Rendez-vous '87 - Game One - February 11, 1987

February 11, 1987

NHL All-Stars won the game 4–3, thanks in part to the line of Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri and Esa Tikkanen. Dave Poulin scored the winning goal on a deflection from Mario Lemieux, but Lemieux was initially credited with the goal. On the bench, Lemieux could be seen pointing toward Poulin as the goal was announced.

	NHL All-Stars	U.S.S.R.
Final Score	4	3
Scoring Summary	Kurri (Gretzky, Tikkanen) 5:23 first Anderson (M. Lemieux) 17:00 second Dineen (Poulin, Hawerchuk) 7:03 third Poulin (M. Lemieux, Wilson) 18:45 third (GWG)	Kasatonov (Makarov) 18:42 second Bykov (Khomutov, Starikov) 2:03 third Semenov (Tatarinov, Varnakov) 8:04 third
Penalties	C. Lemieux 10:30 first Bourque 15:34 first Hawerchuk 12:28 second Tikkanen 8:18 third	bench (served by Kamensky) 14:37 second
Shots on Goal	11–9–7–27	5–9–10–24
Win/Loss	W - Grant Fuhr	L - Evgeny Belosheikin

Referee: Nikolai Morozov
Linesmen: Ron Finn, Ray Scapinello

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