🍁 Away Maple Leafs 17-15-6 before this game

3–1

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 17-12-9 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
TOR	0	0	3	3
DET	0	1	0	1

Maple Leafs at Red Wings

Maple Leafs beat Red Wings 3–1 at Little Caesars Arena on January 6, 1987.

🗓 Tue, Jan 6, 1987 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Maple Leafs lead the season series 4–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🍁 TOR

Russ Courtnall

2 G

6 shots · +1

2nd star 🍁 TOR

Wendel Clark

2 A

4 shots · +1

3rd star 🍁 TOR

Miroslav Ihnacak

1 G

4 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

2nd period

🐙 Gerard Gallant PP Go-ahead 2nd · 16:23

Assists: Darren Veitch, Steve Yzerman · beat Allan Bester

0–1

3rd period

🍁 Russ Courtnall PP Tying 3rd · 09:21

Assists: Wendel Clark, Peter Ihnacak · beat Greg Stefan

1–1

🍁 Russ Courtnall Go-ahead 3rd · 16:54

Assists: Wendel Clark · beat Greg Stefan

2–1

🍁 Miroslav Ihnacak Empty net 3rd · 19:48

Unassisted

3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR DET🐙

30 Shots on goal 23

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2

9 Penalty minutes 11

TOR shooting 10.0% (3/30) DET shooting 4.3% (1/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Allan Bester

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 59:56 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Greg Stefan

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:07 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — tied after 1st: 17-15-6 (45% win rate, 38 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 17-12-9 (45% win rate, 38 games)

After 2nd — 0–1

Maple Leafs

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

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Maple Leafs lead the season series 4–2 Full head-to-head →

Dec 27, 1986

🐙DET @ 🍁TOR

5–5 (OT) · Red Wings won

3–1 · Maple Leafs won

Nov 15, 1986

🐙DET @ 🍁TOR

0–6 · Maple Leafs won

Nov 1, 1986

🐙DET @ 🍁TOR

0–2 · Maple Leafs won

❓ TOR vs DET, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Red Wings on January 6, 1987?

Maple Leafs won 3–1.

What was the final score of Maple Leafs vs Red Wings?

The final score was Maple Leafs 3, Red Wings 1.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Russ Courtnall (2), Miroslav Ihnacak.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Gerard Gallant.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Allan Bester made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Greg Stefan made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Maple Leafs vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Maple Leafs vs Red Wings season series?

Maple Leafs lead the season series 4–2 after 6 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 4

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Jan 3

Also on January 6, 1987

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