New York Islanders vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, January 9, 1988 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Islanders 5–1 on Saturday, January 9, 1988 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Islanders 29–28.
Craig Simpson scored twice. Mike Krushelnyski, Brad Lauer, Steve Graves and Jari Kurri also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Krushelnyski (10)Dave Hannan (6), Marty McSorley (7)0–103:25 EDM
Craig Simpson (28)Glenn Anderson (26), Steve Smith (22)0–208:23 EDM
2nd period
- Craig Simpson (29)Glenn Anderson (27), Craig MacTavish (12)0–315:02 EDM
3rd period
Brad Lauer (6)Pat LaFontaine (25)1–302:28 NYI
Steve Graves (3)Normand Lacombe (8), Kevin McClelland (3)1–404:00 EDM
Jari Kurri (23)Esa Tikkanen (30)1–513:51 EDM ·
Team stats
NYIEDM
2829
0%0%
0/20/1
49
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:01 into the first period
Gerald Diduck · hooking2 min - 16:59 into the first period
Esa Tikkanen · high sticking2 min - 16:59 into the first periodTomas Jonsson · high sticking2 min
- 8:44 into the second periodKevin Lowe · hooking2 min
- 11:39 into the third periodMark Messier · high sticking5 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Steve GravesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |