Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings
Playoffs · Saturday, April 15, 1989 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers 6–3 on Saturday, April 15, 1989 at Great Western Forum. The Oilers outshot the Kings 34–30.
Wayne Gretzky scored twice and Bernie Nicholls scored twice. Jari Kurri, Chris Kontos, Craig Simpson, Kevin Lowe and Dale Degray also scored.
Kelly Hrudey made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Gretzky (3)Marty McSorley (2), Jay Miller (1)0–100:52 LAK
Jari Kurri (3)Mark Messier (9), Craig Muni (2)1–104:48 EDM
Chris Kontos (8)Bernie Nicholls (6), Steve Duchesne (3)1–211:56 LAK ·
2nd period
Craig Simpson (2)Jari Kurri (5), Mark Messier (10)2–200:34 EDM · 
Bernie Nicholls (3)Dave Taylor (4), Luc Robitaille (3)2–306:51 LAK
Kevin Lowe (1)Mark Messier (11), Craig Muni (3)3–307:48 EDM- Bernie Nicholls (4)Wayne Gretzky (9), Steve Kasper (3)3–416:23 LAK ·
3rd period
Dale Degray (1)Bernie Nicholls (7), Luc Robitaille (4)3–514:50 LAK · - Wayne Gretzky (4)Steve Kasper (4)3–618:25 LAK · ·
Team stats
EDMLAK
3430
0%0%
1/53/6
1614
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:24 into the first period
Normand Lacombe · holding2 min - 12:51 into the first periodGlenn Anderson · roughing2 min
- 12:51 into the first period
John Tonelli · holding2 min - 17:58 into the first periodMark Messier · interference2 min
- 19:34 into the first periodChris Kontos · holding2 min
- 8:51 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · high sticking2 min
- 14:48 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · interference2 min
- 15:55 into the second periodCraig Muni · holding2 min
- 19:18 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · holding2 min
- 4:57 into the third periodJimmy Carson · hooking2 min
- 9:05 into the third periodCraig MacTavish · roughing2 min
- 9:05 into the third periodDale Degray · roughing2 min
- 11:47 into the third periodSteve Duchesne · holding2 min
- 14:25 into the third periodKevin Lowe · delaying game2 min
- 17:19 into the third periodTim Watters · holding2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Mark LambC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8John LeblancR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Chris KontosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Dale DegrayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |
| 35Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – |