Quebec Nordiques vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 7, 1988 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Quebec Nordiques 8–3 on Wednesday, December 7, 1988 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Nordiques 42–24.
Mark Messier scored twice and Jari Kurri scored a hat trick. Kevin Lowe, Walt Poddubny, Marc Fortier, David Latta, Greg Adams and Keith Acton also scored.
Bill Ranford made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Mario Gosselin stopped 21 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Kevin Lowe (4)Jari Kurri (27), Jimmy Carson (16)0–104:55 EDM
Mark Messier (10)Kevin Lowe (7), Glenn Anderson (25)0–209:25 EDM
Walt Poddubny (19)Anton Stastny (13)1–216:28 QUE
2nd period
Jari Kurri (17)Mark Messier (21), Esa Tikkanen (19)1–300:33 EDM- Jari Kurri (18)Esa Tikkanen (20), Kelly Buchberger (1)1–403:56 EDM
- Mark Messier (11)Keith Acton (5), Craig Muni (7)1–510:59 EDM ·
- Jari Kurri (19)Jimmy Carson (17), Kevin Lowe (8)1–615:40 EDM
Marc Fortier (5)Tommy Albelin (4)2–618:40 QUE
3rd period
David Latta (4)Anton Stastny (14), Walt Poddubny (21)3–601:36 QUE
Greg Adams (4)Glenn Anderson (26), Mark Messier (22)3–709:32 EDM
Keith Acton (7)Craig MacTavish (17)3–814:23 EDM ·
Team stats
QUEEDM
2442
0%0%
0/40/3
2214
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:03 into the first period
Dean Hopkins · hooking2 min - 3:36 into the first period
Mark Messier · interference2 min - 9:48 into the first periodMark Messier · slashing2 min
- 18:32 into the first periodWalt Poddubny · holding2 min
- 10:14 into the second periodCraig MacTavish · holding2 min
- 17:57 into the second periodGreg Adams · slashing2 min
- 17:57 into the second periodRandy Moller · roughing2 min
- 2:02 into the third periodSteve Smith · roughing2 min
- 2:02 into the third periodSteve Smith · roughing2 min
- 2:02 into the third periodTrevor Stienburg · roughing2 min
- 2:02 into the third periodTrevor Stienburg · roughing2 min
- 12:43 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · roughing2 min
- 19:17 into the third periodMarc Fortier · misconduct10 min
- 19:17 into the third periodRandy Moller · hooking2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 75Walt PoddubnyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 9Marc FortierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27David LattaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Iiro JarviR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 17Trevor StienburgR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Bobby DollasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Jeff BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 46Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bob MasonG | 15 | 2 | .867 | |
| 33Mario GosselinG | L | 27 | 6 | .778 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Keith ActonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 31Grant FuhrG | 0 | 0 | – |