Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings

Regular season · Saturday, October 7, 1989 · Great Western Forum

6–5

23–31

Game summary

The Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–5 on Saturday, October 7, 1989 at Great Western Forum. The Kings outshot the Oilers 31–23.

Wayne Gretzky scored twice and Bernie Nicholls scored twice. Kevin McClelland, Craig MacTavish, Mark Messier, Jari Kurri, Esa Tikkanen, Glenn Anderson and Luc Robitaille also scored.

Bill Ranford made 26 saves on 31 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 17 of 23.

Goals
EDM	1	2	3	6	23
LAK	1	2	2	5	31

Scoring

1st period

Wayne Gretzky (1)Luc Robitaille (1), Larry Robinson (3)0–110:53 LAK
Kevin McClelland (1)Unassisted1–111:24 EDM

2nd period

Wayne Gretzky (2)Bob Kudelski (1), John Tonelli (1)1–201:07 LAK ·
Craig MacTavish (1)Jari Kurri (2), Craig Muni (2)2–204:33 EDM
Bernie Nicholls (1)Marty McSorley (1), Luc Robitaille (2)2–305:45 LAK ·
Mark Messier (2)Craig Muni (3), Kevin Lowe (1)3–319:44 EDM

3rd period

Jari Kurri (1)Jimmy Carson (1), Mark Messier (2)4–302:27 EDM ·
Esa Tikkanen (1)Jari Kurri (3), Craig MacTavish (1)5–309:29 EDM
Bernie Nicholls (2)Jim Fox (1), Steve Duchesne (1)5–409:50 LAK
Glenn Anderson (2)Craig Simpson (4), Jimmy Carson (2)6–410:20 EDM
Luc Robitaille (2)Bob Kudelski (2), Petr Prajzler (1)6–519:09 LAK ·

Team stats

EDMLAK

2331

0%0%

1/53/7

2319

Penalties

3:00 into the first periodKen Baumgartner · hooking2 min
4:48 into the first periodKevin Lowe · tripping2 min
13:55 into the first periodCraig Muni · hooking2 min
16:45 into the first periodKeith Crowder · holding2 min
19:25 into the first periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
4:57 into the second periodMartin Gelinas · hooking2 min
13:09 into the second periodCraig Simpson · high sticking2 min
13:09 into the second periodSteve Kasper · high sticking2 min
16:26 into the second periodKevin McClelland · fighting5 min
16:26 into the second periodJay Miller · fighting5 min
18:36 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · cross checking2 min
19:12 into the second periodGlenn Anderson · roughing2 min
1:54 into the third periodLuc Robitaille · holding2 min
2:18 into the third periodKen Baumgartner · high sticking2 min
4:38 into the third periodCraig Simpson · hooking2 min
17:30 into the third periodCraig MacTavish · holding2 min
18:36 into the third periodKevin Lowe · roughing2 min
18:36 into the third periodJohn Tonelli · slashing2 min

Season series

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers skaters

17Jari KurriR	1	2	3	+2	3	0	–	–
11Mark MessierC	1	1	2	0	1	0	–	–
12Jimmy CarsonC	0	2	2	+1	4	0	–	–
14Craig MacTavishC	1	1	2	+2	2	2	–	–
28Craig MuniD	0	2	2	+3	1	2	–	–
9Glenn AndersonR	1	0	1	+1	4	2	–	–
10Esa TikkanenL	1	0	1	+3	2	0	–	–
18Craig SimpsonL	0	1	1	+1	0	4	–	–
24Kevin McClellandR	1	0	1	0	1	5	–	–
4Kevin LoweD	0	1	1	+3	0	6	–	–
16Kelly BuchbergerR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
19Normand LacombeR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
20Martin GelinasL	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
32Dave BrownR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
6Jeff BeukeboomD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
22Charlie HuddyD	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
25Geoff SmithD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
35Francois LerouxD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–

Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie
30Bill RanfordG	W	31	26	5	.839	60:00
33Eldon ReddickG		0	0	0	–	–

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters

20Luc RobitailleL	1	2	3	+1	5	2	–	–
9Bernie NichollsC	2	0	2	0	4	0	–	–
37Bob KudelskiR	0	2	2	−1	2	0	–	–
99Wayne GretzkyC	2	0	2	−2	4	0	–	–
4Jim FoxR	0	1	1	+2	1	0	–	–
27John TonelliL	0	1	1	−1	1	4	–	–
19Larry RobinsonD	0	1	1	−1	1	0	–	–
25Petr PrajzlerD	0	1	1	0	4	0	–	–
28Steve DuchesneD	0	1	1	−1	4	0	–	–
33Marty McSorleyD	0	1	1	−2	1	0	–	–
10Mike AllisonR	0	0	0	−2	0	0	–	–
11Steve KasperC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
22Ken BaumgartnerL	0	0	0	−2	1	4	–	–
23Keith CrowderR	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
29Jay MillerL	0	0	0	−1	0	5	–	–
51Mikael LindholmC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
3Tom LaidlawD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
5Tim WattersD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie
32Kelly HrudeyG	L	23	17	6	.739	58:32
66Carl ReppG		0	0	0	–	–