Edmonton Oilers vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, December 17, 1988 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Hartford Whalers 4–2 on Saturday, December 17, 1988 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Oilers 33–18.
Goals came from Steve Smith, Craig MacTavish, Dave Tippett, Ray Ferraro, Esa Tikkanen and Craig Muni.
Grant Fuhr made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Peter Sidorkiewicz stopped 14 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Smith (3)Craig MacTavish (19), Kevin McClelland (6)1–008:34 EDM
Craig MacTavish (5)Steve Smith (15), Mark Messier (27)2–013:28 EDM · 
Dave Tippett (9)Dave Babych (12), Kevin Dineen (14)2–114:57 HFD
2nd period
Ray Ferraro (14)Unassisted2–218:24 HFD
3rd period
Esa Tikkanen (21)Jari Kurri (35), Jimmy Carson (20)3–203:35 EDM
Craig Muni (3)Jimmy Carson (21)4–206:36 EDM
Team stats
EDMHFD
1833
0%0%
0/10/6
122
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:46 into the first period
Mark Messier · slashing2 min - 12:56 into the first periodKevin Lowe · interference2 min
- 18:24 into the first period
Carey Wilson · holding2 min - 11:18 into the second periodCharlie Huddy · hooking2 min
- 0:35 into the third periodKelly Buchberger · interference2 min
- 10:33 into the third periodChris Joseph · interference2 min
- 16:54 into the third periodSteve Smith · tripping2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 12Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
Hartford Whalers
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Tom MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 25Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | L | 18 | 4 | .778 |