USA vs Sweden
· Monday, August 31, 1987 · Copps Coliseum
USAAway
5–2
Final30–28
SwedenHome
Game summary
The USA beat the Sweden 5–2 on Monday, August 31, 1987 at Copps Coliseum. The USA outshot the Sweden 30–28.
Goals came from Bobby Carpenter, Eddie Olczyk, Chris Nilan, Bob Brooke, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Joe Mullen and Mats Naslund.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 0 saves on 28 shots for the win; Peter Lindmark stopped 0 of 30.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 30 |
| SWE | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 |
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Carpenter (1)Eddie Olczyk (1), Joel Otto (1)1–003:38 USA
2nd period
Eddie Olczyk (1)Joel Otto (2), Bobby Carpenter (2)2–002:54 USA
Chris Nilan (1)Phil Housley (2), Curt Fraser (1)3–006:15 USA
Bob Brooke (1)Rod Langway (1)4–012:51 USA
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (2)Mats Naslund (2), Tommy Albelin (1)4–115:55 SWE
3rd period
Joe Mullen (2)Aaron Broten (2), Mark Johnson (1)5–102:13 USA
Mats Naslund (1)Anders Eldebrink (2), Kent Nilsson (3)5–207:34 SWE ·
Team stats
USASWE
3028
0%0%
0/31/6
126
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:15 into the first periodBengt-Ake Gustafsson · boarding2 min
- 5:00 into the first periodWayne Presley · tripping2 min
- 11:38 into the first periodWayne Presley · slashing2 min
- 15:23 into the first periodBob Brooke · tripping2 min
- 17:11 into the first periodMichael Thelven · cross checking2 min
- 7:15 into the second periodMagnus Roupe · tripping2 min
- 12:57 into the second periodAaron Broten · hooking2 min
- 7:01 into the third periodRod Langway · cross checking2 min
- 12:45 into the third periodWayne Presley · interference2 min
USA
| 21Bobby CarpenterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Eddie OlczykC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Curt FraserL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Wayne PresleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tom BarrassoG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
Sweden
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Kent NilssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 2Anders EldebrinkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 4Thomas EklundR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Thomas RundqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Jonas BergqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Anders CarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Lars-Gunnar PetterssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Haken SodergrenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Peter ErikssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Magnus RoupeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Lars KarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 8Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 19Peter AnderssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Peter LindmarkG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |
| 30Anders BergmanG | 0 | 0 | .000 |