Los Angeles Kings vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 19, 1988 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 8–6 on Wednesday, October 19, 1988 at Northlands Coliseum. The Kings outshot the Oilers 37–21.
Mark Messier scored twice and Bernie Nicholls scored twice. Glenn Anderson, Marty McSorley, Craig Simpson, Normand Lacombe, Steve Duchesne, Chris Joseph, Greg Adams, Paul Fenton, Luc Robitaille and Reed Larson also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 31 saves on 37 shots for the win; Glenn Healy stopped 13 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Glenn Anderson (1)Jimmy Carson (3), Craig Simpson (3)0–103:25 EDM
Marty McSorley (4)Mike Allison (1), Paul Fenton (2)1–104:56 LAK
Craig Simpson (4)Steve Smith (1), Glenn Anderson (3)1–213:47 EDM
Normand Lacombe (5)Charlie Huddy (5)1–318:10 EDM
2nd period
Mark Messier (2)Unassisted1–403:40 EDM · 
Steve Duchesne (2)Bernie Nicholls (10), Wayne Gretzky (9)2–406:13 LAK · 
Chris Joseph (1)Craig MacTavish (6)2–512:21 EDM
Bernie Nicholls (5)Luc Robitaille (7), Tim Watters (2)3–512:46 LAK- Mark Messier (3)Steve Smith (2), Jari Kurri (4)3–614:01 EDM
- Bernie Nicholls (6)Dave Taylor (7), Wayne Gretzky (10)4–616:22 LAK ·
3rd period
Greg Adams (2)Craig MacTavish (7), Normand Lacombe (1)4–701:27 EDM
Paul Fenton (1)John Tonelli (3), Mike Allison (2)5–702:11 LAK
Luc Robitaille (7)Bernie Nicholls (11), Steve Duchesne (5)6–709:37 LAK
Reed Larson (1)Jari Kurri (5), Craig MacTavish (8)6–815:11 EDM ·
Team stats
LAKEDM
3721
0%0%
1/90/5
1233
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:50 into the first period
Charlie Huddy · high sticking2 min - 6:14 into the first periodMark Messier · holding2 min
- 8:59 into the first period
Steve Duchesne · cross checking2 min - 10:54 into the first periodEsa Tikkanen · high sticking2 min
- 10:54 into the first periodEsa Tikkanen · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:54 into the first periodBernie Nicholls · tripping2 min
- 15:33 into the first periodSteve Duchesne · holding2 min
- 0:36 into the second periodBobby Carpenter · holding2 min
- 3:09 into the second periodKen Hammond · hooking2 min
- 4:52 into the second periodTim Tookey · hooking2 min
- 9:39 into the second periodCraig Muni · hooking2 min
- 14:35 into the second periodJimmy Carson · holding2 min
- 18:03 into the second periodKen Baumgartner · holding2 min
- 4:57 into the third periodChris Joseph · holding2 min
- 12:15 into the third periodGlenn Anderson · high sticking5 min
- 12:15 into the third periodGlenn Anderson · game misconduct10 min
- 19:53 into the third periodReed Larson · holding2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 8Paul FentonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Mike AllisonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 15Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Glenn HealyG | L | 21 | 8 | .619 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 2Chris JosephD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Ken HammondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 37 | 6 | .838 |