🍁 Away Maple Leafs 17-14-6 before this game

3–8

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
TOR	2	1	0	3
HFD	3	2	3	8

Maple Leafs at Whalers

Whalers beat Maple Leafs 8–3 on January 4, 1987.

🗓 Sun, Jan 4, 1987 · 18:00 CST 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐳 HFD

Paul Lawless

2 G, 4 A

3 shots · +5

2nd star 🐳 HFD

Stew Gavin

1 G, 2 A

6 shots · +3

3rd star 🐳 HFD

Dean Evason

1 G, 2 A

1 shots · +3

🚨 Scoring

11 goals · in order

1st period

🐳 Stew Gavin Go-ahead 1st · 14:08

Assists: Paul Lawless · beat Ken Wregget

0–1

🐳 Paul Lawless 1st · 14:15

Assists: Dean Evason, Ulf Samuelsson · beat Ken Wregget

0–2

🐳 Dave Babych PP 1st · 15:11

Assists: Ray Ferraro · beat Ken Wregget

0–3

🍁 Steve Thomas 1st · 15:36

Assists: Al Iafrate · beat Steve Weeks

1–3

🍁 Wendel Clark PP 1st · 18:34

Assists: Rick Lanz, Russ Courtnall · beat Steve Weeks

2–3

2nd period

🐳 Paul Lawless 2nd · 00:58

Assists: Stew Gavin, Dean Evason · beat Ken Wregget

2–4

🍁 Wendel Clark 2nd · 08:27

Assists: Russ Courtnall · beat Steve Weeks

3–4

🐳 Ulf Samuelsson 2nd · 15:58

Assists: Paul Lawless, Mike Millar · beat Ken Wregget

3–5

3rd period

🐳 Mike McEwen 3rd · 13:11

Assists: Dave Tippett, Dave Barr · beat Ken Wregget

3–6

🐳 Dean Evason 3rd · 13:58

Assists: Stew Gavin, Paul Lawless · beat Ken Wregget

3–7

🐳 Ron Francis PP 3rd · 17:11

Assists: Paul Lawless, Dave Babych · beat Ken Wregget

3–8

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR HFD🐳

25 Shots on goal 36

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5

10 Penalty minutes 10

TOR shooting 12.0% (3/25) HFD shooting 22.2% (8/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Ken Wregget

0/8

.000 SV% · 8 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐳Whalers

Steve Weeks

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–3

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–5

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →

Oct 30, 1986

🐳HFD @ 🍁TOR

2–6 · Maple Leafs won

5–4 (OT) · Maple Leafs won

❓ TOR vs HFD, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Whalers on January 4, 1987?

Whalers won 8–3.

What was the final score of Maple Leafs vs Whalers?

The final score was Maple Leafs 3, Whalers 8.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Wendel Clark (2), Steve Thomas.

Who scored for Whalers?

Paul Lawless (2), Dave Babych, Dean Evason, Mike McEwen, Ron Francis, Stew Gavin, Ulf Samuelsson.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Ken Wregget made 0 saves on 8 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Steve Weeks made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Maple Leafs vs Whalers season series?

Season series tied 1–1 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

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Jan 3

🐳Whalers

Previous game · Jan 3

Also on January 4, 1987

Maple Leafs season page Whalers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule