Los Angeles Kings vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Sunday, March 12, 1989 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers 6–3 on Sunday, March 12, 1989 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Kings 27–26.
Goals came from Ken Baumgartner, Craig Simpson, Luc Robitaille, Jari Kurri, John Tonelli, Mike Krushelnyski, Wayne Gretzky, Tomas Jonsson and Bernie Nicholls.
Kelly Hrudey made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 20 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Ken Baumgartner (1)Chris Kontos (1), Bernie Nicholls (71)1–005:18 LAK
Craig Simpson (33)Mark Messier (50), Esa Tikkanen (42)1–111:05 EDM ·
2nd period
Luc Robitaille (43)Steve Duchesne (44), Dave Taylor (35)2–101:18 LAK
Jari Kurri (39)Esa Tikkanen (43), Mark Messier (51)2–212:10 EDM ·
3rd period
John Tonelli (31)Steve Kasper (27), Tim Watters (18)3–200:34 LAK
Mike Krushelnyski (22)Wayne Gretzky (101), Steve Duchesne (45)4–205:59 LAK
Wayne Gretzky (52)Mike Allison (20)5–207:23 LAK
Tomas Jonsson (10)Charlie Huddy (29), Jimmy Carson (48)5–313:04 EDM · 
Bernie Nicholls (61)Doug Crossman (15)6–315:58 LAK ·
Team stats
LAKEDM
2627
0%0%
1/43/9
3929
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:34 into the first period
Dave Brown · fighting5 min - 0:34 into the first period
Jay Miller · fighting5 min - 8:54 into the first periodKevin McClelland · fighting5 min
- 8:54 into the first periodDean Kennedy · fighting5 min
- 9:22 into the first periodBernie Nicholls · holding2 min
- 16:25 into the first periodJohn Tonelli · elbowing2 min
- 18:33 into the first periodKevin Lowe · tripping2 min
- 2:43 into the second periodKelly Buchberger · roughing2 min
- 2:43 into the second periodDean Kennedy · roughing2 min
- 3:42 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · roughing2 min
- 7:44 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · boarding2 min
- 10:49 into the second periodDean Kennedy · roughing2 min
- 12:02 into the second periodMike Allison · hooking2 min
- 14:07 into the second periodJari Kurri · roughing2 min
- 15:54 into the second periodDave Taylor · holding2 min
- 9:31 into the third periodKelly Buchberger · roughing2 min
- 9:31 into the third periodKelly Buchberger · fighting5 min
- 9:31 into the third periodKen Baumgartner · high sticking2 min
- 9:31 into the third periodKen Baumgartner · fighting5 min
- 11:13 into the third periodJari Kurri · roughing2 min
- 11:13 into the third periodDoug Crossman · roughing2 min
- 11:29 into the third periodSteve Duchesne · holding2 min
- 15:26 into the third periodCraig Simpson · high sticking2 min
- 16:53 into the third periodTim Watters · tripping2 min
- 19:14 into the third periodChris Kontos · high sticking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Chris KontosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 35Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 12Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Tomas JonssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 37Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 26 | 6 | .769 |