Hartford Whalers vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Sunday, December 9, 1979 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Hartford Whalers 3–0 on Sunday, December 9, 1979 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Whalers 35–30.
Goals came from Dave Hunter, Pat Price and Wayne Gretzky.
Eddie Mio made 30 saves on 30 shots for the win; Al Smith stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
2nd period
Dave Hunter (3)Dave Lumley (13), Stan Weir (9)0–108:24 EDM · 
Pat Price (5)Wayne Gretzky (26), Brett Callighen (15)0–218:23 EDM
3rd period
Wayne Gretzky (11)Pat Price (6)0–306:36 EDM
Team stats
HFDEDM
3035
0%0%
0/31/1
26
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:33 into the first period
Alex Tidey · hooking2 min - 0:29 into the second periodBrett Callighen · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 6:51 into the second period
Gordie Roberts · hooking2 min - 2:46 into the third periodAlex Tidey · tripping2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 4Andre LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Gordie HoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Mike AntonovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Bill BennettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25James WarnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 31Greg CarrollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Ronald PlumbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Al SmithG | L | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Kari MakkonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Alex TideyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Dave DrydenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Eddie MioG | W | 30 | 0 | 1.000 |