Buffalo Sabres vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Tuesday, March 15, 1988 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–4 on Tuesday, March 15, 1988 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Sabres 34–27.
Geoff Courtnall scored a hat trick and John Tucker scored twice. Christian Ruuttu, Mark Messier, Ray Sheppard, Craig MacTavish and Craig Simpson also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Jacques Cloutier stopped 28 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Christian Ruuttu (26)Unassisted1–003:04 BUF · 
Geoff Courtnall (33)Wayne Gretzky (89), Selmar Odelein (2)1–110:54 EDM- Geoff Courtnall (34)Mark Messier (64), Mike Krushelnyski (27)1–213:54 EDM
John Tucker (15)Phil Housley (35), Ken Priestlay (10)2–215:34 BUF ·
2nd period
Mark Messier (35)Glenn Anderson (43), Kevin McClelland (4)2–300:16 EDM
Ray Sheppard (33)Doug Smith (18)3–303:16 BUF
Craig MacTavish (12)Wayne Gretzky (90)3–407:43 EDM · - Geoff Courtnall (35)Wayne Gretzky (91), Craig Simpson (32)3–510:00 EDM
- John Tucker (16)Dave Andreychuk (41)4–510:09 BUF
3rd period
Craig Simpson (50)Mark Messier (65), Glenn Anderson (44)4–606:01 EDM
Team stats
BUFEDM
2734
0%0%
1/60/5
1416
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:17 into the first period
Mike Foligno · roughing2 min - 1:17 into the first periodMike Foligno · roughing2 min
- 1:17 into the first period
Steve Smith · roughing2 min - 11:35 into the first periodMark Messier · hooking2 min
- 14:36 into the first periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
- 16:41 into the first periodUwe Krupp · hooking2 min
- 0:26 into the second periodJohn Tucker · high sticking2 min
- 0:26 into the second periodCraig Simpson · boarding2 min
- 0:26 into the second periodSteve Smith · high sticking2 min
- 7:05 into the second periodCraig Simpson · holding2 min
- 14:11 into the second periodKen Priestlay · hooking2 min
- 1:11 into the third periodMike Foligno · hooking2 min
- 1:44 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · hooking2 min
- 9:37 into the third periodMike Donnelly · holding2 min
- 12:49 into the third periodCraig MacTavish · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 7John TuckerR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Ken PriestlayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 15Doug SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 8Jim JacksonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Mike DonnellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 90Clark GilliesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Bob HalkidisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 40Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | L | 34 | 6 | .824 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Geoff CourtnallL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 9 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Selmar OdeleinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |