Quebec Nordiques vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, January 4, 1989 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Quebec Nordiques 4–2 on Wednesday, January 4, 1989 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Nordiques 36–23.
Jari Kurri scored twice. Paul Gillis, Miroslav Frycer, Jimmy Carson and Iiro Jarvi also scored.
Bill Ranford made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Ron Tugnutt stopped 32 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Gillis (6)Randy Moller (13)1–015:11 QUE ·
2nd period
Miroslav Frycer (8)Craig Redmond (1), Mark Messier (31)1–114:55 EDM · 
Jari Kurri (24)Unassisted1–219:10 EDM
3rd period
Jimmy Carson (32)Normand Lacombe (6), Kelly Buchberger (2)1–302:38 EDM- Jari Kurri (25)Kelly Buchberger (3), Craig Redmond (2)1–407:58 EDM ·
Iiro Jarvi (8)Michel Goulet (18), Paul Gillis (8)2–408:43 QUE
Team stats
QUEEDM
2336
0%0%
1/72/6
1214
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:36 into the first period
Michel Goulet · tripping2 min - 9:52 into the first period
Craig Redmond · holding2 min - 10:33 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · tripping2 min
- 11:03 into the first periodPeter Stastny · hooking2 min
- 13:28 into the first periodGlenn Anderson · slashing2 min
- 18:26 into the first periodCraig MacTavish · interference2 min
- 14:20 into the second periodIiro Jarvi · slashing2 min
- 16:06 into the second periodRandy Moller · cross checking2 min
- 5:51 into the third periodKelly Buchberger · tripping2 min
- 6:00 into the third periodPaul Gillis · tripping2 min
- 13:24 into the third periodCurtis Leschyshyn · cross checking2 min
- 18:39 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · tripping2 min
- 19:05 into the third periodCraig Muni · tripping2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 23Paul GillisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Iiro JarviR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Trevor StienburgR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Jacques MailhotL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 75Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 88Joe SakicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Jeff BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 46Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Mario GosselinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Ron TugnuttG | L | 36 | 4 | .889 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Craig RedmondD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Jimmy CarsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 15Miroslav FrycerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 31Grant FuhrG | 0 | 0 | – |