Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, March 25, 1989 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–2 on Saturday, March 25, 1989 at Great Western Forum. The Kings outshot the Oilers 46–26.
Bernie Nicholls scored twice. Steve Kasper, Mike Krushelnyski, Jari Kurri and Mark Messier also scored.
Kelly Hrudey made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 42 of 46.
Scoring
1st period
Bernie Nicholls (66)Steve Duchesne (48), Igor Liba (18)0–110:03 LAK · - Bernie Nicholls (67)Wayne Gretzky (109), Jim Wiemer (1)0–217:26 LAK ·
2nd period
Steve Kasper (18)Dean Kennedy (11)0–307:20 LAK
Mike Krushelnyski (25)Bernie Nicholls (77), Steve Duchesne (49)0–413:29 LAK · 
Jari Kurri (42)Charlie Huddy (32), Mark Messier (59)1–416:23 EDM
3rd period
Mark Messier (32)Unassisted2–400:16 EDM ·
Team stats
EDMLAK
2646
0%0%
0/62/6
2525
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:09 into the first period
Jim Wiemer · tripping2 min - 6:18 into the first period
Kevin McClelland · fighting5 min - 6:18 into the first periodDean Kennedy · fighting5 min
- 8:06 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · elbowing2 min
- 11:47 into the first periodCharlie Huddy · delaying game2 min
- 15:32 into the first periodDean Kennedy · interference2 min
- 17:36 into the first periodJeff Beukeboom · high sticking2 min
- 17:36 into the first periodSteve Kasper · high sticking2 min
- 1:54 into the second periodTim Watters · holding2 min
- 5:20 into the second periodDoug Crossman · holding2 min
- 12:19 into the second periodDoug Halward · tripping2 min
- 18:43 into the second periodBench · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1:32 into the third periodGlenn Anderson · cross checking2 min
- 6:24 into the third periodJari Kurri · high sticking2 min
- 6:24 into the third periodTim Watters · holding2 min
- 7:52 into the third periodDoug Crossman · holding2 min
- 9:22 into the third periodCraig Simpson · cross checking2 min
- 10:57 into the third periodCraig MacTavish · high sticking2 min
- 10:57 into the third periodSteve Kasper · high sticking2 min
- 17:00 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · cross checking2 min
- 17:00 into the third periodSteve Duchesne · holding2 min
- 18:22 into the third periodTim Watters · tripping2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Mark LambC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 37Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 46 | 4 | .913 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Igor LibaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 2Jim WiemerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Sylvain CouturierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 39Hubie McdonoughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 45Gord WalkerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 35Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – |