Edmonton Oilers vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Tuesday, February 23, 1988 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the St. Louis Blues 6–4 on Tuesday, February 23, 1988 at St. Louis Arena. The Oilers outshot the Blues 31–25.
Craig Simpson scored twice. Mark Hunter, Doug Gilmour, Jari Kurri, Mark Messier, Paul Cavallini, Steve Smith, Tony McKegney and Normand Lacombe also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Hunter (25)Bernie Federko (51)0–102:21 STL
Doug Gilmour (27)Rob Ramage (33)0–207:38 STL
Jari Kurri (31)Mark Messier (54), Esa Tikkanen (41)1–211:40 EDM · 
Craig Simpson (39)Mark Messier (55), Kevin Lowe (14)2–212:06 EDM · 
Mark Messier (32)Glenn Anderson (40), Craig Simpson (25)3–217:01 EDM
Paul Cavallini (6)Doug Gilmour (39), Gino Cavallini (12)3–319:59 STL
2nd period
Steve Smith (12)Mark Messier (56)4–300:23 EDM
Tony McKegney (31)Doug Gilmour (40), Gino Cavallini (13)4–400:43 STL
3rd period
- Craig Simpson (40)Mark Messier (57), Steve Smith (31)5–404:20 EDM
Normand Lacombe (8)Marty McSorley (13), Craig MacTavish (16)6–413:25 EDM
Team stats
EDMSTL
3125
0%0%
2/40/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:51 into the first period
Cliff Ronning · slashing2 min - 11:13 into the first periodRob Ramage · hooking2 min
- 4:56 into the second period
Mark Messier · tripping2 min - 7:34 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 9:55 into the second periodPaul Cavallini · holding2 min
- 11:33 into the second periodJari Kurri · tripping2 min
- 14:16 into the second periodBrian Sutter · interference2 min
- 6:48 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · holding2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.