Minnesota North Stars vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Sunday, October 21, 1979 · Northlands Coliseum
Scoring
1st period
Stan Weir (2)Dave Hunter (1), Risto Siltanen (1)0–105:48 EDM
Blair MacDonald (6)Brett Callighen (7), Risto Siltanen (2)0–213:39 EDM · 
Ron Zanussi (2)Brad Maxwell (3), Glen Sharpley (2)1–214:07 MNS
2nd period
Fred Barrett (2)Tim Young (3), Per-Olov Brasar (1)2–209:12 MNS
Steve Payne (5)Bobby Smith (5), Gary Sargent (3)3–211:51 MNS · 
Al MacAdam (1)Steve Payne (4), Brad Maxwell (4)4–212:37 MNS
Craig Hartsburg (2)Unassisted5–214:43 MNS
3rd period
- Stan Weir (3)Al Hamilton (3), Dave Lumley (3)5–301:35 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (2)Brett Callighen (8), Risto Siltanen (3)5–414:51 EDM- Blair MacDonald (7)Wayne Gretzky (7)5–518:39 EDM ·
Team stats
MNSEDM
3819
0%0%
1/62/5
1527
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:10 into the first period
Tom Younghans · tripping2 min - 13:33 into the first periodBobby Smith · holding2 min
- 14:51 into the first period
Brett Callighen · slashing2 min - 0:12 into the second periodDave Lumley · hooking2 min
- 2:25 into the second periodMark Messier · fighting5 min
- 2:25 into the second periodAl MacAdam · fighting5 min
- 11:36 into the second periodColin Campbell · holding2 min
- 19:24 into the second periodBrad Maxwell · hooking2 min
- 2:46 into the third periodDave Lumley · boarding2 min
- 7:25 into the third periodDave Lumley · misconduct10 min
- 8:57 into the third periodTom McCarthy · interference2 min
- 10:01 into the third periodDave Semenko · charging2 min
- 10:01 into the third periodDave Semenko · elbowing2 min
- 17:13 into the third periodKris Manery · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 22Gary SargentD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Kris ManeryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Gary EdwardsG | T | 19 | 5 | .737 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Al HamiltonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Jim HarrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Bill FlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Dave DrydenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Eddie MioG | T | 38 | 5 | .868 |