Edmonton Oilers vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, January 6, 1988 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Hartford Whalers 5–1 on Wednesday, January 6, 1988 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Oilers 30–25.
Goals came from Craig MacTavish, Jeff Beukeboom, Mike Krushelnyski, Dean Evason, Craig Simpson and Steve Smith.
Grant Fuhr made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 20 of 25.
Scoring
2nd period
Craig MacTavish (6)Kevin Lowe (5)1–000:33 EDM
Jeff Beukeboom (4)Dave Hannan (5)2–003:04 EDM
Mike Krushelnyski (8)Kevin Lowe (6), Jari Kurri (28)3–007:11 EDM · 
Dean Evason (5)Ulf Samuelsson (8), John Anderson (21)3–114:16 HFD ·
3rd period
Craig Simpson (27)Glenn Anderson (24)4–108:02 EDM
Steve Smith (8)Glenn Anderson (25), Craig Simpson (20)5–113:22 EDM
Team stats
EDMHFD
2530
0%0%
1/31/6
248
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:49 into the first period
Charlie Huddy · hooking2 min - 14:27 into the first period
Paul Lawless · interference2 min - 3:36 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
- 3:36 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
- 3:36 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · roughing2 min
- 4:02 into the second periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
- 5:47 into the second periodKevin Dineen · holding2 min
- 12:37 into the second periodCraig MacTavish · holding2 min
- 5:19 into the third periodCharlie Huddy · misconduct10 min
- 5:19 into the third periodCraig Simpson · tripping2 min
- 5:48 into the third periodPaul Lawless · hooking2 min
- 15:31 into the third periodMoe Lemay · tripping2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Moe LemayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Scott MetcalfeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Daryl ReaughG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 30 | 1 | .967 |
Hartford Whalers
| 12Dean EvasonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 25 | 5 | .800 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |