Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, December 22, 1979 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers 9–3 on Saturday, December 22, 1979 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Oilers 26–24.
Dave Taylor scored twice, Charlie Simmer scored twice and Wayne Gretzky scored twice. Syl Apps, Steve Jensen, Marcel Dionne, John Paul Kelly, Ron Chipperfield and Bert Wilson also scored.
Mario Lessard made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 17 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Taylor (21)Charlie Simmer (27), Doug Halward (27)0–101:53 LAK · 
Syl Apps (2)Steve Carlson (6), Doug Halward (28)0–206:04 LAK
Steve Jensen (12)Andre St. Laurent (5), Marcel Dionne (40)0–313:54 LAK · 
Marcel Dionne (27)Charlie Simmer (28), Mike Murphy (10)0–419:54 LAK
2nd period
Charlie Simmer (31)Dave Taylor (31), Marcel Dionne (41)0–504:26 LAK- Charlie Simmer (32)Dave Taylor (32), Marcel Dionne (42)0–608:43 LAK
- Dave Taylor (22)Charlie Simmer (29)0–712:13 LAK
Wayne Gretzky (16)Blair MacDonald (21), Brett Callighen (17)1–718:04 EDM ·
3rd period
John Paul Kelly (1)Glenn Goldup (7), Barry Gibbs (7)1–812:58 LAK
Ron Chipperfield (8)Risto Siltanen (15), Wayne Gretzky (32)2–814:46 EDM · 
Bert Wilson (1)Steve Carlson (7), Syl Apps (7)2–918:37 LAK- Wayne Gretzky (17)Brett Callighen (18), Kevin Lowe (5)3–919:55 EDM
Team stats
EDMLAK
2426
0%0%
2/52/5
2020
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:23 into the first period
Doug Hicks · high sticking2 min - 4:18 into the first period
Marcel Dionne · interference2 min - 5:01 into the first periodBobby Schmautz · slashing2 min
- 11:59 into the first periodLee Fogolin · holding2 min
- 16:30 into the first periodMike Murphy · hooking2 min
- 17:34 into the first periodAndre St. Laurent · tripping2 min
- 12:48 into the second periodPat Price · slashing2 min
- 17:49 into the second periodRandy Holt · hooking2 min
- 11:11 into the third periodDave Semenko · misconduct10 min
- 11:11 into the third periodRandy Holt · misconduct10 min
- 14:06 into the third periodBert Wilson · holding2 min
- 16:07 into the third periodDave Hunter · hooking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby SchmautzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 24Peter DriscollL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 23Mike ForbesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | L | 26 | 9 | .654 |
| 35Jim CorsiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 2 | 3 | 5 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 10Steve CarlsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Syl AppsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Bert WilsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Barry GibbsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 19Butch GoringC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Randy ManeryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 4Randy HoltD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 30Ron GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |