Edmonton Oilers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, January 23, 1988 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Edmonton Oilers 3–2 on Saturday, January 23, 1988 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Islanders 28–27.
Craig Simpson scored twice. Denis Potvin, Brent Sutter and Alan Kerr also scored.
Kelly Hrudey made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Craig Simpson (31)Jari Kurri (38), Steve Smith (26)1–001:08 EDM · 
Denis Potvin (12)Mikko Makela (22), Greg Gilbert (20)1–114:00 NYI
2nd period
Brent Sutter (18)Derek King (11), Randy Wood (6)1–206:31 NYI- Craig Simpson (32)Esa Tikkanen (33), Charlie Huddy (14)2–216:32 EDM ·
3rd period
Alan Kerr (15)Gord Dineen (11), Brent Sutter (21)2–307:39 NYI
Team stats
EDMNYI
2827
0%0%
2/50/4
3740
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:57 into the first period
Tomas Jonsson · high sticking2 min - 5:25 into the first period
Jeff Beukeboom · interference2 min - 8:16 into the first periodMarty McSorley · fighting5 min
- 8:16 into the first periodDale Henry · fighting5 min
- 19:02 into the first periodBrad Lauer · holding2 min
- 19:25 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · slashing2 min
- 19:25 into the first periodAlan Kerr · slashing2 min
- 3:13 into the second periodKevin Lowe · slashing2 min
- 6:55 into the second periodSelmar Odelein · hooking2 min
- 10:06 into the second periodKeith Acton · tripping2 min
- 13:10 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · slashing2 min
- 13:10 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · fighting5 min
- 13:10 into the second periodKelly Buchberger · fighting5 min
- 13:10 into the second periodKelly Buchberger · game misconduct10 min
- 13:10 into the second periodAlan Kerr · slashing2 min
- 13:10 into the second periodAlan Kerr · fighting5 min
- 13:10 into the second periodSteve Konroyd · fighting5 min
- 13:10 into the second periodSteve Konroyd · game misconduct10 min
- 14:04 into the second periodDenis Potvin · high sticking5 min
- 12:19 into the third periodAlan Kerr · interference2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 36Selmar OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Daryl ReaughG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |
New York Islanders
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |