Minnesota North Stars vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 30, 1988 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Minnesota North Stars 6–3 on Wednesday, March 30, 1988 at Northlands Coliseum. The North Stars outshot the Oilers 34–19.
Brian Lawton scored twice, Jari Kurri scored twice and Esa Tikkanen scored twice. Mark Messier, Wally Schreiber and Wayne Gretzky also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Kari Takko stopped 13 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Lawton (16)Brian MacLellan (32), Bob Rouse (12)1–009:38 MNS
Mark Messier (37)Jeff Beukeboom (19)1–110:35 EDM
2nd period
- Brian Lawton (17)Dave Gagner (10), Curt Giles (12)2–101:04 MNS
Jari Kurri (41)Wayne Gretzky (103), Esa Tikkanen (50)2–203:17 EDM
Esa Tikkanen (22)Wayne Gretzky (104), Jeff Beukeboom (20)2–314:02 EDM
Wally Schreiber (6)Emanuel Viveiros (9), Marc Habscheid (10)3–317:11 MNS
3rd period
- Esa Tikkanen (23)Jari Kurri (51), Wayne Gretzky (105)3–401:17 EDM
- Jari Kurri (42)Unassisted3–504:33 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (40)Jari Kurri (52), Steve Smith (42)3–614:33 EDM ·
Team stats
MNSEDM
3419
0%0%
0/61/3
1216
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:34 into the first period
Glenn Anderson · hooking2 min - 1:33 into the first period
Terry Ruskowski · interference2 min - 2:13 into the first periodMark Messier · tripping2 min
- 17:07 into the first periodBrian Lawton · interference2 min
- 3:17 into the second periodFrantisek Musil · delaying game2 min
- 6:21 into the second periodMark Messier · hooking2 min
- 15:10 into the second periodSteve Smith · cross checking2 min
- 1:11 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
- 1:11 into the third periodGord Dineen · roughing2 min
- 2:26 into the third periodWayne Gretzky · slashing2 min
- 13:28 into the third periodFrantisek Musil · hooking2 min
- 19:33 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · cross checking2 min
- 19:33 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · roughing2 min
- 19:33 into the third periodDave Gagner · roughing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 11Brian LawtonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Marc HabscheidC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 31Wally SchreiberR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Emanuel ViveirosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Richard ZemlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | L | 19 | 6 | .684 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 17Jari KurriR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8John MinerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |