most points scored by a player in a game in 1987

6 players were tied for the most points in a game in 1986-87, with 6 points. The first three are Ron Francis on March 5, 1987, Mike Gartner on February 20, 1987 and Paul Lawless on January 4, 1987.

Interpreted as:

most points scored by a player in a regular-season game in 1987

	NAME	P	DATE	TM		OPP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
1	Ron Francis R. Francis	6	3/5/1987	HFD	vs	BOS	0	6	+3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
2	Mike Gartner M. Gartner	6	2/20/1987	WSH	@	VAN	4	2	+4	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	7	57.1
3	Paul Lawless P. Lawless	6	1/4/1987	HFD	vs	TOR	2	4	+5	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	66.7
4	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	6	12/12/1986	PIT	vs	TOR	4	2	+2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	7	57.1
5	Kevin LaVallee K. LaVallee	6	10/29/1986	PIT	vs	NJD	3	3	+1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	9	33.3
6	Kirk Muller K. Muller	6	10/29/1986	NJD	@	PIT	3	3	+2	9	2	2	0	0	1	0	6	50.0
7	Ray Bourque R. Bourque	5	3/29/1987	BOS	@	CHI	2	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	66.7
8	Aaron Broten A. Broten	5	3/25/1987	NJD	@	NYR	1	4	+3	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	100.0
9	Kirk Muller K. Muller	5	3/25/1987	NJD	@	NYR	0	5	+3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
10	Reijo Ruotsalainen R. Ruotsalainen	5	3/23/1987	EDM	@	NJD	2	3	-1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	5	40.0
11	Bobby Smith B. Smith	5	3/21/1987	MTL	vs	TOR	1	4	+4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
12	Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	5	3/17/1987	LAK	@	WSH	3	2	+4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	42.9
13	Petri Skriko P. Skriko	5	3/13/1987	VAN	vs	BUF	2	3	+2	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	4	50.0
14	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	5	3/12/1987	PIT	vs	QUE	3	2	+4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	60.0
15	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	5	3/6/1987	EDM	vs	LAK	1	4	+4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	14.3
16	Paul MacLean P. MacLean	5	2/20/1987	WIN	vs	BOS	1	4	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
17	Steve Yzerman S. Yzerman	5	2/20/1987	DET	vs	QUE	2	3	+3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	40.0
18	Wayne Gretzky W. Gretzky	5	2/18/1987	EDM	vs	TOR	1	4	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
19	Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	5	2/5/1987	PIT	@	BOS	3	2	+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	75.0
20	Peter Ihnacak P. Ihnacak	5	2/2/1987	TOR	vs	PHI	2	3	+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	28.6
21	Curt Fraser C. Fraser	5	2/1/1987	CHI	vs	EDM	1	4	+4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
22	Doug Sulliman D. Sulliman	5	1/22/1987	NJD	vs	CGY	3	2	+4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	75.0
23	Jari Kurri J. Kurri	5	1/17/1987	EDM	@	TOR	2	3	+3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	50.0
24	Tomas Sandstrom T. Sandstrom	5	1/11/1987	NYR	vs	VAN	4	1	+4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	80.0
25	Don Maloney D. Maloney	5	1/3/1987	NYR	@	QUE	0	5	+4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0