Edmonton Oilers vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Friday, December 21, 1979 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Rockies beat the Edmonton Oilers 5–4 on Friday, December 21, 1979 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Oilers 30–27.
Mike McEwen scored twice and Ron Delorme scored twice. Stan Weir, Ron Chipperfield, Mike Kitchen, Brett Callighen and Mark Messier also scored.
Bill McKenzie made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Jim Corsi stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Mike McEwen (7)Jack Valiquette (15)0–101:23 CLR
Ron Delorme (10)Doug Berry (13), Randy Pierce (10)0–205:46 CLR
Stan Weir (13)Dave Lumley (15), Kevin Lowe (3)1–211:20 EDM- Ron Delorme (11)Rob Ramage (9), Jack Valiquette (16)1–316:14 CLR
Ron Chipperfield (7)Bobby Schmautz (7), Dave Semenko (2)2–316:30 EDM
2nd period
Mike Kitchen (1)Unassisted2–412:59 CLR- Mike McEwen (8)Ron Delorme (9), Rene Robert (17)2–515:53 CLR ·
3rd period
Brett Callighen (10)Wayne Gretzky (31), Risto Siltanen (14)3–505:08 EDM · 
Mark Messier (4)Bobby Schmautz (8), Kevin Lowe (4)4–513:27 EDM
Team stats
EDMCLR
2730
0%0%
1/31/4
2018
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:12 into the first period
Dean Turner · tripping2 min - 13:14 into the first periodMike Kitchen · roughing2 min
- 13:14 into the first period
Pat Price · roughing2 min - 19:20 into the first periodLee Fogolin · holding2 min
- 8:12 into the second periodRene Robert · hooking2 min
- 9:08 into the second periodBobby Schmautz · tripping2 min
- 14:47 into the second periodLee Fogolin · cross checking2 min
- 17:30 into the second periodDave Semenko · elbowing2 min
- 3:19 into the third periodPat Hickey · tripping2 min
- 6:38 into the third periodRandy Pierce · misconduct10 min
- 6:38 into the third periodDave Semenko · misconduct10 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 16Bobby SchmautzR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Kari MakkonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Mike ForbesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 35Jim CorsiG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |
Colorado Rockies
| 27Ron DelormeC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Rob RamageD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 10Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Don SaleskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Nick BeverleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Mike ChristieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Dean TurnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Bill McKenzieG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |