Vancouver Canucks vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, January 26, 1989 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–2 on Thursday, January 26, 1989 at Great Western Forum. The Canucks outshot the Kings 35–26.
Barry Pederson scored twice. Jim Sandlak, Bernie Nicholls, Jay Miller, Greg Adams, Tony Tanti and Rich Sutter also scored.
Kirk McLean made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Mark Fitzpatrick stopped 29 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Jim Sandlak (11)Paul Reinhart (36), Robert Nordmark (24)1–010:00 VAN · 
Bernie Nicholls (48)Wayne Gretzky (72), John Tonelli (21)1–116:26 LAK ·
2nd period
Jay Miller (3)Luc Robitaille (37), Bernie Nicholls (56)1–205:43 LAK
Barry Pederson (13)Paul Reinhart (37), Robert Nordmark (25)2–215:26 VAN · 
Greg Adams (16)Rich Sutter (7)3–216:11 VAN
3rd period
Tony Tanti (20)Rich Sutter (8), Larry Melnyk (7)4–210:01 VAN
Rich Sutter (9)Greg Adams (12), Tony Tanti (20)5–213:04 VAN- Barry Pederson (14)Jim Sandlak (12), David Bruce (4)6–219:08 VAN ·
Team stats
VANLAK
3526
0%0%
3/61/5
2331
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:52 into the first period
Robert Nordmark · tripping2 min - 9:03 into the first period
Tim Watters · holding2 min - 9:38 into the first periodMark Fitzpatrick · slashing2 min
- 11:15 into the first periodRobert Nordmark · holding2 min
- 11:22 into the first periodDoug Lidster · holding2 min
- 13:17 into the first periodLuc Robitaille · high sticking2 min
- 13:17 into the first periodLuc Robitaille · roughing2 min
- 13:17 into the first periodGarth Butcher · roughing2 min
- 13:17 into the first periodHarold Snepsts · cross checking5 min
- 13:17 into the first periodHarold Snepsts · game misconduct10 min
- 19:11 into the first periodJay Miller · roughing2 min
- 14:43 into the second periodSteve Duchesne · holding2 min
- 17:51 into the third periodJay Miller · elbowing2 min
- 17:51 into the third periodJay Miller · roughing2 min
- 19:50 into the third periodMarty McSorley · fighting5 min
- 19:50 into the third periodMarty McSorley · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 15Rich SutterR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 7Barry PedersonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 6Robert NordmarkD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25David BruceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Larry MelnykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Brian BradleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 49Jay MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Wayne McbeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Dale DegrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mark FitzpatrickG | L | 35 | 6 | .829 |
| 35Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – |