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Tuesday, March 22, 1988 · Joe Louis Arena

Oilers 6 at Red Wings 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 99OVR Wayne Gretzky Oilers First Star 3A · 2 SOG C 98OVR Mark Messier Oilers Second Star 1G · 2A · 2 SOG L 97OVR Craig Simpson Oilers Third Star 2G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:28 Craig Simpson (53) Glenn Anderson (47) EDM 1 – 0 DET

2nd Period

  1. 0:28 Dave Barr (12) Jim Pavese (4) EDM 1 – 1 DET
  2. 11:36 Joey Kocur (6) Brent Ashton (24), Jim Nill (12) EDM 1 – 2 DET
  3. 17:13 Steve Dykstra (2) Wayne Gretzky (95), Jari Kurri (49) EDM 2 – 2 DET
  4. 19:02 Mark Messier (36) Craig Simpson (33) EDM 3 – 2 DET
  5. 19:59 Gerard Gallant (30) PPG Dave Barr (21), Lee Norwood (19) EDM 3 – 3 DET

3rd Period

  1. 3:35 Jari Kurri (37) Wayne Gretzky (96), Steve Smith (38) EDM 4 – 3 DET
  2. 5:04 Lee Norwood (8) Unassisted EDM 4 – 4 DET
  3. 11:34 Craig MacTavish (15) SHG Mark Messier (69) EDM 5 – 4 DET
  4. 19:46 Craig Simpson (54) Wayne Gretzky (97), Mark Messier (70) EDM 6 – 4 DET

Edmonton Oilers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Wayne Gretzky C 0 3 2 0 0 +3 0:00 2.48
Mark Messier C 1 2 2 0 0 +2 0:00 2.45
Craig Simpson L 2 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 2.43
Jari Kurri R 1 1 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.83
Steve Smith D 0 1 0 0 0 +3 0:00 1.08
Glenn Anderson R 0 1 6 0 0 0 0:00 0.93
Craig MacTavish C 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Geoff Courtnall L 0 0 4 0 0 +2 0:00 0.60
Steve Dykstra L 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.52
Esa Tikkanen L 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Jeff Beukeboom D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Craig Muni D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Keith Acton C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Randy Gregg D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Kevin McClelland R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Charlie Huddy D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Marty McSorley D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
Kelly Buchberger R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -1.28
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Grant Fuhr W 22 18 4 .818 60:00 -1.20

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dave Barr R 1 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 1.45
Lee Norwood D 1 1 3 0 0 -3 0:00 1.15
Joey Kocur R 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Brent Ashton L 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Jim Nill R 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Jim Pavese D 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Gerard Gallant L 1 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 0.60
John Chabot C 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Rick Zombo D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Shawn Burr L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Petr Klima R 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Gilbert Delorme D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Joe Murphy R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Tim Higgins R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.22
Adam Oates C 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Doug Halward D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Bob Probert L 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.75
Steve Chiasson D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.97
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Greg Stefan L 33 28 5 .848 60:00 -0.95