Regular season and playoffsLAK
Wayne Gretzky's 1988-1989 season
Points
168
NHL#2
Goals
54
NHL#4
Assists
114
NHL#1
Plus/minus
+15
NHL#54
Games
78
97%
Centre Wayne Gretzky was 27 years old when the 1988-1989 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for Los Angeles Kings. He played 78 of a possible 80 games and scored 54 goals and 114 assists for 168 points, 2.15 points per game. In the playoffs he played 11 games for 22 points. He won Hart Memorial Trophy, the first Swede ever to do it.
Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.
1988-1989Playoffs
- Year 198838 years agoSeason opener
Wayne Gretzky plays the 1988-1989 season for Los Angeles Kings
Wayne was 27 years old when the 1988-1989 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 10th NHL season in all.
- +4 pointsThe gameDET2–8LAKWgame 1/80His night+4P+1G+3A+2+/-6SOG3PPP
- +4 pointsThe gameCGY5–6LAKWgame 2/80
1His night+4P+2G+2A+3+/-3SOG1SHP - +2 pointsThe gameNYI5–6LAKWgame 3/801His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gamePHI4–1LAKLgame 5/802His night+1P+1A-1+/-3SOG1PPP
- +2 pointsThe gameLAK4–11CGYLgame 6/801His night+2P+1G+1A-3+/-3SOG2PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameLAK6–8EDMLgame 7/80His night+2P+2A-2+/-4SOG2PPP
- +2 goalsThe gameMNS2–8LAKWgame 8/80His night+2P+2G0+/-4SOG1PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameEDM5–4LAKLgame 9/80His night+2P+2A0+/-4SOG1PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameLAK7–4WINWgame 10/802His night+2P+2A+3+/-2SOG
- +1 goalThe gameLAK4–8WINLgame 11/802His night+1P+1G-1+/-5SOG
- November 1988
- +1 goalThe gameLAK3–1QUEWgame 12/801His night+1P+1G+1+/-2SOG
- +3 assistsThe gameLAK3–5MTLLgame 13/801His night+3P+3A0+/-1SOG2PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameLAK6–4TORWgame 14/801His night+2P+2A-1+/-5SOG1PPP
- +3 pointsThe gameLAK5–3CHIWgame 15/80His night+3P+2G+1A0+/-8SOG2PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameHFD2–7LAKWgame 16/801His night+2P+2A+3+/-4SOG
- +1 assistThe gamePIT2–7LAKWgame 17/80His night+1P+1A0+/-4SOG
- +2 goalsThe gameVAN4–6LAKWgame 18/801His night+2P+2G+2+/-3SOG1PPP
- +3 assistsThe gameNYR6–5LAKLgame 19/802His night+3P+3A-2+/-2SOG1PPP
- +1 goalThe gameBUF4–5LAKWgame 20/801His night+1P+1G-1+/-7SOG
- Checkpoint
1/4 into the season
Game 20 of 8042pointsNHL#316goalsNHL#526assistsNHL#2LAK13-7-0W-L-OT26Points2nd in the whole NHL - +2 assistsThe gameLAK6–1PHIWgame 21/802His night+2P+2A+2+/-7SOG1SHP
- +6 pointsThe gameLAK8–3DETWgame 22/80His night+6P+1G+5A+4+/-3SOG1SHP
MilestoneWayne Gretzky reaches 600 career goals
in the game against Detroit Red Wings · November 23
- The gameLAK2–5VANLgame 24/801His nightNo points-2+/-2SOG
- +4 pointsThe gameNJD3–9LAKWgame 25/801His night+4P+2G+2A+1+/-8SOG1PPP
