Edmonton Oilers vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, November 7, 1979 · Detroit Olympia
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Edmonton Oilers 5–3 on Wednesday, November 7, 1979 at Detroit Olympia. The Red Wings outshot the Oilers 46–21.
Dan Labraaten scored twice. Bill Hogaboam, Wayne Gretzky, Vaclav Nedomansky, Dave Lumley, Brett Callighen and Dale McCourt also scored.
Rogie Vachon made 11 saves on 14 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 41 of 46.
Scoring
2nd period
Dan Labraaten (4)Vaclav Nedomansky (5)0–100:47 DET- Dan Labraaten (5)Vaclav Nedomansky (6), Jean Hamel (1)0–201:40 DET
Bill Hogaboam (2)Perry Miller (3), Paul Woods (3)0–302:09 DET
Wayne Gretzky (5)Brett Callighen (9), Blair MacDonald (7)1–316:06 EDM · 
Vaclav Nedomansky (7)Dan Labraaten (8), Dale McCourt (7)1–417:51 DET ·
3rd period
Dave Lumley (2)Dave Hunter (4), Stan Weir (5)2–401:47 EDM
Brett Callighen (4)Wayne Gretzky (11), Blair MacDonald (8)3–403:58 EDM
Dale McCourt (6)Vaclav Nedomansky (7), Glenn Hicks (2)3–513:00 DET
Team stats
EDMDET
2146
0%0%
1/41/5
5057
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:08 into the first period
Glenn Hicks · fighting5 min - 5:08 into the first periodDennis Polonich · roughing2 min
- 5:08 into the first period
Doug Hicks · roughing2 min - 5:08 into the first periodRisto Siltanen · roughing2 min
- 9:46 into the first periodPat Price · interference2 min
- 10:21 into the first periodDan Labraaten · interference2 min
- 12:42 into the first periodGlenn Hicks · fighting5 min
- 12:42 into the first periodLee Fogolin · fighting5 min
- 12:42 into the first periodDave Semenko · cross checking2 min
- 18:20 into the first periodReed Larson · holding2 min
- 2:54 into the second periodPat Price · high sticking2 min
- 6:45 into the second periodBill Hogaboam · holding2 min
- 6:45 into the second periodEddie Mio · slashing2 min
- 11:50 into the second periodDoug Hicks · hooking2 min
- 14:41 into the second periodPerry Miller · holding2 min
- 17:16 into the second periodPat Price · hooking2 min
- 4:24 into the third periodPerry Miller · fighting5 min
- 4:24 into the third periodDave Hunter · fighting5 min
- 7:08 into the third periodThommie Bergman · high sticking2 min
- 7:08 into the third periodBrett Callighen · high sticking2 min
- 15:31 into the third periodThommie Bergman · fighting5 min
- 15:31 into the third periodThommie Bergman · match penatly 10 minutes10 min
- 15:31 into the third periodDennis Polonich · spearing5 min
- 15:31 into the third periodDennis Polonich · game misconduct10 min
- 15:31 into the third periodColin Campbell · fighting5 min
- 15:31 into the third periodColin Campbell · misconduct10 min
- 15:31 into the third periodLee Fogolin · fighting5 min
- 18:05 into the third periodDave Semenko · slashing2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 9Kari MakkonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Dan NewmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bill FlettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Poul PopielD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Dave DrydenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Eddie MioG | L | 46 | 5 | .891 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Bill HogaboamC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Glenn HicksL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Dennis SobchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Thommie BergmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 30Rogie VachonG | W | 14 | 3 | .786 |