Edmonton Oilers vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, January 31, 1990 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Edmonton Oilers 7–5 on Wednesday, January 31, 1990 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Oilers 36–24.
Steve Yzerman scored 4 goals and Craig Simpson scored twice. Gerard Gallant, Craig MacTavish, Vladimir Ruzicka, Joey Kocur, Bernie Federko and Steve Smith also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Yzerman (36)Daniel Shank (7), Shawn Burr (20)0–102:31 DET
Craig Simpson (17)Petr Klima (22)1–104:48 EDM
Gerard Gallant (23)Steve Yzerman (43), Joey Kocur (14)1–205:28 DET
2nd period
- Craig Simpson (18)Randy Gregg (13), Petr Klima (23)2–201:41 EDM
Craig MacTavish (16)Adam Graves (9), Jeff Beukeboom (9)3–206:02 EDM
Vladimir Ruzicka (4)Jari Kurri (43)4–214:47 EDM- Steve Yzerman (37)Gerard Gallant (29)4–318:50 DET
3rd period
Joey Kocur (11)Lee Norwood (8), Gerard Gallant (30)4–406:05 DET · 
Bernie Federko (10)John Chabot (26), Dave Barr (11)4–506:50 DET- Steve Yzerman (38)Jimmy Carson (13), Lee Norwood (9)4–610:29 DET ·
Steve Smith (4)Unassisted5–616:18 EDM- Steve Yzerman (39)Unassisted5–719:10 DET ·
Team stats
EDMDET
2436
0%0%
0/72/7
1616
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:11 into the first period
John Chabot · interference2 min - 6:25 into the first periodKevin McClelland · roughing2 min
- 6:25 into the first period
Adam Graves · roughing2 min - 6:25 into the first periodAdam Graves · roughing2 min
- 13:54 into the first periodKelly Buchberger · tripping2 min
- 2:48 into the second periodGerard Gallant · hooking2 min
- 7:38 into the second periodSteve Yzerman · slashing2 min
- 12:02 into the second periodPetr Klima · holding2 min
- 16:11 into the second periodGeoff Smith · interference2 min
- 19:51 into the second periodDoug Houda · roughing2 min
- 1:58 into the third periodLee Norwood · roughing2 min
- 5:26 into the third periodAdam Graves · tripping2 min
- 8:35 into the third periodMark Messier · cross checking2 min
- 9:19 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · charging2 min
- 13:30 into the third periodSteve Yzerman · interference2 min
- 13:30 into the third periodRick Zombo · cross checking2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.