Edmonton Oilers vs Atlanta Flames
Regular season · Friday, October 26, 1979 · Omni Coliseum
Game summary
The Atlanta Flames beat the Edmonton Oilers 7–3 on Friday, October 26, 1979 at Omni Coliseum. The Flames outshot the Oilers 28–23.
Eric Vail scored twice. Paul Reinhart, Darcy Rota, Dave Semenko, Bill Flett, Kent Nilsson, Garry Unger, Willi Plett and Dave Lumley also scored.
Dan Bouchard made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Dave Dryden stopped 21 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Reinhart (2)Kent Nilsson (4)0–102:14 AFM · 
Darcy Rota (2)Willi Plett (5), Brad Marsh (1)0–211:45 AFM
Dave Semenko (1)Al Hamilton (5), Pat Price (2)1–213:44 EDM · 
Bill Flett (2)Ron Chipperfield (2), Dave Hunter (3)2–217:30 EDM
Kent Nilsson (6)Ken Houston (3), Paul Reinhart (3)2–318:48 AFM
2nd period
Garry Unger (2)Darcy Rota (1), Bob Murdoch (2)2–402:51 AFM
Willi Plett (3)Bob Murdoch (3), Darcy Rota (2)2–503:23 AFM
Eric Vail (6)Pekka Rautakallio (3), Guy Chouinard (6)2–615:30 AFM · - Eric Vail (7)Bob MacMillan (2), Guy Chouinard (7)2–719:17 AFM
3rd period
Dave Lumley (1)Peter Driscoll (1)3–709:07 EDM
Team stats
EDMAFM
2328
0%0%
1/12/4
104
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:48 into the first period
Risto Siltanen · hooking2 min - 8:43 into the first periodPat Price · cross checking2 min
- 12:50 into the first period
Willi Plett · cross checking2 min - 14:24 into the second periodAl Hamilton · holding2 min
- 6:41 into the third periodPeter Driscoll · hooking2 min
- 9:17 into the third periodWilli Plett · roughing2 min
- 9:17 into the third periodAl Hamilton · holding2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Bill FlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Peter DriscollL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Al HamiltonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Jim HarrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Dave DrydenG | L | 28 | 7 | .750 |
| 31Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |
Atlanta Flames
| 18Darcy RotaL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dan BouchardG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |
| 31Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – |