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Saturday, October 31, 1987 · Brendan Byrne Arena

Oilers 5 at Devils 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 97OVR Pat Verbeek Devils First Star 2G · 1A · 3 SOG C 99OVR Wayne Gretzky Oilers Second Star 3A · 3 SOG R 97OVR Jari Kurri Oilers Third Star 1G · 2A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:37 Pat Verbeek (8) Joe Cirella (3), Bruce Driver (8) EDM 0 – 1 NJD
  2. 3:28 Doug Sulliman (1) Patrik Sundstrom (4), John MacLean (2) EDM 0 – 2 NJD
  3. 16:05 Jari Kurri (6) Wayne Gretzky (17), Glenn Anderson (7) EDM 1 – 2 NJD

2nd Period

  1. 4:06 Claude Loiselle (7) Doug Brown (3), Andy Brickley (5) EDM 1 – 3 NJD
  2. 5:54 Thomas Mcmurchy (1) Jari Kurri (6) EDM 2 – 3 NJD
  3. 6:22 Mark Messier (8) PPG Glenn Anderson (8), Wayne Gretzky (18) EDM 3 – 3 NJD
  4. 10:29 Kirk Muller (2) SHG Pat Verbeek (4) EDM 3 – 4 NJD
  5. 14:36 Patrik Sundstrom (3) Unassisted EDM 3 – 5 NJD

3rd Period

  1. 3:56 Pat Verbeek (9) Brendan Shanahan (6), Craig Wolanin (1) EDM 3 – 6 NJD
  2. 15:02 Mark Messier (9) PPG Jari Kurri (7), Grant Fuhr (3) EDM 4 – 6 NJD
  3. 18:58 Glenn Anderson (10) Wayne Gretzky (19), Mark Messier (8) EDM 5 – 6 NJD

Edmonton Oilers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Wayne Gretzky C 0 3 3 +1 2.25
Jari Kurri R 1 2 2 +1 2.15
Mark Messier C 2 1 6 -2 2.13
Glenn Anderson R 1 2 3 -1 2.08
Thomas Mcmurchy R 1 0 2 0 0.90
Kevin Lowe D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Craig Muni D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Charlie Huddy D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Craig MacTavish C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Kevin McClelland R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jim Wiemer D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Dave Hunter L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Mike Krushelnyski C 0 0 2 0 -0.15
Normand Lacombe R 0 0 1 -2 -0.52
John Miner D 0 0 2 -4 -0.60
Esa Tikkanen L 0 0 1 0 -0.68
Marty McSorley D 0 0 0 0 -0.75
Steve Smith D 0 0 1 -4 -1.28
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Grant Fuhr L 26 20 6 .769 59:35 -2.50

New Jersey Devils

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Pat Verbeek R 2 1 3 +2 2.50
Patrik Sundstrom C 1 1 1 +1 1.45
Kirk Muller L 1 0 6 +1 1.20
John MacLean R 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Doug Sulliman L 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Bruce Driver D 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Craig Wolanin D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Andy Brickley L 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Joe Cirella D 0 1 2 +1 0.78
Doug Brown R 0 1 1 0 0.70
Brendan Shanahan L 0 1 0 0 0.63
Claude Loiselle C 1 0 4 +1 0.30
Tom Kurvers D 0 0 0 +2 0.30
Ken Daneyko D 0 0 1 +2 0.23
Aaron Broten C 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Randy Velischek D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Perry Anderson L 0 0 1 0 -0.45
Jim Korn D 0 0 0 -1 -2.03
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Alain Chevrier W 32 27 5 .844 60:00 -1.05