–	–
5Kerry HuffmanD	−1	1	0	–	–
8Brad MarshD	−2	0	0	–	–
28Kjell SamuelssonD	−2	1	6	–	–
40Greg SmythD	−2	2	0	–	–

Philadelphia Flyers goalies
Goalie
27Ron HextallG	L	29	23	6	.793	60:00

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers skaters

99Wayne GretzkyC	1	3	4	+3	3	0	–	–
10Esa TikkanenL	1	1	2	+2	3	4	–	–
17Jari KurriR	1	1	2	+3	1	0	–	–
33Marty McSorleyD	1	1	2	+2	1	4	–	–
12Dave HannanC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–
26Mike KrushelnyskiC	0	1	1	+1	3	4	–	–
4Kevin LoweD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–
5Steve SmithD	0	1	1	+3	1	2	–	–
9Glenn AndersonR	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
11Mark MessierC	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
14Craig MacTavishC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
15Steve GravesL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
18Craig SimpsonL	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
24Kevin McClellandR	0	0	0	0	1	19	–	–
6Jeff BeukeboomD	0	0	0	+4	0	4	–	–
20Moe ManthaD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	–	–
22Charlie HuddyD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	–	–
28Craig MuniD	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–

Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie
31Grant FuhrG	W	23	23	0	1.000	60:00