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Monday, December 19, 1988 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Oilers 5 at Sabres 5

Final/OT

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 97OVR Esa Tikkanen Oilers First Star 1G · 2A · 6 SOG C 97OVR Jimmy Carson Oilers Second Star 2G · 6 SOG C 89OVR Pierre Turgeon Sabres Third Star 3A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:38 John Tucker (10) PPG Phil Housley (21), Doug Bodger (15) EDM 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 6:20 Lindy Ruff (1) Pierre Turgeon (17), Mike Donnelly (5) EDM 0 – 2 BUF
  3. 12:32 Jimmy Carson (28) Esa Tikkanen (29), Craig Muni (9) EDM 1 – 2 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 10:07 Mike Hartman (3) Pierre Turgeon (18), Phil Housley (22) EDM 1 – 3 BUF
  2. 12:07 Keith Acton (9) Steve Smith (16), Jeff Beukeboom (2) EDM 2 – 3 BUF
  3. 16:38 Craig MacTavish (6) Mark Messier (28), Kevin Lowe (10) EDM 3 – 3 BUF
  4. 18:05 Scott Arniel (8) Christian Ruuttu (14) EDM 3 – 4 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 7:03 Ray Sheppard (9) PPG Pierre Turgeon (19), Mike Ramsey (5) EDM 3 – 5 BUF
  2. 15:26 Esa Tikkanen (22) Keith Acton (8), Steve Smith (17) EDM 4 – 5 BUF
  3. 19:06 Jimmy Carson (29) Craig MacTavish (20), Esa Tikkanen (30) EDM 5 – 5 BUF

Overtime

No scoring

Edmonton Oilers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Esa Tikkanen L 1 2 6 +2 2.75
Jimmy Carson C 2 0 6 +1 2.10
Craig MacTavish C 1 1 1 0 1.45
Keith Acton C 1 1 1 0 1.45
Steve Smith D 0 2 1 +1 1.33
Kevin Lowe D 0 1 0 +2 0.93
Craig Muni D 0 1 0 +2 0.93
Jeff Beukeboom D 0 1 0 +1 0.63
Mark Messier C 0 1 2 0 0.48
Glen Cochrane D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Glenn Anderson R 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Charlie Huddy D 0 0 3 -2 -0.08
Doug Smith C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Kevin McClelland R 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Greg Adams L 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Kelly Buchberger R 0 0 1 0 -0.30
Chris Joseph D 0 0 0 -2 -0.60
Jari Kurri R 0 0 1 0 -1.05
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Grant Fuhr T 27 22 5 .815 64:01 -1.55

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Pierre Turgeon C 0 3 4 -1 2.03
Phil Housley D 0 2 1 +2 1.63
Scott Arniel L 1 0 2 +1 1.05
Christian Ruuttu C 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Mike Hartman L 1 0 4 +1 0.83
Lindy Ruff L 1 0 1 +1 0.83
John Tucker R 1 0 2 -1 0.75
Ray Sheppard R 1 0 2 -1 0.75
Mike Ramsey D 0 1 4 -2 0.63
Doug Bodger D 0 1 0 0 0.63
Mike Foligno R 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Mike Donnelly L 0 1 1 -3 0.25
Mark Napier R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Mikael Andersson R 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Uwe Krupp D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Calle Johansson D 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Kevin Maguire R 0 0 0 0 -0.68
Benoit Hogue L 0 0 0 0 -1.13
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Daren Puppa T 25 20 5 .800 65:00 -1.75