Hartford Whalers vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, January 30, 1988 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Hartford Whalers 5–2 on Saturday, January 30, 1988 at Northlands Coliseum.
Goals came from Jari Kurri, Wayne Gretzky, Sylvain Cote, Keith Acton, Dean Evason, Glenn Anderson and Kevin Lowe.
Grant Fuhr made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Jari Kurri (27)Steve Smith (27), Wayne Gretzky (61)0–115:31 EDM ·
2nd period
Wayne Gretzky (31)Charlie Huddy (15), Jari Kurri (40)0–202:24 EDM · 
Sylvain Cote (2)Dean Evason (12), Mark Reeds (7)1–214:49 HFD · 
Keith Acton (9)Kevin Lowe (11), Mike Krushelnyski (20)1–316:02 EDM
3rd period
Dean Evason (6)Ulf Samuelsson (17)2–302:48 HFD
Glenn Anderson (24)Wayne Gretzky (62), Steve Smith (28)2–411:19 EDM
Kevin Lowe (5)Marty McSorley (10), Mike Krushelnyski (21)2–517:14 EDM
Team stats
HFDEDM
3434
0%0%
0/61/5
2941
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:29 into the first period
Lindsay Carson · high sticking2 min - 17:54 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · interference2 min
- 0:37 into the second period
Steve Smith · cross checking2 min - 0:37 into the second periodSteve Smith · roughing2 min
- 10:50 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · tripping2 min
- 12:50 into the second periodSteve Smith · fighting5 min
- 12:50 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · instigator2 min
- 12:50 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · fighting5 min
- 15:07 into the second periodSelmar Odelein · holding2 min
- 15:18 into the second periodDave Babych · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDave Hannan · misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the second periodSteve Smith · misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDave Williams · misconduct10 min
- 5:30 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · slashing2 min
- 6:11 into the third periodKevin Lowe · high sticking2 min
- 6:11 into the third periodPaul Macdermid · high sticking2 min
- 8:35 into the third periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
- 9:16 into the third periodDave Babych · holding2 min
- 13:46 into the third periodKevin McClelland · roughing2 min
- 13:46 into the third periodDean Evason · roughing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 12Dean EvasonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mark ReedsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Keith ActonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 36Selmar OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |