Quebec Nordiques vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, December 21, 1989 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Quebec Nordiques 6–1 on Thursday, December 21, 1989 at Great Western Forum. The Kings outshot the Nordiques 42–31.
Goals came from Larry Robinson, Steve Kasper, John Tonelli, Bernie Nicholls, Wayne Gretzky, Luc Robitaille and Mario Marois.
Mario Gosselin made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Ron Tugnutt stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Larry Robinson (4)Wayne Gretzky (57), Brian Benning (11)0–103:36 LAK
Steve Kasper (12)Steve Duchesne (18), John Tonelli (18)0–217:38 LAK
3rd period
John Tonelli (17)Keith Crowder (8), Steve Duchesne (19)0–301:28 LAK
Bernie Nicholls (25)Larry Robinson (16)0–410:30 LAK
Wayne Gretzky (18)Mike Krushelnyski (10), John Tonelli (19)0–512:10 LAK
Luc Robitaille (28)Bernie Nicholls (34), Mike Allison (4)0–613:05 LAK
Mario Marois (3)Joe Sakic (22)1–618:41 QUE ·
Team stats
QUELAK
3142
0%0%
1/20/3
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:17 into the second period
Tony Hrkac · tripping2 min - 11:30 into the second period
Bernie Nicholls · roughing2 min - 11:30 into the second periodLuc Robitaille · hooking2 min
- 11:30 into the second periodSteven Finn · roughing2 min
- 17:38 into the second periodClaude Loiselle · holding2 min
- 14:28 into the third periodSteven Finn · hooking2 min
- 16:46 into the third periodLarry Robinson · hooking2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 44Mario MaroisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 11Iiro JarviR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Ken McraeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 15Darin KimbleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Jeff JacksonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 43Bryan FogartyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ron TugnuttG | L | 36 | 6 | .833 |
| 30Mario BrunettaG | 6 | 0 | 1.000 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 23Keith CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Brian BenningD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Todd ElikL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 21Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Mario GosselinG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – |