Atlanta Flames vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 12, 1979 · Northlands Coliseum
Scoring
1st period
Blair MacDonald (19)Wayne Gretzky (27), Stan Weir (10)0–103:09 EDM · 
Phil Russell (4)Ken Houston (10), Kent Nilsson (19)1–108:32 AFM
Guy Chouinard (5)Kent Nilsson (20)2–110:43 AFM ·
2nd period
Kari Makkonen (1)Unassisted2–201:17 EDM
Eric Vail (14)Willi Plett (10), Bob Murdoch (8)3–207:26 AFM
Doug Hicks (3)Risto Siltanen (12), Blair MacDonald (15)3–312:18 EDM · 
Ken Houston (8)Kent Nilsson (21)4–313:01 AFM
Mark Messier (2)Unassisted4–415:58 EDM ·
3rd period
Curt Bennett (1)Brad Marsh (2), Willi Plett (11)5–404:15 AFM
Pat Price (6)Dave Lumley (14), Stan Weir (11)5–518:29 EDM
Team stats
AFMEDM
3038
0%0%
1/32/3
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:43 into the first period
Bob Murdoch · roughing2 min - 1:43 into the first period
Alex Tidey · roughing2 min - 2:51 into the first periodIvan Boldirev · hooking2 min
- 5:12 into the first periodRick Adduono · interference2 min
- 9:40 into the first periodBrett Callighen · tripping2 min
- 11:45 into the second periodBob Murdoch · hooking2 min
- 14:35 into the second periodDave Lumley · tripping2 min
- 1:04 into the third periodPeter Driscoll · tripping2 min
Season series
Atlanta Flames
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt BennettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Rick AdduonoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Dan BouchardG | T | 38 | 5 | .868 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Kari MakkonenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Alex TideyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 24Peter DriscollL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Dave DrydenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Eddie MioG | T | 30 | 5 | .833 |