Edmonton Oilers vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Sunday, October 23, 1988 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Edmonton Oilers 6–5 on Sunday, October 23, 1988 at Pacific Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Canucks 30–26.
Craig MacTavish scored twice and Jari Kurri scored twice. Tony Tanti, Trevor Linden, Petri Skriko, Brian Bradley, Stan Smyl, Greg Adams and Craig Simpson also scored.
Kirk McLean made 25 saves on 30 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 20 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Craig MacTavish (1)Mark Messier (7)1–008:25 EDM · 
Jari Kurri (3)Craig Simpson (4), Mark Messier (8)2–011:22 EDM
Tony Tanti (2)Brian Bradley (4)2–111:40 VAN
Trevor Linden (2)Paul Reinhart (9), Garth Butcher (1)2–212:40 VAN
Petri Skriko (7)Brian Bradley (5), Barry Pederson (5)2–319:27 VAN ·
2nd period
Brian Bradley (2)Rob Murphy (1)2–402:41 VAN
Stan Smyl (2)Steve Bozek (3), Rich Sutter (2)2–503:03 VAN
3rd period
Greg Adams (6)Stan Smyl (3), Trevor Linden (3)2–602:39 VAN- Craig MacTavish (2)Mark Messier (9)3–603:10 EDM ·
Craig Simpson (5)Charlie Huddy (6), Jari Kurri (6)4–614:19 EDM- Jari Kurri (4)Craig Simpson (5), Jimmy Carson (4)5–617:03 EDM
Team stats
EDMVAN
3026
0%0%
0/31/4
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:09 into the first period
Randy Gregg · holding2 min - 18:26 into the first periodGlenn Anderson · hooking2 min
- 3:30 into the second period
Steve Bozek · hooking2 min - 7:16 into the second periodGreg Adams · interference2 min
- 19:54 into the second periodTony Tanti · tripping2 min
- 2:56 into the third periodKevin McClelland · slashing2 min
- 9:30 into the third periodBrian Bradley · slashing2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 25Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 26 | 6 | .769 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 10Brian BradleyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Steve BozekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Rob MurphyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25David BruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Kevan GuyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Robert NordmarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | W | 30 | 5 | .833 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |