Montréal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 1988 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–2 on Saturday, December 31, 1988 at Northlands Coliseum. The Canadiens outshot the Oilers 25–21.
Goals came from Bob Gainey, Chris Chelios, Jimmy Carson, Esa Tikkanen, Mike Mcphee and Shayne Corson.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Gainey (8)Unassisted1–008:00 MTL
2nd period
Chris Chelios (7)Bobby Smith (26), Petr Svoboda (18)2–003:02 MTL · 
Jimmy Carson (30)Craig MacTavish (22), Steve Smith (19)2–105:57 EDM
3rd period
Esa Tikkanen (23)Jimmy Carson (23)2–200:30 EDM
Mike Mcphee (13)Brent Gilchrist (6), Claude Lemieux (16)3–211:31 MTL
Shayne Corson (11)Mats Naslund (30), Stephane Richer (17)4–212:15 MTL
Team stats
MTLEDM
2521
0%0%
1/40/5
1917
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:25 into the first period
Greg Adams · elbowing2 min - 8:25 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · elbowing2 min
- 8:25 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · fighting5 min
- 8:25 into the first period
Steve Martinson · instigator2 min - 8:25 into the first periodSteve Martinson · fighting5 min
- 19:41 into the first periodBrian Hayward · high sticking2 min
- 19:48 into the first periodJimmy Carson · slashing2 min
- 1:35 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · hooking2 min
- 2:38 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · high sticking2 min
- 3:42 into the second periodShayne Corson · holding2 min
- 13:33 into the second periodBrent Gilchrist · cross checking2 min
- 18:05 into the second periodKeith Acton · kneeing2 min
- 18:05 into the second periodLarry Robinson · roughing2 min
- 6:43 into the third periodBrian Hayward · delaying game2 min
- 12:35 into the third periodBob Gainey · elbowing2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.