Edmonton Oilers vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, February 24, 1988 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Edmonton Oilers 6–4 on Wednesday, February 24, 1988 at Chicago Stadium. The Oilers outshot the Blackhawks 29–28.
Rick Vaive scored twice, Craig Simpson scored twice and Steve Larmer scored twice. Marty McSorley, Denis Savard, Keith Acton and Dirk Graham also scored.
Darren Pang made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Vaive (33)Darren Pang (6)0–101:15 CHI
Craig Simpson (41)Esa Tikkanen (42), Mark Messier (58)1–118:46 EDM ·
2nd period
- Rick Vaive (34)Steve Larmer (40), Troy Murray (28)1–202:35 CHI ·
- Craig Simpson (42)Kevin Lowe (15), Mark Messier (59)2–204:41 EDM
Marty McSorley (9)Craig MacTavish (17)3–207:21 EDM
Steve Larmer (27)Denis Savard (68), Behn Wilson (19)3–312:42 CHI · 
Denis Savard (38)Unassisted3–419:20 CHI ·
3rd period
Keith Acton (11)Charlie Huddy (21)4–400:44 EDM
Dirk Graham (15)Gary Nylund (11), Behn Wilson (20)4–512:57 CHI- Steve Larmer (28)Denis Savard (69), Gary Nylund (12)4–619:59 CHI ·
Team stats
EDMCHI
2928
0%0%
1/52/5
1821
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:35 into the first period
Brian Noonan · hooking2 min - 8:41 into the first periodDan Vincelette · high sticking5 min
- 12:40 into the first period
Glenn Anderson · hooking2 min - 15:11 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · interference2 min
- 18:29 into the first periodDuane Sutter · hooking2 min
- 1:31 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · holding2 min
- 7:39 into the second periodEverett Sanipass · holding2 min
- 11:39 into the second periodGlen Cochrane · slashing2 min
- 11:39 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · slashing2 min
- 11:47 into the second periodCraig Muni · tripping2 min
- 17:50 into the second periodDave Manson · holding2 min
- 2:48 into the third periodDan Vincelette · roughing2 min
- 2:48 into the third periodMarty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 7:43 into the third periodGary Nylund · roughing2 min
- 7:43 into the third periodCraig Simpson · slashing2 min
- 9:06 into the third periodNormand Lacombe · roughing2 min
- 12:25 into the third periodDave Manson · high sticking2 min
- 12:25 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · high sticking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Keith ActonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 36Selmar OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Daryl ReaughG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 28Steve LarmerR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Rick VaiveR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Gary NylundD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 23Behn WilsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 19Troy MurrayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Dirk GrahamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Everett SanipassL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Brian NoonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Dan VinceletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Duane SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Wayne PresleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Steve LudzikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 37Bruce CassidyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob MasonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Darren PangG | W | 29 | 4 | .862 |