New York Rangers vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Monday, January 23, 1989 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Edmonton Oilers 3–2 on Monday, January 23, 1989 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Rangers 24–19.
Goals came from Mark Messier, Guy Lafleur, John Ogrodnick, Lucien DeBlois and Craig Simpson.
Bob Froese made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 16 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (18)Glenn Anderson (33), Chris Joseph (4)0–117:42 EDM · 
Guy Lafleur (10)Tomas Sandstrom (34), Carey Wilson (28)1–118:47 NYR ·
2nd period
John Ogrodnick (8)Kelly Kisio (27), Guy Lafleur (17)2–119:02 NYR
3rd period
Lucien DeBlois (6)Unassisted3–104:06 NYR
Craig Simpson (18)Unassisted3–206:00 EDM ·
Team stats
NYREDM
1924
0%0%
1/31/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:13 into the first period
Tony Granato · holding2 min - 7:57 into the first period
Kevin Lowe · interference2 min - 15:41 into the first periodKelly Kisio · interference2 min
- 16:54 into the first periodMiroslav Frycer · interference2 min
- 5:54 into the third periodTony Granato · holding2 min
- 7:34 into the third periodMark Messier · charging2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Kelly KisioC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Carey WilsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Brian MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 41Simon WheeldonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Chris JosephD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Miroslav FrycerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Craig RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 19 | 3 | .842 |