Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 12, 1990 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–4 on Wednesday, December 12, 1990 at Northlands Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Oilers 30–27.
Goals came from Charlie Huddy, Dave Capuano, Craig MacTavish, Joe Murphy, Igor Larionov, Adam Graves, Martin Gelinas, Gino Odjick and Doug Lidster.
Bill Ranford made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 11 of 13.
Scoring
1st period
Charlie Huddy (5)Mark Messier (18), Joe Murphy (10)0–102:05 EDM · 
Dave Capuano (10)Kevan Guy (4), Trevor Linden (8)1–102:48 VAN
Craig MacTavish (3)Steve Smith (16)1–212:56 EDM · 
Joe Murphy (12)Chris Joseph (5), Martin Gelinas (5)1–315:06 EDM
2nd period
Igor Larionov (5)Greg Adams (8), Doug Lidster (9)2–303:40 VAN · 
Adam Graves (1)Charlie Huddy (12), Joe Murphy (11)2–407:03 EDM · 
Martin Gelinas (7)Adam Graves (5), Joe Murphy (12)2–519:47 EDM
3rd period
Gino Odjick (2)Steve Bozek (8)3–503:47 VAN
Doug Lidster (3)Brian Bradley (12), Garry Valk (6)4–518:32 VAN ·
Team stats
VANEDM
3027
0%0%
1/72/8
3826
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:17 into the first period
Don Gibson · interference2 min - 5:46 into the first periodRobert Nordmark · tripping2 min
- 11:19 into the first period
Adam Graves · interference2 min - 18:51 into the first periodRobert Nordmark · interference2 min
- 19:49 into the first periodChris Joseph · hooking2 min
- 2:21 into the second periodKevan Guy · holding2 min
- 5:07 into the second periodDon Gibson · hooking2 min
- 9:33 into the second periodMartin Gelinas · interference2 min
- 13:08 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · roughing2 min
- 16:07 into the second periodChris Joseph · roughing2 min
- 16:07 into the second periodStan Smyl · roughing2 min
- 16:07 into the second periodStan Smyl · roughing2 min
- 16:07 into the second periodStan Smyl · misconduct10 min
- 4:40 into the third periodGreg Adams · hooking2 min
- 7:07 into the third periodChris Joseph · roughing2 min
- 7:10 into the third periodDoug Lidster · tripping2 min
- 9:40 into the third periodDave Brown · elbowing2 min
- 17:07 into the third periodSteve Smith · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodSteve Smith · misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the third periodGarth Butcher · misconduct10 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 3Doug LidsterD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 10Brian BradleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Steve BozekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Igor LarionovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Garry ValkL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Dave CapuanoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Kevan GuyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Rob MurphyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 58Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Robert NordmarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Don GibsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 13 | 2 | .846 |
| 35Troy GambleG | 14 | 3 | .786 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 8Joe MurphyR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Adam GravesL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 20Martin GelinasL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Chris JosephD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 29Igor ViazmikinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Dave BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Bill RanfordG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |