Edmonton Oilers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, January 17, 1991 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Islanders 6–1 on Thursday, January 17, 1991 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Oilers 22–20.
Goals came from Ken Linseman, Glenn Anderson, Steve Smith, Mark Messier, Wayne Mcbean, Esa Tikkanen and Craig Simpson.
Scoring
1st period
Ken Linseman (6)Petr Klima (20), Geoff Smith (10)1–007:42 EDM
Glenn Anderson (12)Ken Linseman (16), Esa Tikkanen (20)2–010:18 EDM · 
Steve Smith (11)Mark Messier (29), Glenn Anderson (18)3–016:43 EDM
2nd period
Mark Messier (5)Chris Joseph (9), Glenn Anderson (19)4–005:58 EDM
Wayne Mcbean (4)Jeff Norton (18), Ray Ferraro (13)4–115:00 NYI ·
3rd period
Esa Tikkanen (20)Glenn Anderson (20), Bill Ranford (2)5–107:19 EDM
Craig Simpson (18)Craig MacTavish (7), Craig Muni (4)6–108:01 EDM
Team stats
EDMNYI
2022
0%0%
1/41/5
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:13 into the first period
Mick Vukota · holding2 min - 18:48 into the first period
Dave Brown · roughing2 min - 18:48 into the first periodMick Vukota · roughing2 min
- 6:47 into the second periodCraig Muni · holding2 min
- 12:57 into the second periodSteve Smith · tripping2 min
- 14:56 into the second periodCraig Muni · tripping2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodCraig MacTavish · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodRay Ferraro · tripping2 min
- 0:31 into the third periodKen Linseman · high sticking2 min
- 13:04 into the third periodRich Pilon · elbowing2 min
- 13:09 into the third periodAnatoli Semenov · tripping2 min
- 15:48 into the third periodBrent Sutter · roughing2 min
- 16:34 into the third periodCraig Ludwig · cross checking2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.