⚜️ Away Nordiques 15-13-4 before this game

3–5

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
QUE	1	0	2	3
EDM	4	1	0	5

Nordiques at Oilers

Oilers beat Nordiques 5–3 at Rogers Place on December 17, 1986.

🗓 Wed, Dec 17, 1986 · 20:30 CST 📍 Rogers Place, Edmonton 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Oilers lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🛢️ EDM

Wayne Gretzky

4 G, 1 A

7 shots · +4

2nd star 🛢️ EDM

Esa Tikkanen

1 G, 2 A

1 shots · +4

3rd star 🛢️ EDM

Jari Kurri

2 A

2 shots · +3

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🛢️ Wayne Gretzky Go-ahead 1st · 01:28

Assists: Esa Tikkanen, Craig Muni

0–1

🛢️ Wayne Gretzky 1st · 11:31

Unassisted

0–2

🛢️ Wayne Gretzky 1st · 12:38

Assists: Esa Tikkanen, Jari Kurri

0–3

⚜️ Max Middendorf 1st · 14:53

Assists: Brent Ashton, Robert Picard

1–3

🛢️ Esa Tikkanen 1st · 18:00

Assists: Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri

1–4

2nd period

🛢️ Wayne Gretzky SH 2nd · 16:05

Assists: Kevin Lowe, Mark Messier

1–5

3rd period

⚜️ Robert Picard 3rd · 10:01

Assists: Paul Gillis

2–5

⚜️ Anton Stastny PP 3rd · 13:36

Assists: Peter Stastny, Brent Ashton

3–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚜️QUE EDM🛢️

30 Shots on goal 23

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/0

2 Penalty minutes 8

QUE shooting 10.0% (3/30) EDM shooting 21.7% (5/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚜️Nordiques

Richard Sevigny

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:08 TOI

🛢️Oilers

Grant Fuhr

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–4

Nordiques

Nordiques: no games found in this situation this year.

Oilers

Oilers: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–5

Nordiques

Nordiques: no games found in this situation this year.

Oilers

Oilers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Oilers lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ QUE vs EDM, answered

Who won Nordiques vs Oilers on December 17, 1986?

Oilers won 5–3.

What was the final score of Nordiques vs Oilers?

The final score was Nordiques 3, Oilers 5.

Who scored for Nordiques?

Anton Stastny, Max Middendorf, Robert Picard.

Who scored for Oilers?

Wayne Gretzky (4), Esa Tikkanen.

How did the Nordiques goalie play?

Richard Sevigny made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Grant Fuhr made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Nordiques vs Oilers played?

At Rogers Place in Edmonton, the Oilers home rink.

What is the Nordiques vs Oilers season series?

Oilers lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

⚜️Nordiques

Previous game · Dec 14

🛢️Oilers

Previous game · Dec 14

Also on December 17, 1986

Nordiques season page Oilers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule