🐙 Away Red Wings 32-23-9 before this game

3–5

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
DET	0	1	2	3
HFD	2	2	1	5

Red Wings at Whalers

Whalers beat Red Wings 5–3 on March 3, 1987.

🗓 Tue, Mar 3, 1987 · 18:30 CST 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Whalers lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐳 HFD

Ron Francis

2 G, 2 A

6 shots · +2

2nd star 🐳 HFD

Paul Lawless

2 A

3 shots · +2

3rd star 🐳 HFD

Dean Evason

1 G

2 shots · -1

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🐳 Dean Evason PP Go-ahead 1st · 12:42

Assists: Sylvain Turgeon, Ron Francis · beat Greg Stefan

0–1

🐳 Kevin Dineen 1st · 19:27

Assists: Ron Francis, John Anderson · beat Greg Stefan

0–2

2nd period

🐙 Shawn Burr 2nd · 03:35

Assists: Petr Klima, Tim Higgins · beat Mike Liut

1–2

🐳 Ron Francis 2nd · 11:58

Assists: Paul Lawless, Sylvain Cote · beat Greg Stefan

1–3

🐳 Ron Francis 2nd · 18:34

Assists: Paul Lawless, Paul Macdermid · beat Greg Stefan

1–4

3rd period

🐙 Gerard Gallant PP 3rd · 02:43

Assists: Brent Ashton, Steve Yzerman · beat Mike Liut

2–4

🐙 Mike O'connell SH 3rd · 16:12

Assists: Adam Oates · beat Mike Liut

3–4

🐳 Dave Tippett 3rd · 18:02

Assists: Doug Jarvis · beat Greg Stefan

3–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET HFD🐳

20 Shots on goal 40

1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

15 Penalty minutes 13

DET shooting 15.0% (3/20) HFD shooting 12.5% (5/40)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Greg Stefan

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:28 TOI

🐳Whalers

Mike Liut

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Red Wings

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

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–4

Red Wings

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

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Whalers lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

Dec 20, 1986

🐳HFD @ 🐙DET

2–2 (OT) · Whalers won

3–4 (OT) · Red Wings won

Dec 29, 1985

🐙DET @ 🐳HFD

2–5 · Whalers won

❓ DET vs HFD, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Whalers on March 3, 1987?

Whalers won 5–3.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Whalers?

The final score was Red Wings 3, Whalers 5.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Gerard Gallant, Mike O'connell, Shawn Burr.

Who scored for Whalers?

Ron Francis (2), Dave Tippett, Dean Evason, Kevin Dineen.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Greg Stefan made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Mike Liut made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Red Wings vs Whalers season series?

Whalers lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Mar 2

🐳Whalers

Previous game · Mar 1

Also on March 3, 1987

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