Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, January 28, 1989 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 7–6 on Saturday, January 28, 1989 at Great Western Forum. The Kings outshot the Oilers 47–32.
Craig Simpson scored twice, Jimmy Carson scored twice, Bernie Nicholls scored twice and Jay Miller scored twice. Dave Hunter, Miroslav Frycer, Luc Robitaille, Jari Kurri and Marty McSorley also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 41 saves on 47 shots for the win; Glenn Healy stopped 25 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Hunter (5)Craig MacTavish (23)1–005:15 EDM
Miroslav Frycer (10)Kevin Lowe (13), Mark Messier (37)2–014:27 EDM
Craig Simpson (19)Craig Redmond (8), Charlie Huddy (20)3–018:10 EDM
2nd period
Jimmy Carson (36)Miroslav Frycer (12), Craig Redmond (9)4–001:03 EDM · - Jimmy Carson (37)Kelly Buchberger (6)5–001:19 EDM ·
Bernie Nicholls (49)Steve Duchesne (39), Wayne Gretzky (73)5–105:18 LAK · - Bernie Nicholls (50)John Tonelli (22), Wayne Gretzky (74)5–205:46 LAK ·
Luc Robitaille (34)Wayne Gretzky (75), Bernie Nicholls (57)5–308:25 LAK · 
Jari Kurri (29)Mark Messier (38), Kevin Lowe (14)6–310:06 EDM · 
Marty McSorley (8)Mike Allison (8)6–413:45 LAK
Jay Miller (4)Marty McSorley (16)6–517:41 LAK
3rd period
- Jay Miller (5)Dale Degray (13), Luc Robitaille (38)6–609:05 LAK
- Craig Simpson (20)Jimmy Carson (30), Glenn Anderson (35)7–611:53 EDM
Team stats
EDMLAK
3247
0%0%
3/63/8
3239
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:41 into the first period
Bernie Nicholls · cross checking2 min - 8:08 into the first period
Kevin Lowe · hooking2 min - 8:43 into the first periodDale Degray · holding2 min
- 14:49 into the first periodJimmy Carson · slashing2 min
- 19:05 into the first periodKevin Lowe · misconduct10 min
- 19:05 into the first periodTim Watters · misconduct10 min
- 19:55 into the first periodKevin McClelland · fighting5 min
- 19:55 into the first periodKen Baumgartner · fighting5 min
- 19:55 into the first periodKen Baumgartner · game misconduct10 min
- 19:55 into the first periodMarty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 19:55 into the first periodMarty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 1:27 into the second periodMike Ware · elbowing2 min
- 1:27 into the second periodMike Ware · fighting5 min
- 1:27 into the second periodJay Miller · roughing2 min
- 7:09 into the second periodJimmy Carson · holding2 min
- 9:04 into the second periodLuc Robitaille · holding2 min
- 10:56 into the second periodKevin Lowe · delaying game2 min
- 12:33 into the third periodMike Krushelnyski · holding2 min
- 17:37 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · holding2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 12Jimmy CarsonC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Miroslav FrycerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Craig RedmondD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave HunterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Mike WareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 47 | 6 | .872 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 13 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 49Jay MillerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Dale DegrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 45Gord WalkerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 4Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Wayne McbeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Glenn HealyG | L | 32 | 7 | .781 |