St. Louis Blues vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Thursday, December 31, 1987 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the St. Louis Blues 7-2 on Thursday, December 31, 1987 at Joe Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Red Wings 28-26.
Bob Probert scored a hat trick. Tim Higgins, Steve Yzerman, Gerard Gallant, Petr Klima, Brian Benning and Perry Turnbull also scored.
Greg Stefan made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Rick Wamsley stopped 19 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Tim Higgins (5)Shawn Burr (9), Mel Bridgman (8)0–101:02 DET
Bob Probert (15)Steve Yzerman (31), Jeff Sharples (12)0–209:54 DET · PPG
Steve Yzerman (28)Jeff Sharples (13), Bob Probert (19)0–311:21 DET · PPG
2nd period
Gerard Gallant (16)Steve Yzerman (32)0–401:29 DET- Bob Probert (16)Darren Veitch (21)0–509:17 DET
3rd period
Petr Klima (22)Unassisted0–600:27 DET- Bob Probert (17)Steve Yzerman (33), Jeff Sharples (14)0–702:39 DET · PPG
Brian Benning (5)Bernie Federko (34), Doug Gilmour (27)1–707:48 STL · PPG
Perry Turnbull (5)Paul Cavallini (4), Herb Raglan (3)2–714:51 STL
Team stats
STLDET
28Shots on goal26
0%Faceoff %0%
1/6Power play3/9
49Penalty minutes40
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 00:24
Lee Norwood · roughing2 min - 1st 00:24Lee Norwood · fighting5 min
- 1st 00:24
Todd Ewen · roughing2 min - 1st 00:24Todd Ewen · fighting5 min
- 1st 04:49Brent Ashton · slashing2 min
- 1st 06:32Gino Cavallini · high sticking5 min
- 1st 09:16Joey Kocur · slashing2 min
- 1st 09:16Rob Ramage · roughing2 min
- 1st 12:07Jeff Sharples · holding2 min
- 2nd 07:14Paul Cavallini · holding2 min
- 2nd 10:18Paul Cavallini · holding2 min
- 2nd 10:18Paul Cavallini · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 16:30Doug Halward · holding2 min
- 2nd 18:46Doug Halward · instigator2 min
- 2nd 18:46Doug Halward · fighting5 min
- 2nd 18:46Gino Cavallini · fighting5 min
- 2nd 18:46Gino Cavallini · high sticking5 min
- 2nd 18:46Gino Cavallini · game misconduct10 min
- 3rd 07:04Tim Higgins · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:43Todd Ewen · hooking2 min
- 3rd 17:29Greg Stefan · slashing5 min
- 3rd 18:24Rick Zombo · holding2 min
- 3rd 19:22Greg Stefan · goalie leave crease2 min
- 3rd 19:22Darren Veitch · slashing2 min
- 3rd 19:22Darren Veitch · fighting5 min
- 3rd 19:22Brian Sutter · slashing2 min
- 3rd 19:33Brian Sutter · fighting5 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 9Doug GilmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 19Perry TurnbullC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 25Herb RaglanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian BenningD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 7 | – |
| 14Paul CavalliniD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 17Gino CavalliniL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 18Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Todd EwenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 32Doug EvansL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Charlie BourgeoisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 26Michael DarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 27Robert NordmarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 30Rick WamsleyG | L | 26 | 19 | 7 | .731 | 60:00 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 19Steve YzermanC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 34Jeff SharplesD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Joe MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave BarrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick ZomboD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 30Greg StefanG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 60:00 |