Edmonton Oilers vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Saturday, January 12, 1991 · Brendan Byrne Arena

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5–4

21–36

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Game summary

The Edmonton Oilers beat the New Jersey Devils 5–4 in overtime on Saturday, January 12, 1991 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Devils outshot the Oilers 36–21.

Goals came from David Maley, Martin Gelinas, Jeff Madill, Myles O'Connor, Esa Tikkanen, Laurie Boschman, Craig Simpson, Craig MacTavish and Steve Smith.

Goals
EDM	1	1	2	1	5	21
NJD	2	2	0	0	4	36

Scoring

1st period

David Maley (6)Alexei Kasatonov (19), Patrik Sundstrom (17)0–101:57 NJD
Martin Gelinas (11)Mark Messier (23), Steve Smith (24)1–106:51 EDM
Jeff Madill (1)Zdeno Ciger (5), Alexei Kasatonov (20)1–207:49 NJD

2nd period

Myles O'Connor (1)Unassisted1–308:00 NJD
Esa Tikkanen (17)Steve Smith (25), Craig Simpson (15)2–311:41 EDM ·
Laurie Boschman (6)Ken Daneyko (12), Doug Brown (10)2–419:03 NJD

3rd period

Craig Simpson (17)Steve Smith (26), Mark Messier (24)3–411:45 EDM ·
Craig MacTavish (10)Joe Murphy (19), Adam Graves (7)4–413:27 EDM

Overtime

Steve Smith (10)Mark Messier (25), Glenn Anderson (15)5–400:56 EDM ·

Team stats

EDMNJD

2136

0%0%

3/50/7

3420

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Penalties

15:15 into the first periodKen Linseman · holding2 min
15:15 into the first periodKen Linseman · roughing2 min
15:15 into the first periodPeter Stastny · roughing2 min
18:05 into the first periodMyles O'Connor · interference2 min
4:33 into the second periodSteve Smith · elbowing2 min
5:03 into the second periodCraig MacTavish · roughing2 min
5:03 into the second periodKirk Muller · roughing2 min
8:06 into the second periodKen Linseman · roughing2 min
8:06 into the second periodPeter Stastny · roughing2 min
8:59 into the second periodCraig Muni · elbowing2 min
9:40 into the second periodJon Morris · hooking2 min
10:10 into the second periodViacheslav Fetisov · high sticking2 min
13:21 into the second periodMark Messier · high sticking2 min
13:21 into the second periodPeter Stastny · slashing2 min
15:14 into the second periodKen Linseman · high sticking2 min
15:14 into the second periodSteve Smith · roughing2 min
15:14 into the second periodJeff Madill · high sticking2 min
19:13 into the second periodBill Ranford · elbowing2 min
6:36 into the third periodBench · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
7:13 into the third periodSteve Smith · cross checking2 min
9:01 into the third periodKevin Lowe · misconduct10 min
9:57 into the third periodAlexei Kasatonov · hooking2 min
19:34 into the third periodJohn MacLean · slashing2 min

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