Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Tuesday, October 25, 1988 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–4 on Tuesday, October 25, 1988 at Great Western Forum. The Kings outshot the Oilers 38–24.
Goals came from Mike Krushelnyski, Charlie Huddy, Jimmy Carson, John Tonelli, Steve Duchesne, Steve Smith, Esa Tikkanen, Craig Simpson and Dave Taylor.
Grant Fuhr made 34 saves on 38 shots for the win; Glenn Healy stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Krushelnyski (5)Ron Duguay (3), Steve Richmond (1)0–100:38 LAK
Charlie Huddy (3)Steve Smith (3), Glenn Anderson (4)1–107:04 EDM ·
3rd period
Jimmy Carson (3)Glenn Anderson (5), Craig Simpson (6)2–102:04 EDM
John Tonelli (1)Steve Richmond (2)2–203:59 LAK
Steve Duchesne (3)Wayne Gretzky (11), Bernie Nicholls (13)2–306:12 LAK · 
Steve Smith (1)Craig Simpson (7), Glenn Anderson (6)3–310:54 EDM
Esa Tikkanen (2)Craig MacTavish (9)4–311:58 EDM
Craig Simpson (6)Jimmy Carson (5), Jari Kurri (7)5–318:16 EDM
Dave Taylor (4)Wayne Gretzky (12), Steve Duchesne (7)5–419:59 LAK
Team stats
EDMLAK
2438
0%0%
1/41/8
5930
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:09 into the first period
Paul Guay · hooking2 min - 6:15 into the first periodDean Kennedy · roughing2 min
- 10:47 into the first period
Kelly Buchberger · boarding2 min - 10:47 into the first periodKelly Buchberger · misconduct10 min
- 10:47 into the first periodKelly Buchberger · game misconduct10 min
- 10:47 into the first periodKevin McClelland · misconduct10 min
- 10:47 into the first periodDave Taylor · misconduct10 min
- 10:47 into the first periodTim Watters · misconduct10 min
- 14:55 into the first periodGlenn Anderson · tripping2 min
- 17:43 into the first periodCharlie Huddy · high sticking2 min
- 17:49 into the first periodMike Krushelnyski · interference2 min
- 19:27 into the first periodMark Messier · slashing2 min
- 19:27 into the first periodMark Messier · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:46 into the second periodGlenn Healy · slashing2 min
- 11:09 into the second periodBench · delaying game2 min
- 14:55 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · hooking2 min
- 4:52 into the third periodJari Kurri · hooking2 min
- 5:14 into the third periodKevin Lowe · high sticking5 min
- 5:14 into the third periodKevin Lowe · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Jimmy CarsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 38 | 4 | .895 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 42Steve RichmondD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 8Paul FentonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Paul GuayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Dale DegrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Roland MelansonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Glenn HealyG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |