Los Angeles Kings vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Thursday, January 25, 1990 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 7–6 on Thursday, January 25, 1990 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Kings 43–20.
Vladimir Ruzicka scored twice and Dave Taylor scored a hat trick. Mark Messier, John Tonelli, Barry Beck, Tony Granato, Esa Tikkanen, Petr Klima, Jari Kurri and Glenn Anderson also scored.
Bill Ranford made 14 saves on 20 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 36 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Vladimir Ruzicka (1)Steve Smith (15), Charlie Huddy (17)0–102:58 EDM · 
Dave Taylor (7)Luc Robitaille (32), Todd Elik (3)1–108:56 LAK
Mark Messier (28)Jari Kurri (39), Kevin Lowe (21)1–212:17 EDM ·
2nd period
John Tonelli (20)Brian Benning (15), Steve Duchesne (26)2–200:32 LAK · 
Barry Beck (1)Todd Elik (4), Luc Robitaille (33)3–203:06 LAK- Dave Taylor (8)Todd Elik (5), Larry Robinson (24)4–203:21 LAK
Tony Granato (8)John Tonelli (26), Steve Kasper (21)5–203:51 LAK
Esa Tikkanen (21)Glenn Anderson (25), Mark Messier (50)5–308:04 EDM- Dave Taylor (9)Luc Robitaille (34), Mike Krushelnyski (18)6–309:01 LAK
3rd period
- Vladimir Ruzicka (2)Randy Gregg (10), Mark Messier (51)6–404:19 EDM ·
Petr Klima (13)Mark Messier (52), Randy Gregg (11)6–506:57 EDM · 
Jari Kurri (24)Vladimir Ruzicka (1), Mark Messier (53)6–608:44 EDM · 
Glenn Anderson (19)Craig Muni (9), Craig Simpson (21)6–715:06 EDM
Team stats
LAKEDM
2043
0%0%
1/54/11
4627
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:14 into the first period
Dave Taylor · elbowing2 min - 3:35 into the first period
Adam Graves · holding2 min - 8:07 into the first periodJoe Murphy · roughing2 min
- 8:07 into the first periodTony Granato · roughing2 min
- 11:23 into the first periodEsa Tikkanen · tripping2 min
- 16:48 into the first periodTodd Elik · holding2 min
- 19:46 into the first periodKevin Lowe · high sticking2 min
- 3:51 into the second periodSteve Smith · roughing2 min
- 3:51 into the second periodTim Watters · roughing2 min
- 4:27 into the second periodKelly Buchberger · fighting5 min
- 4:27 into the second periodJay Miller · fighting5 min
- 5:01 into the second periodWayne Gretzky · hooking2 min
- 7:53 into the second periodKevin Lowe · roughing2 min
- 7:53 into the second periodTodd Elik · high sticking2 min
- 11:00 into the second periodBrian Benning · hooking2 min
- 12:54 into the second periodMark Messier · cross checking2 min
- 16:11 into the second periodMark Messier · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 16:11 into the second periodJoe Murphy · elbowing2 min
- 16:11 into the second periodSteve Duchesne · high sticking2 min
- 16:11 into the second periodTim Watters · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:32 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · high sticking2 min
- 2:00 into the third periodTim Watters · hooking2 min
- 4:04 into the third periodMarty McSorley · high sticking5 min
- 4:04 into the third periodMarty McSorley · game misconduct10 min
- 12:29 into the third periodVladimir Ruzicka · high sticking2 min
- 12:29 into the third periodDave Taylor · holding2 min
- 13:02 into the third periodKelly Hrudey · high sticking2 min
- 19:02 into the third periodCraig Muni · holding2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 6Todd ElikL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Tony GranatoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian BenningD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Barry BeckD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 5Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Mario GosselinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | L | 43 | 7 | .837 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 4 | 5 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 29Vladimir RuzickaC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Joe MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Geoff SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | W | 20 | 6 | .700 |
| 33Eldon ReddickG | 0 | 0 | – |