Montréal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 9, 1988 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–1 on Wednesday, March 9, 1988 at Northlands Coliseum. The Canadiens outshot the Oilers 32–22.
Goals came from Esa Tikkanen, Serge Boisvert, Chris Chelios, Mike Mcphee and Shayne Corson.
Patrick Roy made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Esa Tikkanen (20)Craig Simpson (30), Steve Smith (36)0–109:02 EDM · 
Serge Boisvert (1)Shayne Corson (25)1–113:42 MTL
2nd period
Chris Chelios (15)Unassisted2–100:32 MTL
Mike Mcphee (21)Unassisted3–103:18 MTL
Shayne Corson (10)Brian Skrudland (22), Mike Mcphee (16)4–107:20 MTL
Team stats
MTLEDM
3222
0%0%
0/51/4
1315
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:01 into the first period
Mark Messier · interference2 min - 7:17 into the first period
Brian Skrudland · tripping2 min - 10:29 into the first periodKevin Lowe · tripping2 min
- 17:10 into the first periodMike Mcphee · holding2 min
- 18:06 into the first periodMark Messier · hooking2 min
- 8:36 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · elbowing2 min
- 18:46 into the second periodMike Lalor · hooking2 min
- 4:30 into the third periodMike Mcphee · hooking2 min
- 12:04 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · fighting5 min
- 12:04 into the third periodShayne Corson · fighting5 min
- 15:05 into the third periodGlenn Anderson · high sticking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 12Serge BoisvertR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Jose CharbonneauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Gilles ThibaudeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |