The Edmonton Oilers took a loss to the Montreal Canadiens, 4 to 2, on December 31, 1988.

Final

Canadiens

26-10-6

4

Oilers

20-14-4

2

Team

MTL

EDM

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

EDM

Bob Gainey (EV) unassisted

2nd period

MTL

EDM

Chris Chelios (PP) assisted by Bobby Smith and Petr Svoboda

Jimmy Carson (EV) assisted by Craig MacTavish and Steve Smith

3rd period

MTL

EDM

Esa Tikkanen (EV) assisted by Jimmy Carson

Mike McPhee (EV) assisted by Brent Gilchrist and Claude Lemieux

Shayne Corson (EV) assisted by Mats Naslund and Stephane Richer

Canadiens

Oilers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Oilers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Brian Hayward (W) B. Hayward	1	0	0	21	19	.905	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Guy Carbonneau G. Carbonneau	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Chris Chelios C. Chelios	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Shayne Corson S. Corson	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	3	33.3
Russ Courtnall R. Courtnall	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bob Gainey B. Gainey	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	3	33.3
Brent Gilchrist B. Gilchrist	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
Rick Green R. Green	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Claude Lemieux C. Lemieux	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Craig Ludwig C. Ludwig	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jyrki Lumme J. Lumme	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Steve Martinson S. Martinson	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Mike McPhee M. McPhee	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50.0
Mats Naslund M. Naslund	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Stephane Richer S. Richer	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Larry Robinson L. Robinson	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Bobby Smith B. Smith	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Petr Svoboda P. Svoboda	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Ryan Walter R. Walter	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Grant Fuhr (L) G. Fuhr	0	1	0	25	21	.840	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Keith Acton K. Acton	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Greg Adams G. Adams	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.0
Glenn Anderson G. Anderson	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Jeff Beukeboom J. Beukeboom	0	0	0	-1	9	1	0.0
Kelly Buchberger K. Buchberger	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Jimmy Carson J. Carson	1	1	2	0	2	4	25.0
Charlie Huddy C. Huddy	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Kim Issel K. Issel	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Kevin Lowe K. Lowe	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0.0
Craig MacTavish C. MacTavish	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Alan May A. May	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Mark Messier M. Messier	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Steve Smith S. Smith	0	1	1	-1	0	0
Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	1	0	1	+1	2	5	20.0