- December 1988
- +5 assistsThe gameTOR3–9LAKWgame 26/80His night+5P+5A+3+/-6SOG2PPP
- +4 pointsThe gameCHI4–6LAKWgame 27/80His night+4P+1G+3A+1+/-13SOG3PPP
- +2 pointsThe gameWIN5–4LAKLgame 28/802His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-4SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameLAK4–3NYIWgame 30/801His night+1P+1A-1+/-5SOG1PPP
- +1 goalThe gameLAK5–2NYRWgame 31/803His night+1P+1G+2+/-3SOG
- The gameLAK2–3MNSLgame 34/80His nightNo points-1+/-3SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameCGY3–7LAKWgame 35/801His night+2P+2A+2+/-1SOG1PPP
- +1 goalThe gameMNS6–8LAKWgame 36/80His night+1P+1G-1+/-4SOG
- +4 pointsThe gameLAK5–2VANWgame 37/801His night+4P+2G+2A+3+/-5SOG1SHP
- +1 assistThe gameMTL3–2LAKLgame 38/801His night+1P+1A+1+/-4SOG
- +3 pointsThe gameVAN6–3LAKLgame 39/801His night+3P+1G+2A-2+/-3SOG1PPP
Year 198937 years ago- Checkpoint
1/2 into the season
Game 40 of 8039 of 40 played88pointsNHL#229goalsNHL#559assistsNHL#2LAK24-15-0W-L-OT49Points4th in the whole NHL
- The gameLAK4–4WINgame 41/802His nightNo points-2+/-2SOG
- +1 goalThe gameLAK4–4WINgame 42/802His night+1P+1G0+/-1SOG
- +4 assistsThe gameEDM4–5LAKWgame 43/80His night+4P+4A+1+/-4SOG3PPP
- +1 assistThe gameSTL4–7LAKWgame 44/80His night+1P+1A-2+/-2SOG1PPP
- The gameLAK2–5STLLgame 46/80His nightNo points-4+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameLAK2–4NYILgame 47/801His night+1P+1A0+/-1SOG
- +4 pointsThe gameLAK4–5HFDLgame 48/801His night+4P+1G+3A+1+/-3SOG1PPP
- +2 assistsThe gameLAK4–4WSHgame 49/801His night+2P+2A+3+/-5SOG
- +1 assistThe gameVAN6–2LAKLgame 50/801His night+1P+1A-2+/-2SOG1PPP
- +3 assistsThe gameEDM7–6LAKLgame 51/80His night+3P+3A0+/-6SOG3PPP
- +4 pointsThe gameCGY8–5LAKLgame 52/801His night+4P+1G+3A-5+/-3SOG4PPP
- February 1989
- +1 goalThe gameNJD6–6LAKgame 53/802His night+1P+1G-2+/-2SOG
- The gameLAK1–4BOSLgame 55/802His nightNo points-3+/-3SOG
MilestoneWayne Gretzky reaches 750 NHL games
in the game against Boston Bruins · February 9
- +3 pointsThe gameLAK7–6WSHWgame 56/801His night+3P+1G+2A+3+/-3SOG
- +1 assistThe gameBOS7–3LAKLgame 58/801His night+1P+1A-3+/-4SOG1PPP
- +7 pointsThe gameQUE3–11LAKWgame 59/80His night+7P+2G+5A+4+/-7SOG3PPP
- +3 pointsThe gameTOR4–5LAKWgame 60/801His night+3P+2G+1A-1+/-6SOG1PPP
- Checkpoint
3/4 into the season
Game 60 of 8059 of 60 played134pointsNHL#246goalsNHL#488assistsNHL#2LAK32-23-0W-L-OT69PointsPlayoff spot5th in the whole NHL - The gameLAK1–4EDMLgame 62/801His nightNo points-2+/-0SOG
- The gameLAK1–1NJDgame 63/803His nightNo points0+/-3SOG
- +3 assistsThe gameLAK4–6NYRLgame 64/801His night+3P+3A0+/-5SOG1PPP
- March 1989
- +2 pointsThe gameLAK5–4BUFWgame 65/802His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-3SOG
- +2 pointsThe gameLAK4–6STLLgame 66/80His night+2P+1G+1A+1+/-2SOG
- +2 assistsThe gamePIT2–3LAKWgame 68/80His night+2P+2A0+/-3SOG2PPP
- +1 goalThe gameLAK2–4VANLgame 69/801His night+1P+1G-3+/-2SOG1PPP
- +2 pointsThe gameLAK6–3EDMWgame 70/801His night+2P+1G+1A+2+/-6SOG
- +1 assistThe gameLAK4–0QUEWgame 71/80His night+1P+1A0+/-0SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameLAK2–5MTLLgame 72/801His night+1P+1A-2+/-3SOG
- +2 assistsThe gameCGY9–3LAKLgame 73/801His night+2P+2A-1+/-4SOG1SHP
- +2 assistsThe gameLAK4–3EDMWgame 74/801His night+2P+2A0+/-1SOG1PPP
- +1 assistThe gameLAK2–4CGYLgame 75/801His night+1P+1A0+/-2SOG1SHP
- +1 assistThe gameEDM2–4LAKWgame 76/801His night+1P+1A-1+/-5SOG1SHP
- +3 pointsThe gameWIN3–3LAKgame 77/802His night+3P+1G+2A-1+/-6SOG2PPP
- +1 goalThe gameWIN1–2LAKWgame 78/802His night+1P+1G+1+/-10SOG
- April 1989
The season in numbersWayne Gretzky closes the 1988-1989 season with 168 points
Points168NHL#2Games78of 8098%Goals54NHL#4Assists114NHL#1P/GP2.15NHL#2+/-+15NHL#54Events2hat tricks750NHL games600career goals23 i radgames with a point · 51 pts4 i radgames with a goal4 days laterPlayoffsLos Angeles Kings are in the playoffs
First roundLos Angeles Kings meet Edmonton Oilers
LAKvsEDMSwedes on Los Angeles KingsSwedes on Edmonton Oilers- +1 assistGame 1EDM4–3LAKL1His night+1P+1A-2+/-4SOG1PPP
- Edmonton Oilerslead1–0againstLos Angeles Kings
- +2 pointsGame 2EDM2–5LAKW1His night+2P+1G+1A0+/-6SOG1PPP
- Los Angeles Kingsare1–1withEdmonton Oilers
- Game 3LAK0–4EDML1His nightNo points-2+/-6SOG
- Edmonton Oilerslead2–1againstLos Angeles Kings
- +3 assistsGame 4LAK3–4EDML1His night+3P+3A+1+/-3SOG1PPP
- Edmonton Oilerslead3–1againstLos Angeles Kings
- +3 pointsGame 5EDM2–4LAKWHis night+3P+1G+2A+1+/-5SOG2PPP
- Edmonton Oilerslead3–2againstLos Angeles Kings
- +1 assistGame 6LAK4–1EDMWHis night+1P+1A+2+/-4SOG
- Los Angeles Kingsare3–3withEdmonton Oilers
- +3 pointsGame 7EDM3–6LAKWHis night+3P+2G+1A+1+/-4SOG2PPP
First roundLos Angeles Kings knock Edmonton Oilers out 4–3
LAK4–3EDMAdvanceHe did not play in this round3 days laterSecond roundLos Angeles Kings meet Calgary Flames
LAKvsCGYSwedes on Los Angeles KingsSwedes on Calgary Flames- +2 assistsGame 1LAK3–4CGYL1His night+2P+2A+1+/-1SOG1PPP
- Calgary Flameslead1–0againstLos Angeles Kings
- +3 assistsGame 2LAK3–8CGYL1His night+3P+3A-2+/-3SOG1PPP
- Calgary Flameslead2–0againstLos Angeles Kings
- +1 assistGame 3CGY5–2LAKL1His night+1P+1A-2+/-2SOG
- Calgary Flameslead3–0againstLos Angeles Kings
Second roundCalgary Flames knock Los Angeles Kings out 4–0
LAK0–4CGYEliminatedHe did not play in this roundThe run in numbersWayne Gretzky ends the 1988-1989 playoffs with 22 points
Points22NHL#5Games11Goals5NHL#23Assists17NHL#2P/GP2.00NHL#1+/--4NHL#318Events8 i radgames with a point3 pointsbest gameEDM4–3→CGY0–4