St. Louis Blues vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, April 1, 1988 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the St. Louis Blues 5–2 on Friday, April 1, 1988 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Blues 35–20.
Goals came from Charlie Huddy, Randy Gregg, Jari Kurri, Gaston Gingras, Doug Gilmour, Craig Simpson and John Miner.
Bill Ranford made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Darrell May stopped 30 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Charlie Huddy (12)Wayne Gretzky (106), Jari Kurri (53)0–119:32 EDM
2nd period
Randy Gregg (1)Wayne Gretzky (107), Marty McSorley (16)0–211:19 EDM
Jari Kurri (43)Wayne Gretzky (108), Glenn Anderson (49)0–313:36 EDM ·
3rd period
Gaston Gingras (7)Bernie Federko (69), Tony McKegney (38)1–306:12 STL
Doug Gilmour (36)Unassisted2–307:12 STL · 
Craig Simpson (55)Charlie Huddy (27), Glenn Anderson (50)2–415:23 EDM
John Miner (2)Steve Smith (43), Bill Ranford (2)2–519:43 EDM ·
Team stats
STLEDM
2035
0%0%
0/41/8
4120
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:20 into the first period
Jari Kurri · roughing2 min - 1:20 into the first period
Gordie Roberts · roughing2 min - 1:20 into the first periodGordie Roberts · roughing2 min
- 8:55 into the first periodGaston Gingras · hooking2 min
- 11:04 into the first periodBrian Benning · cross checking2 min
- 12:00 into the first periodJohn Miner · interference2 min
- 15:52 into the first periodEsa Tikkanen · interference2 min
- 6:56 into the second periodSteve Smith · fighting5 min
- 6:56 into the second periodRobert Dirk · instigator2 min
- 6:56 into the second periodRobert Dirk · fighting5 min
- 7:04 into the second periodMark Messier · hooking2 min
- 12:18 into the second periodHerb Raglan · high sticking5 min
- 12:21 into the second periodRick Meagher · misconduct10 min
- 13:02 into the second periodSteve Bozek · slashing2 min
- 17:27 into the second periodMark Messier · high sticking2 min
- 19:42 into the second periodTony Hrkac · tripping2 min
- 6:22 into the third periodKevin McClelland · fighting5 min
- 6:22 into the third periodRobert Dirk · instigator2 min
- 6:22 into the third periodRobert Dirk · fighting5 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 9Doug GilmourC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Gaston GingrasD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Brett HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 17Gino CavalliniL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Todd EwenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Herb RaglanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Greg PaslawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Paul CavalliniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Robert DirkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Darrell MayG | L | 34 | 4 | .882 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8John MinerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | W | 20 | 2 | .900 |