Vancouver Canucks vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, April 1, 1989 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Vancouver Canucks 6–4 on Saturday, April 1, 1989 at Great Western Forum. The Canucks outshot the Kings 37–32.
Greg Adams scored twice and Bernie Nicholls scored a hat trick. Chris Kontos, Jim Benning, Jay Miller, Trevor Linden and Steve Kasper also scored.
Kelly Hrudey made 33 saves on 37 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Adams (8)Unassisted1–000:57 VAN
Chris Kontos (1)Wayne Gretzky (112), Sylvain Couturier (3)1–112:45 LAK · 
Greg Adams (19)Doug Smith (5), Garth Butcher (19)2–113:05 VAN
Jim Benning (2)Greg Adams (7), Tony Tanti (24)3–116:33 VAN ·
2nd period
Jay Miller (7)Dave Taylor (37), Bernie Nicholls (79)3–201:49 LAK
Bernie Nicholls (68)Steve Kasper (30), Wayne Gretzky (113)3–304:35 LAK · 
Trevor Linden (30)Jim Sandlak (20), Garth Butcher (20)4–313:37 VAN
Steve Kasper (19)Bernie Nicholls (80), Petr Prajzler (1)4–414:35 LAK · - Bernie Nicholls (69)Steve Kasper (31), Wayne Gretzky (114)4–519:51 LAK ·
3rd period
- Bernie Nicholls (70)Jim Wiemer (3)4–619:42 LAK · ·
Team stats
VANLAK
3732
0%0%
1/84/9
5657
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:50 into the first period
Mel Bridgman · cross checking2 min - 14:29 into the first period
Marty McSorley · cross checking2 min - 14:29 into the first periodMarty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 1:49 into the second periodTrevor Linden · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2:58 into the second periodPetri Skriko · hooking2 min
- 4:06 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:06 into the second periodHarold Snepsts · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 7:15 into the second periodTim Watters · hooking2 min
- 8:48 into the second periodJim Wiemer · cross checking2 min
- 11:12 into the second periodMarty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 14:06 into the second periodLarry Melnyk · elbowing2 min
- 18:23 into the second periodKen Baumgartner · roughing2 min
- 18:23 into the second periodGarth Butcher · roughing2 min
- 18:23 into the second periodGarth Butcher · misconduct10 min
- 19:38 into the second periodBench · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodJay Miller · instigator2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodJay Miller · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the second periodRonnie Stern · fighting5 min
- 1:20 into the third periodTony Tanti · holding2 min
- 3:52 into the third periodMarty McSorley · slashing2 min
- 6:17 into the third periodTim Watters · slashing2 min
- 6:17 into the third periodGreg Adams · slashing2 min
- 6:17 into the third periodTony Tanti · elbowing2 min
- 8:54 into the third periodKen Baumgartner · slashing2 min
- 8:54 into the third periodRonnie Stern · roughing2 min
- 12:09 into the third periodGreg Adams · holding2 min
- 12:09 into the third periodGreg Adams · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:09 into the third periodGreg Adams · misconduct10 min
- 17:59 into the third periodMarty McSorley · cross checking5 min
- 17:59 into the third periodMarty McSorley · fighting5 min
- 17:59 into the third periodMarty McSorley · misconduct10 min
- 17:59 into the third periodMarty McSorley · game misconduct10 min
- 17:59 into the third periodRonnie Stern · fighting5 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 22Greg AdamsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Doug SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Ronnie SternR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Kevan GuyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Robert NordmarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 24Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 3 | 2 | 5 | +2 | 12 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Sylvain CouturierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Chris KontosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Jim WiemerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Petr PrajzlerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Igor LibaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Dale DegrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | W | 37 | 4 | .892 |
| 35Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – |