Quebec Nordiques vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, October 19, 1979 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Quebec Nordiques 6–3 on Friday, October 19, 1979 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Nordiques 36–24.
Marc Tardif scored twice, Brett Callighen scored twice and Blair MacDonald scored a hat trick. Doug Hicks and Serge Bernier also scored.
Eddie Mio made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Michel Dion stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Marc Tardif (2)Dale Hoganson (3), Real Cloutier (1)1–002:10 QUE · 
Doug Hicks (1)Mark Messier (1), Ron Chipperfield (1)1–105:50 EDM · 
Brett Callighen (1)Unassisted1–212:45 EDM
2nd period
Blair MacDonald (3)Doug Hicks (1), Wayne Gretzky (4)1–305:16 EDM- Blair MacDonald (4)Al Hamilton (2), Brett Callighen (6)1–408:22 EDM
- Marc Tardif (3)Wally Weir (1), Robbie Ftorek (1)2–410:05 QUE
- Brett Callighen (2)Blair MacDonald (3), Wayne Gretzky (5)2–513:24 EDM ·
3rd period
Serge Bernier (2)Marc Tardif (5)3–511:42 QUE- Blair MacDonald (5)Wayne Gretzky (6)3–619:11 EDM
Team stats
QUEEDM
2436
0%0%
1/32/4
1816
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:22 into the first period
Lee Fogolin · boarding2 min - 4:45 into the first period
Curt Brackenbury · tripping2 min - 6:46 into the first periodKevin Lowe · cross checking2 min
- 10:13 into the first periodWally Weir · hooking2 min
- 1:17 into the second periodPaul Baxter · slashing2 min
- 10:35 into the second periodRisto Siltanen · charging2 min
- 12:04 into the second periodMichel Dion · delaying game2 min
- 12:49 into the third periodDave Lumley · fighting5 min
- 12:49 into the third periodAlain Cote · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the third periodColin Campbell · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the third periodPaul Baxter · fighting5 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 8Marc TardifL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Real CloutierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Serge BernierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Dale HogansonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Rich LeducC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Jamie HislopR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Bob FitchnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Pierre PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18John SmrkeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave FarrishD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Goran HogostaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Michel DionG | L | 36 | 6 | .833 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Al HamiltonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Jim HarrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bill FlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Dave DrydenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Eddie MioG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |