Washington Capitals vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, October 29, 1988 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, October 29, 1988 at Northlands Coliseum. The Capitals outshot the Oilers 34–30.
Dave Christian scored twice. Jimmy Carson, Esa Tikkanen, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Mark Messier and Jari Kurri also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
2nd period
Dave Christian (9)Scott Stevens (7), Geoff Courtnall (7)1–000:55 WSH · 
Jimmy Carson (4)Glenn Anderson (7), Charlie Huddy (7)1–116:52 EDM ·
3rd period
Esa Tikkanen (3)Craig Muni (1), Jimmy Carson (6)1–200:44 EDM- Dave Christian (10)Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (13), Clint Malarchuk (1)2–204:18 WSH ·
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (1)Unassisted3–214:09 WSH · 
Mark Messier (4)Craig Simpson (8)3–318:41 EDM
Overtime
Jari Kurri (5)Charlie Huddy (8)3–404:44 EDM
Team stats
WSHEDM
3430
0%0%
2/51/6
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:44 into the second period
Esa Tikkanen · hooking2 min - 2:24 into the second period
Mike Ridley · interference2 min - 4:54 into the second periodSteve Smith · cross checking2 min
- 4:54 into the second periodSteve Smith · roughing2 min
- 5:51 into the second periodMike Gartner · holding2 min
- 5:51 into the second periodMike Gartner · interference2 min
- 9:35 into the second periodCraig Simpson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:21 into the second periodChris Joseph · holding2 min
- 13:34 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 16:16 into the second periodMichal Pivonka · tripping2 min
- 17:56 into the second periodClint Malarchuk · tripping2 min
- 2:22 into the third periodCraig MacTavish · high sticking2 min
- 13:03 into the third periodNeil Sheehy · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave ChristianR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bobby GouldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Jim ThomsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 31Alain RaymondG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 12Jimmy CarsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |