Vancouver Canucks vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, December 29, 1988 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–3 on Thursday, December 29, 1988 at Great Western Forum. The Canucks outshot the Kings 35–34.
Jim Sandlak scored twice. Luc Robitaille, Stan Smyl, Wayne Gretzky, Petri Skriko, Trevor Linden, Tony Tanti and Steve Duchesne also scored.
Steve Weeks made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Glenn Healy stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Luc Robitaille (27)Bobby Carpenter (15), Wayne Gretzky (56)0–112:03 LAK
Stan Smyl (5)Steve Bozek (9), Garth Butcher (9)1–116:13 VAN
2nd period
Wayne Gretzky (29)Bernie Nicholls (47), Marty McSorley (13)1–204:00 LAK
Jim Sandlak (9)Barry Pederson (17), Robert Nordmark (19)2–204:29 VAN
Petri Skriko (20)Unassisted3–208:18 VAN
3rd period
Trevor Linden (18)Robert Nordmark (20)4–200:18 VAN · 
Tony Tanti (14)Greg Adams (9)5–206:56 VAN
Steve Duchesne (14)Bernie Nicholls (48), Wayne Gretzky (57)5–310:37 LAK · - Jim Sandlak (10)Petri Skriko (21)6–319:11 VAN ·
Team stats
VANLAK
3534
0%0%
1/31/5
1713
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:32 into the first period
Mike Allison · fighting5 min - 5:32 into the first period
Garth Butcher · fighting5 min - 19:45 into the first periodMarty McSorley · interference2 min
- 10:04 into the second periodKevan Guy · holding2 min
- 15:34 into the second periodJim Sandlak · interference2 min
- 19:05 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · tripping2 min
- 4:11 into the third periodGreg Adams · holding2 min
- 7:23 into the third periodKevan Guy · cross checking2 min
- 8:00 into the third periodIgor Liba · hooking2 min
- 9:40 into the third periodGreg Adams · tripping2 min
- 14:43 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · holding2 min
- 14:43 into the third periodJim Sandlak · roughing2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 19Jim SandlakR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Robert NordmarkD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Steve BozekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Brian BradleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Ronnie SternR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Dan HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Kevan GuyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |
| 35Troy GambleG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Sylvain CouturierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Dave PasinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Robert LoganR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Igor LibaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Dale DegrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Glenn HealyG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |