Edmonton Oilers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, November 13, 1988 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in overtime on Sunday, November 13, 1988 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Oilers 37–28.
Goals came from Jimmy Carson, John Tucker, Steve Smith, Mark Napier, Reed Larson, Mike Foligno, Keith Acton, Dave Andreychuk and Esa Tikkanen.
Grant Fuhr made 33 saves on 37 shots for the win; Daren Puppa stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Jimmy Carson (8)Glenn Anderson (13), Craig Simpson (11)1–001:25 EDM · 
John Tucker (5)Dave Andreychuk (7)1–102:07 BUF
Steve Smith (2)Keith Acton (2), Jari Kurri (16)2–105:12 EDM
Mark Napier (3)Ray Sheppard (5), Pierre Turgeon (10)2–207:35 BUF
Reed Larson (2)Jari Kurri (17), Randy Gregg (8)3–209:59 EDM
3rd period
Mike Foligno (8)Doug Bodger (5), Christian Ruuttu (9)3–304:20 BUF · 
Keith Acton (2)Jari Kurri (18), Esa Tikkanen (8)4–312:54 EDM
Dave Andreychuk (10)Phil Housley (13), John Tucker (14)4–419:52 BUF
Overtime
Esa Tikkanen (13)Jari Kurri (19), Keith Acton (3)5–403:25 EDM
Team stats
EDMBUF
2837
0%0%
1/41/2
913
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:48 into the first period
Mike Foligno · holding2 min - 7:41 into the first periodJeff Parker · instigator2 min
- 7:41 into the first periodJeff Parker · fighting5 min
- 7:41 into the first period
Kelly Buchberger · fighting5 min - 14:16 into the first periodDaren Puppa · delaying game2 min
- 18:07 into the first periodKevin McClelland · tripping2 min
- 3:27 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3:10 into the third periodGlen Cochrane · hooking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 23Keith ActonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Jimmy CarsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 34Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 37 | 4 | .892 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 7John TuckerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Christian RuuttuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Ray SheppardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 65Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 9Scott ArnielL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Kevin MaguireR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike HartmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Jeff ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 38Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jacques CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Daren PuppaG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |