Detroit Red Wings vs Edmonton Oilers
Playoffs · Thursday, May 5, 1988 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–3 on Thursday, May 5, 1988 at Northlands Coliseum. The Red Wings outshot the Oilers 28–24.
Mark Messier scored twice. John Chabot, Mel Bridgman, Brent Ashton, Jari Kurri, Craig Simpson and Wayne Gretzky also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Glen Hanlon stopped 10 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
John Chabot (4)Bob Probert (12), Lee Norwood (6)1–002:03 DET
2nd period
Mark Messier (8)Wayne Gretzky (16), Jari Kurri (10)1–105:24 EDM · 
Mel Bridgman (3)Darren Veitch (4)2–115:20 DET
Brent Ashton (4)Jeff Sharples (1), Joe Murphy (1)3–117:41 DET ·
3rd period
- Mark Messier (9)Craig Muni (1)3–200:48 EDM
Jari Kurri (10)Esa Tikkanen (12), Wayne Gretzky (17)3–301:18 EDM
Craig Simpson (7)Mark Messier (15), Randy Gregg (3)3–405:01 EDM · 
Wayne Gretzky (6)Mark Messier (16), Jari Kurri (11)3–519:42 EDM ·
Team stats
DETEDM
2824
0%0%
1/62/6
1920
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:20 into the first period
Jeff Sharples · interference2 min - 11:57 into the first periodSteve Chiasson · roughing2 min
- 17:50 into the first period
Craig Simpson · interference2 min - 0:23 into the second periodGerard Gallant · fighting5 min
- 0:23 into the second periodCraig MacTavish · fighting5 min
- 2:03 into the second periodRandy Gregg · holding2 min
- 3:20 into the second periodLee Norwood · tripping2 min
- 4:38 into the second periodSteve Chiasson · cross checking2 min
- 11:10 into the second periodGlenn Anderson · slashing2 min
- 15:41 into the second periodMark Messier · high sticking5 min
- 3:19 into the third periodGlen Hanlon · delaying game2 min
- 10:25 into the third periodGlen Hanlon · slashing2 min
- 13:47 into the third periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
- 18:49 into the third periodDave Barr · slashing2 min
- 18:49 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · slashing2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Joe MurphyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Brent AshtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16John ChabotC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 34Jeff SharplesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 22Dave BarrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 39Dale KrentzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Rick ZomboD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | L | 14 | 4 | .714 |
| 30Greg StefanG | 9 | 0 | 1.000 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |