Detroit Red Wings vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 15, 1989 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Edmonton Oilers 8–6 on Wednesday, March 15, 1989 at Northlands Coliseum. The Red Wings outshot the Oilers 30–24.
Steve Yzerman scored twice, Craig Simpson scored twice and Jimmy Carson scored twice. Torrie Robertson, Craig Muni, Steve Chiasson, Gerard Gallant, Shawn Burr, Jari Kurri, John Chabot and Paul MacLean also scored.
Greg Stefan made 18 saves on 24 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 10 of 12.
Scoring
1st period
Torrie Robertson (3)Rick Zombo (19), Shawn Burr (23)1–008:27 DET
Steve Yzerman (62)Gerard Gallant (50)2–012:57 DET
2nd period
Craig Simpson (34)Mark Messier (52), Glenn Anderson (45)2–105:17 EDM
Craig Muni (5)Kevin McClelland (13), Kelly Buchberger (9)2–205:39 EDM
Jimmy Carson (46)Charlie Huddy (30), Mark Messier (53)2–309:17 EDM
Steve Chiasson (11)Doug Houda (9), Steve Yzerman (80)3–310:30 DET- Craig Simpson (35)Charlie Huddy (31), Mark Messier (54)3–415:37 EDM ·
Gerard Gallant (37)Steve Yzerman (81), Dave Barr (28)4–419:34 DET · 
Shawn Burr (17)Joey Kocur (7)5–419:49 DET
3rd period
Jari Kurri (40)Esa Tikkanen (44), Jimmy Carson (49)5–503:16 EDM
John Chabot (2)Steve Yzerman (82), Rick Zombo (20)6–507:07 DET · - Jimmy Carson (47)Jari Kurri (54), Kevin Lowe (18)6–612:02 EDM
Paul MacLean (34)Steve Yzerman (83), Gerard Gallant (51)7–618:31 DET- Steve Yzerman (63)Gerard Gallant (52), Lee Norwood (31)8–619:39 DET ·
Team stats
DETEDM
3024
0%0%
1/21/5
159
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:15 into the first period
Torrie Robertson · boarding2 min - 14:47 into the first period
Randy Gregg · holding2 min - 7:07 into the second periodSteve Chiasson · tripping2 min
- 12:28 into the second periodJoey Kocur · fighting5 min
- 12:28 into the second periodKelly Buchberger · fighting5 min
- 14:52 into the second periodSteve Yzerman · tripping2 min
- 18:26 into the second periodCraig Muni · high sticking2 min
- 6:24 into the third periodJoey Kocur · interference2 min
- 13:24 into the third periodSteve Yzerman · slashing2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 19Steve YzermanC | 2 | 4 | 6 | +5 | 5 | – |
| 17Gerard GallantL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Rick ZomboD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Torrie RobertsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16John ChabotC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave BarrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Lee NorwoodD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27Doug HoudaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Greg StefanG | W | 24 | 6 | .750 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 12Jimmy CarsonC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 23Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 17 | 5 | .706 | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 12 | 2 | .833 |