Vancouver Canucks vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Wednesday, December 6, 1989 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–4 in overtime on Wednesday, December 6, 1989 at Great Western Forum. The Kings outshot the Canucks 31–29.
Tony Tanti scored twice and Bernie Nicholls scored twice. Larry Robinson, Doug Smith, Luc Robitaille, Garth Butcher and Steve Duchesne also scored.
Kelly Hrudey made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Larry Robinson (3)John Tonelli (13), Wayne Gretzky (44)0–116:12 LAK
2nd period
Doug Smith (1)Kirk McLean (1)1–102:52 VAN · 
Luc Robitaille (21)Steve Duchesne (11)1–205:13 LAK
Garth Butcher (3)Igor Larionov (13), Petri Skriko (18)2–206:47 VAN
Tony Tanti (9)Trevor Linden (10), Paul Reinhart (20)3–213:53 VAN · 
Steve Duchesne (7)Wayne Gretzky (45)3–319:34 LAK
3rd period
Bernie Nicholls (19)Steve Duchesne (12), Luc Robitaille (16)3–405:51 LAK · - Tony Tanti (10)Igor Larionov (14), Paul Reinhart (21)4–407:59 VAN ·
Overtime
- Bernie Nicholls (20)Luc Robitaille (17), Steve Kasper (11)4–502:51 LAK
Team stats
VANLAK
2931
0%0%
2/31/5
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:34 into the first period
Rod Buskas · holding2 min - 17:40 into the first period
Tom Laidlaw · holding2 min - 2:01 into the second periodIgor Larionov · holding2 min
- 10:00 into the second periodTony Tanti · holding2 min
- 12:15 into the second periodJohn Tonelli · tripping2 min
- 15:25 into the second periodGarth Butcher · holding2 min
- 4:53 into the third periodPetri Skriko · interference2 min
- 6:09 into the third periodBarry Beck · holding2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 9Tony TantiR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 18Igor LarionovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Doug SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 10Brian BradleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 17Vladimir KrutovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Craig CoxeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Tim LenardonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Brian BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Mario GosselinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | W | 29 | 4 | .862 |