Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 12, 1988 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Edmonton Oilers 6–2 on Wednesday, October 12, 1988 at Northlands Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Oilers 40–30.
Greg Adams scored a hat trick. Doug Lidster, Normand Lacombe, Petri Skriko, Paul Reinhart and Jari Kurri also scored.
Kirk McLean made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 34 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Lidster (1)Brian Bradley (1), Paul Reinhart (4)1–001:50 VAN
Normand Lacombe (2)Craig MacTavish (3)1–103:30 EDM
Greg Adams (2)Tony Tanti (1), Robert Nordmark (4)2–117:50 VAN · 
Petri Skriko (3)Trevor Linden (1), Barry Pederson (2)3–119:37 VAN
2nd period
- Greg Adams (3)Stan Smyl (2), Paul Reinhart (5)4–108:05 VAN
3rd period
Paul Reinhart (1)Greg Adams (2), Petri Skriko (2)5–106:10 VAN- Greg Adams (4)Steve Bozek (1), Tony Tanti (2)6–111:32 VAN
Jari Kurri (2)Mark Messier (5), Ken Hammond (1)6–213:47 EDM
Team stats
VANEDM
4030
0%0%
1/50/7
1814
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:05 into the first period
Robert Nordmark · holding2 min - 11:15 into the first period
Chris Joseph · interference2 min - 15:15 into the first periodLarry Melnyk · cross checking2 min
- 16:22 into the first periodGrant Fuhr · interference2 min
- 0:33 into the second periodKevin Lowe · roughing2 min
- 0:33 into the second periodPetri Skriko · roughing2 min
- 1:31 into the second periodGlenn Anderson · tripping2 min
- 4:35 into the second periodCraig Simpson · roughing2 min
- 4:35 into the second periodRich Sutter · roughing2 min
- 4:35 into the second periodRich Sutter · roughing2 min
- 5:59 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 11:05 into the second periodSteve Bozek · holding2 min
- 13:36 into the second periodKevan Guy · delaying game2 min
- 18:44 into the second periodRich Sutter · interference2 min
- 8:20 into the third periodDoug Lidster · holding2 min
- 17:20 into the third periodMark Messier · slashing2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 8Greg AdamsL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Brian BradleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Steve BozekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Robert NordmarkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Ken BerryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Kevan GuyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Ken HammondD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 40 | 6 | .850 |