I just checked the actual starting lineups for the opening draw for the 1987 Canada team vs USSR. First game had Gretzky between Messier and Gartner, second was Messier between Hawerchuk and Anderson (which I think was the normal 2nd line most of the tourney?) and third game was in fact Messier / Gretzky / Lemieux. Seems like they mixed the lines up a fair bit.
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