The Edmonton Oilers couldn't pull it off against the Hartford Whalers, 4 to 3, on December 19, 1987.

Final

Whalers

13-13-5

4

Oilers

19-12-3

3

Team

HFD

EDM

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

HFD

EDM

Mark Messier (EV) unassisted

Craig Simpson (EV) assisted by Moe Mantha

2nd period

HFD

EDM

John Anderson (PP) assisted by Kevin Dineen and Ron Francis

Dean Evason (EV) assisted by Mark Reeds

John Anderson (EV) assisted by Sylvain Turgeon and Sylvain Cote

Marty McSorley (EV) assisted by Craig MacTavish and Dave Hannan

3rd period

HFD

EDM

Paul Lawless (EV) assisted by Ulf Samuelsson

Whalers

Oilers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Whalers

Oilers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Liut (W) M. Liut	1	0	0	24	21	.875	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
John Anderson J. Anderson	2	0	2	+1	0	1	0	0	4	50.0
Dave Babych D. Babych	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0
Sylvain Cote S. Cote	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Dineen K. Dineen	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	4	0.0
Dean Evason D. Evason	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Ray Ferraro R. Ferraro	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Francis R. Francis	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Scot Kleinendorst S. Kleinendorst	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Lawless P. Lawless	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	7	14.3
Paul MacDermid P. MacDermid	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Millar M. Millar	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dana Murzyn D. Murzyn	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	3	0.0
Mark Reeds M. Reeds	0	1	1	+1	7	0	0	0	1	0.0
Torrie Robertson T. Robertson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ulf Samuelsson U. Samuelsson	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Tippett D. Tippett	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Sylvain Turgeon S. Turgeon	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Daryl Reaugh (L) D. Reaugh	0	1	0	41	37	.902	4	4.05	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0.0
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0.0
Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Dave Hannan D. Hannan	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0
Normand Lacombe N. Lacombe	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Kevin Lowe K. Lowe	0	0	0	+1	0	0
Craig MacTavish C. MacTavish	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0
Moe Mantha M. Mantha	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.0
Marty McSorley M. McSorley	1	0	1	+1	0	4	25.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	1	0	1	-1	2	2	50.0
Craig Muni C. Muni	0	0	0	+1	0	0
Craig Simpson C. Simpson	1	0	1	-1	0	1	100.0
Steve Smith S. Smith	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	0	0	0	-1	7	0