1988-89 Edmonton Oilers Statistics
Team Record: 38-34-8 - 84 points
Finishing 3rd in the NHL's Smythe Division
Postseason: 3-4
Lost NHL division semi-finals
Division Semi-Finals - Lost to Los Angeles Kings 4-3
Coach: Glen Sather (38-34-8)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1988-89 Edmonton Oilers Results
The Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League ended the 1988-89 season with a record of 38 wins and 34 losses and 8 ties for 84 points, finishing third in the NHL's Smythe Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.
The Oilers scored 325 goals and yielded 306. Jimmy Carson netted 49 goals for Edmonton, while Craig Simpson, Mark Messier, Jari Kurri and Esa Tikkanen each tallied 30 or more also. Mark Messier contributed 61 assists. Grant Fuhr earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad, plus Bill Ranford added 15 or more wins, too. Bill Ranford recorded a 3.50 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Glen Sather coached the team. The 1988-89 Edmonton Oilers lost in the NHL division semi-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jari Kurri | R | 76 | 44 | 58 | 102 | 69 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 214 | 20.6 |
| Jimmy Carson | C | 80 | 49 | 51 | 100 | 36 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 240 | 20.4 |
| Mark Messier | C | 72 | 33 | 61 | 94 | 130 | -5 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 164 | 20.1 |
| Esa Tikkanen | L | 67 | 31 | 47 | 78 | 92 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 151 | 20.5 |
| Craig Simpson | L | 66 | 35 | 41 | 76 | 80 | -3 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 121 | 28.9 |
| Glenn Anderson | R | 79 | 16 | 48 | 64 | 93 | -16 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 212 | 7.5 |
| Craig MacTavish | C | 80 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 55 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 120 | 17.5 |
| Charlie Huddy | D | 76 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 52 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 6.2 |
| Normand Lacombe | R | 64 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 23.9 |
| Keith Acton | C | 46 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 14.9 |
| Kevin Lowe | D | 76 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 98 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 8.2 |
| Steve Smith | D | 35 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 97 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 6.4 |
| Kevin McClelland | R | 79 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 161 | -10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 14.0 |
| Craig Muni | D | 69 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 71 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 12.5 |
| Randy Gregg | D | 57 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 28 | -9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 7.1 |
| Kelly Buchberger | R | 66 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 234 | -14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 8.8 |
| Craig Redmond | D | 21 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 12 | -10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 10.3 |
| Tomas Jonsson | D | 20 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 22 | -12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2.2 |
| Miroslav Frycer | R | 14 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 15.2 |
| Mark Lamb | C | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 |
| Greg Adams | L | 49 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 8.2 |
| Chris Joseph | D | 44 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 54 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 11.1 |
| Reed Larson | D | 10 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Dave Hunter | L | 32 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 22 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 6.8 |
| Doug Halward | D | 24 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 25 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Beukeboom | D | 36 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0.0 |
| Martin Gelinas | L | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Doug Smith | C | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Dave Brown | R | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 56 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| John LeBlanc | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Alan May | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Grant Fuhr | G | 59 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Hammond | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Michael Ware | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Selmar Odelein | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Ranford | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francois Leroux | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kim Issel | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Glen Cochrane | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Nick Fotiu | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1526 | 325 | 559 | 884 | 1911 | 32 | 83 | 156 | 27 | 32 | 38 | 5 | 2225 | 14.6 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Fuhr | 59 | 3341 | 23 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 213 | 3.83 | 1714 | 1501 | .876 |
| Bill Ranford | 29 | 1509 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 3.50 | 718 | 630 | .877 |
| Totals | 88 | 4850 | 38 | 34 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 301 | 3.72 | 2733 | 2432 | .890 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jari Kurri | R | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17.6 | |
| Jimmy Carson | C | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 13.3 | |
| Mark Messier | C | 7 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 | |
| Esa Tikkanen | L | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 | |
| Craig Simpson | L | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 20.0 | |
| Glenn Anderson | R | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | |
| Craig MacTavish | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | |
| Charlie Huddy | D | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 | |
| Normand Lacombe | R | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 | |
| Kevin Lowe | D | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.1 | |
| Steve Smith | D | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 33.3 | |
| Kevin McClelland | R | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | |
| Craig Muni | D | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Randy Gregg | D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Tomas Jonsson | D | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 | |
| Mark Lamb | C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Dave Hunter | L | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Doug Halward | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Beukeboom | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Brown | R | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| John LeBlanc | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Grant Fuhr | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 132 | 20 | 35 | 55 | 159 | -2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 197 | 10.2 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Fuhr | 7 | 417 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 3.45 | 227 | 203 | .894 |
| Totals | 7 | 417 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 3.45 | 251 | 227 | .904 |
