logo
OilersNation has no direct affiliation to the Edmonton Oilers, Oilers Entertainment Group, NHL, or NHLPA
NHL History: Craig Simpson scores his 100th career goal
alt
baggedmilk
Oct 30, 2020, 13:31 EDTUpdated: Oct 30, 2020, 13:54 EDT
Comments
It was on this day in NHL history that the Edmonton Oilers forward, Craig Simpson, scored his 100th career goal in a 5-2 loss against the Chicago Blackhawks.
On October 30th, 1988, Craig Simpson recorded the 100th goal of his career at 13:59 of the first period in what turned out to be a losing effort against the Chicago Blackhawks. The goal, scored on future broadcaster Darren Pang, was Simpson’s seventh marker of the season and a small part of the reason he went on to his best-ever season (35G, 41A for 76 points) in Edmonton.
The 1988-89 season was Simpson’s second with the Oilers after coming over in the trade (along with Dave Hannan, Chris Joseph and Moe Mantha) from the Pittsburgh Penguins that sent Paul Coffey, Dave Hunter, and Wayne Van Dorp out of town, and quickly developed into a clutch scorer for Edmonton.

SCORESHEET FROM THAT NIGHT

1st Period
11:52
CHI
PP
Doug Wilson (2)
Denis Savard, Steve Larmer
13:26
CHI
Mike Eagles (2)
Duane Sutter, Keith Brown
13:59
EDM
Craig Simpson (7)
Charlie Huddy, Jeff Beukeboom
2nd Period
05:39
CHI
SH
Doug Wilson (3)
Mike Eagles
06:13
CHI
SH
Dirk Graham (2)
Steve Larmer
10:37
CHI
Gary Nylund (3)
Steve Thomas, Mike Eagles
3rd Period
09:03
EDM
SH
Esa Tikkanen (4)

CRAIG SIMPSON’S OILERS CAREER

SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIM+/-PGPGAPtsPIM
1987-88
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
59
43
21
64
43
15
19
13
6
19
26
1988-89
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
66
35
41
76
80
-3
7
2
0
2
10
1989-90
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
80
29
32
61
180
-2
22
16
15
31
8
1990-91
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
75
30
27
57
66
-8
18
5
11
16
12
1991-92
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
79
24
37
61
80
8
1
0
0
0
0
1992-93
Edmonton Oilers
NHL
60
24
22
46
36
-14
—
—
—
—
—
NHL Totals
634
247
250
497
659
67
36
32
68
56

News

Quick Hits

Breaking News