Calgary Flames vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, December 23, 1989 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Calgary Flames 2–1 on Saturday, December 23, 1989 at Northlands Coliseum. The Flames outshot the Oilers 23–22.
Goals came from Esa Tikkanen, Gary Suter and Kelly Buchberger.
Bill Ranford made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Mike Vernon stopped 20 of 22.
Scoring
2nd period
Esa Tikkanen (13)Mark Messier (37), Jari Kurri (25)0–102:04 EDM
Gary Suter (10)Joe Mullen (10), Paul Ranheim (16)1–108:25 CGY
3rd period
Kelly Buchberger (2)Steve Smith (11), Dave Brown (4)1–205:05 EDM
Team stats
CGYEDM
2322
0%0%
0/30/1
1327
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:52 into the first period
Tim Hunter · fighting5 min - 5:52 into the first period
Dave Brown · fighting5 min - 6:44 into the first periodJoel Otto · interference2 min
- 17:18 into the first periodJoe Murphy · elbowing2 min
- 11:44 into the second periodJoe Nieuwendyk · roughing2 min
- 11:44 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · roughing2 min
- 15:00 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · tripping2 min
- 19:11 into the second periodCraig Simpson · roughing2 min
- 19:11 into the second periodCraig Simpson · misconduct10 min
- 12:00 into the third periodTheo Fleury · slashing2 min
- 12:00 into the third periodCraig MacTavish · slashing2 min
- 16:17 into the third periodJoe Mullen · holding2 min
- 16:17 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · roughing2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 7Joe MullenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Colin PattersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jiri HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 42Sergei MakarovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Roger JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Jamie MacounD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike VernonG | L | 22 | 2 | .909 |
| 31Rick WamsleyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Dave BrownR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Mark LambC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Joe MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Geoff SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |
| 33Eldon ReddickG | 0 | 0 | – |