Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Sunday, February 14, 1988 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 7–6 on Sunday, February 14, 1988 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Canucks 39–23.
Tony Tanti scored twice, Mark Messier scored a hat trick and Craig Simpson scored twice. Craig MacTavish, Marty McSorley, Petri Skriko, Randy Boyd, Doug Wickenheiser and Greg Adams also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 11 saves on 13 shots for the win; Frank Caprice stopped 32 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Craig MacTavish (8)Dave Hannan (9), Kevin Lowe (13)0–103:07 EDM
Tony Tanti (34)Greg Adams (28)1–103:19 VAN
Mark Messier (28)Jari Kurri (45), Steve Smith (29)1–203:37 EDM
Marty McSorley (8)Mike Krushelnyski (25), Esa Tikkanen (37)1–305:21 EDM
Petri Skriko (23)Jim Sandlak (7)2–313:27 VAN- Mark Messier (29)Jari Kurri (46), Wayne Gretzky (70)2–416:50 EDM
2nd period
Randy Boyd (6)Greg Adams (29)3–401:44 VAN- Tony Tanti (35)Dave Lowry (3), Greg Adams (30)4–402:32 VAN
Doug Wickenheiser (6)Rich Sutter (10)5–413:22 VAN
3rd period
- Mark Messier (30)Glenn Anderson (35)5–500:19 EDM
Craig Simpson (34)Charlie Huddy (17), Steve Dykstra (2)5–613:06 EDM- Craig Simpson (35)Glenn Anderson (36), Mark Messier (48)5–713:53 EDM
Greg Adams (26)Unassisted6–718:00 VAN
Team stats
VANEDM
2339
0%0%
0/00/4
1416
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 17:23 into the first period
Jim Sandlak · tripping2 min - 6:26 into the second period
Jari Kurri · roughing2 min - 6:26 into the second periodMark Messier · roughing2 min
- 6:26 into the second periodGarth Butcher · roughing2 min
- 6:26 into the second periodBarry Pederson · roughing2 min
- 11:44 into the second periodCraig Simpson · slashing2 min
- 11:44 into the second periodDave Richter · slashing2 min
- 17:12 into the second periodRandy Boyd · holding2 min
- 5:29 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · misconduct10 min
- 6:02 into the third periodDave Richter · holding2 min
- 14:42 into the third periodGarth Butcher · tripping2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 8Greg AdamsL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Dave LowryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Randy BoydD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Craig CoxeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28John LeblancR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33David SaundersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Dave RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Daryl StanleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Brett MacdonaldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Frank CapriceG | L | 39 | 7 | .821 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 8 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Steve DykstraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Warren SkorodenskiG | 10 | 4 | .600 | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 13 | 2 | .846 |