Los Angeles Kings vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, November 23, 1988 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Detroit Red Wings 8–3 on Wednesday, November 23, 1988 at Joe Louis Arena. The Kings outshot the Red Wings 33–31.
Steve Yzerman scored twice and Bernie Nicholls scored twice. Gord Walker, Wayne Gretzky, Steve Duchesne, Luc Robitaille, Doug Crossman, Adam Oates and Ron Duguay also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Gord Walker (1)Wayne Gretzky (29), Dean Kennedy (6)1–006:27 LAK
Wayne Gretzky (17)Dave Taylor (18), Luc Robitaille (18)2–008:23 LAK
Steve Duchesne (10)Bernie Nicholls (25), Wayne Gretzky (30)3–014:33 LAK ·
2nd period
Luc Robitaille (16)Wayne Gretzky (31), Bernie Nicholls (26)4–003:28 LAK
Doug Crossman (5)Mike Krushelnyski (12), Wayne Gretzky (32)5–004:27 LAK
Steve Yzerman (20)Paul MacLean (10), Gerard Gallant (18)5–119:25 DET
3rd period
Bernie Nicholls (27)Unassisted6–105:11 LAK · - Steve Yzerman (21)Adam Oates (18), Paul MacLean (11)6–209:25 DET ·
Adam Oates (6)Gerard Gallant (19)6–312:00 DET
Ron Duguay (3)Marty McSorley (8)7–313:36 LAK- Bernie Nicholls (28)Wayne Gretzky (33), Mike Krushelnyski (13)8–317:26 LAK
Team stats
LAKDET
3331
0%0%
1/31/4
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:27 into the first period
Tim Watters · hooking2 min - 2:38 into the first period
Joe Murphy · boarding2 min - 13:01 into the first periodTom Laidlaw · cross checking2 min
- 17:50 into the first periodRon Duguay · hooking2 min
- 8:01 into the second periodDoug Houda · roughing2 min
- 8:01 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · roughing2 min
- 15:00 into the second periodPaul MacLean · roughing2 min
- 15:00 into the second periodMarty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 4:41 into the third periodShawn Burr · cross checking2 min
- 7:50 into the third periodBernie Nicholls · holding2 min
- 15:15 into the third periodShawn Burr · holding2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.