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Sunday, November 29, 1987 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Oilers 5 at Sabres 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 98OVR Mark Messier Oilers First Star 2G · 1A · 3 SOG D 78OVR Jeff Beukeboom Oilers Second Star 3A · 0 SOG C 99OVR Wayne Gretzky Oilers Third Star 2A · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:33 Mark Messier (17) SHG Jeff Beukeboom (8), Grant Fuhr (5) EDM 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 6:59 Craig Simpson (14) Jari Kurri (17), Mike Krushelnyski (8) EDM 2 – 0 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 0:57 Robert Logan (2) Mike Foligno (10), Christian Ruuttu (13) EDM 2 – 1 BUF
  2. 6:37 Adam Creighton (6) Kevin Maguire (3), Doug Smith (9) EDM 2 – 2 BUF
  3. 7:58 Mark Messier (18) PPG Wayne Gretzky (41), Jeff Beukeboom (9) EDM 3 – 2 BUF
  4. 8:45 Steve Graves (2) Steve Smith (13), Mark Messier (23) EDM 4 – 2 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 5:26 Glenn Anderson (15) PPG Jeff Beukeboom (10), Wayne Gretzky (42) EDM 5 – 2 BUF

Edmonton Oilers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mark Messier C 2 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 2.35
Jeff Beukeboom D 0 3 0 0 0 +2 0:00 2.18
Wayne Gretzky C 0 2 5 0 0 0 0:00 1.63
Steve Smith D 0 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.00
Glenn Anderson R 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Steve Graves L 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Craig Simpson L 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Jari Kurri R 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Mike Krushelnyski C 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Craig MacTavish C 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Kelly Buchberger R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Charlie Huddy D 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Dave Hannan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Kevin Lowe D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Esa Tikkanen L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Normand Lacombe R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Chris Joseph D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Moe Mantha D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Grant Fuhr W 29 27 2 .931 60:00 1.20

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Adam Creighton C 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Doug Smith C 0 1 5 0 0 0 0:00 1.00
Christian Ruuttu C 0 1 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.93
Robert Logan R 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Kevin Maguire R 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Mike Foligno R 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.48
Mike Ramsey D 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Mark Napier R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Calle Johansson D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Steve Dykstra L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Uwe Krupp D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Scott Arniel L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Dave Andreychuk L 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Ray Sheppard R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Pierre Turgeon C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Ed Hospodar D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Lindy Ruff L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
Bob Halkidis D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Daren Puppa L 21 16 5 .762 60:00 -2.15