Source: NHL Boxscores and Stats
Edmonton Oilers (22-31-8) 0 1
2 - 3
Hartford Whalers (16-38-4) 1 3
3 - 7
Pat Verbeek scored a "natural" hat trick and rookie defenseman
Kan Keczmer
scored the first two goals of his career as the Whalers beat the Oilers.
First period-- 1, Hartford, Keczmer 1 (Kypreos,Janssens), 11:14.
Second period-- 2, Edmonton, Klima 24 (Tikkanen,Simpson), 6:21 (pp).
3,
Hartford, Poulin 18 (Kypreos,Janssens), 11:12. 4, Hartford,
Verbeek 22
(Weinrich,Craven), 11:49. 5, Hartford, Verbeek 23 (Cassels),
17:40.
Third period-- 6, Hartford, Verbeek 24 (Sanderson), :45. 7, Edmonton,
Podein 7 (Todd,Glynn), 5:15 (pp). 8, Hartford, Keczmer 2 (Greig,Yake),
10:34 (pp). 9, Edmonton, MacTavish 6 (Tikkanen), 15:36.
10, Hartford,
Craven 19 (Poulin,Ladouceur), 16:58.
Shots on goal-- Edmonton 10-15-13--38. Hartford 9-13-7--29.
Power-play
opportunities-- Edmonton 2 of 8: Hartford 1 of 4. Goalies--
Edmonton,
Ranford, 13-25-6 (29 shots-22 saves). Hartford, Burke, 12-23-3
(38-35).
A--11,676.
Referee-- Dennis Larue. Linesmen-- Kevin Collins, Brian Murphy.