Montréal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, December 29, 1989 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–2 on Friday, December 29, 1989 at Northlands Coliseum. The Canadiens outshot the Oilers 34–33.
Mark Messier scored twice and Stephane Richer scored twice. Jari Kurri, Glenn Anderson, Craig Simpson and Mark Lamb also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Jari Kurri (19)Randy Gregg (8)0–106:07 EDM
Glenn Anderson (17)Jari Kurri (27), Mark Messier (38)0–210:26 EDM · 
Mark Messier (21)Randy Gregg (9), Craig MacTavish (11)0–317:39 EDM ·
2nd period
Craig Simpson (13)Joe Murphy (9), Charlie Huddy (14)0–403:20 EDM- Mark Messier (22)Glenn Anderson (20), Craig Simpson (17)0–510:37 EDM
Mark Lamb (8)Jari Kurri (28), Esa Tikkanen (15)0–611:48 EDM
3rd period
Stephane Richer (20)Stephan Lebeau (9), Jyrki Lumme (12)1–602:15 MTL · - Stephane Richer (21)Stephan Lebeau (10), Chris Chelios (19)2–610:47 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLEDM
3433
0%0%
2/61/4
1812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:37 into the first period
Chris Chelios · cross checking2 min - 6:37 into the first periodChris Chelios · cross checking2 min
- 8:43 into the first periodBrian Skrudland · boarding2 min
- 15:59 into the first period
Charlie Huddy · interference2 min - 18:36 into the first periodStephan Lebeau · tripping2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodChris Chelios · misconduct10 min
- 5:40 into the second periodGeoff Smith · holding2 min
- 1:27 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · holding2 min
- 5:34 into the third periodSteve Smith · holding2 min
- 10:07 into the third periodCraig Muni · holding2 min
- 19:54 into the third periodAdam Graves · tripping2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.