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Tuesday, March 15, 1988 · Northlands Coliseum

Sabres 4 at Oilers 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 91OVR Geoff Courtnall Oilers First Star 3G · 9 SOG C 99OVR Wayne Gretzky Oilers Second Star 3A · 4 SOG C 98OVR Mark Messier Oilers Third Star 1G · 2A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:04 Christian Ruuttu (26) SHG Unassisted BUF 1 – 0 EDM
  2. 10:54 Geoff Courtnall (33) Wayne Gretzky (89), Selmar Odelein (2) BUF 1 – 1 EDM
  3. 13:54 Geoff Courtnall (34) Mark Messier (64), Mike Krushelnyski (27) BUF 1 – 2 EDM
  4. 15:34 John Tucker (15) PPG Phil Housley (35), Ken Priestlay (10) BUF 2 – 2 EDM

2nd Period

  1. 0:16 Mark Messier (35) Glenn Anderson (43), Kevin McClelland (4) BUF 2 – 3 EDM
  2. 3:16 Ray Sheppard (33) Doug Smith (18) BUF 3 – 3 EDM
  3. 7:43 Craig MacTavish (12) SHG Wayne Gretzky (90) BUF 3 – 4 EDM
  4. 10:00 Geoff Courtnall (35) Wayne Gretzky (91), Craig Simpson (32) BUF 3 – 5 EDM
  5. 10:09 John Tucker (16) Dave Andreychuk (41) BUF 4 – 5 EDM

3rd Period

  1. 6:01 Craig Simpson (50) Mark Messier (65), Glenn Anderson (44) BUF 4 – 6 EDM

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
John Tucker R 2 0 4 -1 1.50
Christian Ruuttu C 1 0 5 -1 0.98
Dave Andreychuk L 0 1 3 0 0.85
Ray Sheppard R 1 0 2 -1 0.75
Doug Smith C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Phil Housley D 0 1 2 -3 0.33
Bob Halkidis D 0 0 3 0 0.22
Jim Jackson L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Mike Ramsey D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Ken Priestlay C 0 1 0 -3 0.03
Joe Reekie D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Clark Gillies L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Mike Donnelly L 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Lindy Ruff L 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Mark Napier R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Pierre Turgeon C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Uwe Krupp D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Mike Foligno R 0 0 1 -1 -0.52
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jacques Cloutier L 34 28 6 .824 59:59 -1.70

Edmonton Oilers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Geoff Courtnall L 3 0 9 +1 2.78
Wayne Gretzky C 0 3 4 +1 2.33
Mark Messier C 1 2 1 +2 2.23
Glenn Anderson R 0 2 2 +1 1.55
Craig Simpson L 1 1 3 +1 1.45
Selmar Odelein D 0 1 6 +1 1.22
Craig MacTavish C 1 0 2 +1 0.90
Kevin McClelland R 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Mike Krushelnyski C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Randy Gregg D 0 0 1 +3 0.52
Craig Muni D 0 0 0 +2 0.30
Steve Smith D 0 0 0 +3 0.15
Marty McSorley D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Esa Tikkanen L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Kelly Buchberger R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jari Kurri R 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Jeff Beukeboom D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Charlie Huddy D 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Grant Fuhr W 27 23 4 .852 60:00 -0.70