Edmonton Oilers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, March 26, 1988 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Edmonton Oilers 5–4 on Saturday, March 26, 1988 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Islanders 34–31.
Goals came from Mikko Makela, Glenn Anderson, Jari Kurri, Denis Potvin, Mike Krushelnyski, Bob Bassen, Pat LaFontaine, Brent Sutter and Wayne Gretzky.
Kelly Hrudey made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Mikko Makela (35)Jeff Norton (2)0–113:06 NYI
Glenn Anderson (38)Wayne Gretzky (98)1–115:32 EDM
Jari Kurri (38)Wayne Gretzky (99)2–117:20 EDM
Denis Potvin (19)Bryan Trottier (48)2–219:39 NYI
2nd period
Mike Krushelnyski (19)Steve Smith (40)3–202:46 EDM
Bob Bassen (6)Randy Wood (15), Greg Gilbert (28)3–310:05 NYI
3rd period
Pat LaFontaine (45)Derek King (23), Jeff Norton (3)3–401:53 NYI
Brent Sutter (27)Brad Lauer (17)3–509:03 NYI
Wayne Gretzky (38)Geoff Courtnall (29)4–519:40 EDM
Team stats
EDMNYI
3431
0%0%
0/30/2
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:42 into the first period
Craig MacTavish · holding2 min - 3:11 into the first periodSteve Smith · holding2 min
- 5:40 into the first period
Pat LaFontaine · holding2 min - 8:09 into the first periodGreg Gilbert · interference2 min
- 14:19 into the second periodSteve Dykstra · roughing2 min
- 14:19 into the second periodRandy Wood · roughing2 min
- 15:31 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · roughing2 min
- 15:31 into the second periodAlan Kerr · roughing2 min
- 5:49 into the third periodKeith Acton · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:49 into the third periodPat LaFontaine · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:35 into the third periodGerald Diduck · high sticking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Steve DykstraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8John MinerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
New York Islanders
| 8Jeff NortonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Brad LauerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | W | 34 | 4 | .882 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |