89/90 RS: Edm @ Det Highlights – 1/31/90 (Yzerman 4 Goals)

Edmonton Oilers @ Detroit Red Wings. January 31st, 1990. Steve Yzerman records his first and only career 4-goal game.

Det Feed

Commentators – Dave Strader & Mickey Redmond

Starting Goalies

Edm – Bill Ranford
Det – Glen Hanlon

Records going into the game

Edm – 26-16-10 (62 Pts – 1st in Smythe)
Det – 17-27-6 (40 Pts – 5th on Norris)

1st Period (0:00 – 4:15)

0:36 – Ranford save on Yzerman
0:47 – Hanlon save on Simpson
0:56 – Steve Yzerman Goal (1-0 Det)
1:38 – Ranford save on Burr
1:43 – Buchberger hit on Houda
2:03 – Craig Simpson Goal (1-1 Tie)
2:27 – Hanlon save on Messier
2:43 – Gerard Gallant Goal (2-1 Det)
3:16 – McClelland & Graves roughing penalties
3:47 – Klima shot off the post

2nd Period (4:16 – 8:59)

4:22 – Craig Simpson Goal (2-2 Tie)
4:53 – Ranford saves on Chabot & Barr
5:01 – Norwood hit on Tikkanen
5:49 – Craig MacTavish Goal (3-2 Edm)
6:21 – Messier hits the back of his head on the ice
7:24 – Vladimir Ruzicka Goal (4-2 Edm)
7:52 – Early whistle prevents a Detroit goal
8:25 – Steve Yzerman Goal (4-3 Edm)

3rd Period (9:00 – 20:07)

9:01 – Norwood bumps into Ranford
9:38 – Chiasson injury (he missed the next 3 games)
10:31 – Joe Kocur Goal (4-4 Tie)
11:20 – Bernie Federko Goal (5-4 Det)
11:56 – Messier cross check on Federko
12:03 – Tikkanen runs into Hanlon
13:04 – Steve Yzerman Hat Trick Goal (6-4 Det)
14:02 – Hanlon save on Kurri
14:11 – Burr shot off the post
14:29 – Ranford save on Adams
15:05 – Hanlon save on Smith, Zombo hits Simpson in the back of the head
15:37 – Hanlon save on Messier
15:53 – Hanlon save on Tikkanen
16:44 – Hanlon save on Tikkanen
17:29 – Steve Smith Goal (6-5 Det)
18:09 – Steve Yzerman EN Goal (7-5 Det) *4th Goal

7-5 Final

Scoring Summary

1st P

2:31 – Det – Yzerman (36) – Shank (7), Burr (20)
4:48 – Edm – Simpson (17) – Klima (22)
5:28 – Det – Gallant (23) – Yzerman (43), Kocur (14)

2nd P

1:41 – Edm – Simpson (18) – Gregg (13), Klima (23)
6:02 – Edm – MacTavish (16) – Graves (9), Beukeboom (9)
14:47 – Edm – Ruzicka (4) – Kurri (43)
18:50 – Det – Yzerman (37) – Gallant (29)

3rd P

6:05 – Det – Kocur (11) – Norwood (8), Gallant (30) – PP
6:50 – Det – Federko (10) – Chabot (26), Barr (11)
10:29 – Det – Yzerman (38) – Carson (13), Norwood (9) – PP
16:18 – Edm – Smith (4) – Unassisted
19:10 – Det – Yzerman (39) – Unassisted – EN

SOG
Edm – 24
Det – 36

Powerplays
Edm – 0/7
Det – 2/7

Full Boxscore: https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/edm-vs-det/1990/01/31/1989020548/recap/stats#game=1989020548,game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=stats

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