Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Tuesday, January 10, 1989 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers 5–4 in overtime on Tuesday, January 10, 1989 at Great Western Forum. The Kings outshot the Oilers 33–17.
Bernie Nicholls scored twice and Jari Kurri scored twice. Mark Messier, Sylvain Couturier, Marty McSorley, Glenn Anderson and Mike Krushelnyski also scored.
Glenn Healy made 13 saves on 17 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (14)Unassisted1–004:12 EDM · 
Bernie Nicholls (39)Wayne Gretzky (60), Doug Crossman (10)1–109:24 LAK
Sylvain Couturier (1)Doug Crossman (11), Wayne Gretzky (61)1–211:11 LAK ·
2nd period
- Bernie Nicholls (40)Tim Watters (7), Wayne Gretzky (62)1–304:27 LAK ·
3rd period
Jari Kurri (26)Craig Simpson (24), Kevin Lowe (11)2–301:50 EDM- Jari Kurri (27)Jimmy Carson (27), Craig Simpson (25)3–308:58 EDM
Marty McSorley (7)Luc Robitaille (34)3–413:09 LAK
Glenn Anderson (11)Miroslav Frycer (10), Mark Messier (32)4–417:44 EDM
Overtime
Mike Krushelnyski (11)Wayne Gretzky (63), John Tonelli (14)4–502:20 LAK ·
Team stats
EDMLAK
1733
0%0%
0/42/5
2916
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:06 into the first period
Esa Tikkanen · slashing2 min - 1:06 into the first period
John Tonelli · roughing2 min - 1:32 into the first periodKevin Lowe · high sticking2 min
- 3:59 into the first periodKeith Acton · high sticking5 min
- 3:59 into the first periodKeith Acton · game misconduct10 min
- 5:50 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 9:51 into the first periodNormand Lacombe · hooking2 min
- 12:40 into the first periodDave Taylor · interference2 min
- 16:57 into the first periodWayne Gretzky · tripping2 min
- 19:41 into the first periodJari Kurri · roughing2 min
- 19:41 into the first periodTim Watters · roughing2 min
- 3:31 into the second periodDave Taylor · hooking2 min
- 5:45 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · interference2 min
- 6:54 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 14:29 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
- 14:29 into the third periodLuc Robitaille · elbowing2 min
- 0:25 into overtimeMark Messier · high sticking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Miroslav FrycerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Craig RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 31Grant FuhrG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 4Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Sylvain CouturierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Igor LibaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Wayne McbeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Dale DegrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 42Steve RichmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Glenn HealyG | W | 17 | 4 | .765 |