Colorado Rockies vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 26, 1979 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Colorado Rockies 4–3 on Wednesday, December 26, 1979 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Rockies 33–24.
Goals came from Pat Hickey, Wayne Gretzky, Rob Ramage, Dave Lumley, Stan Weir, Blair MacDonald and Jack Valiquette.
Jim Corsi made 6 saves on 7 shots for the win; Hardy Astrom stopped 29 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Pat Hickey (9)Jack Valiquette (17)1–003:06 CLR
Wayne Gretzky (18)Brett Callighen (19), Blair MacDonald (22)1–113:37 EDM
2nd period
Rob Ramage (4)Jack Valiquette (18), Mike McEwen (25)2–100:30 CLR · 
Dave Lumley (8)Unassisted2–216:08 EDM
3rd period
Stan Weir (14)Colin Campbell (4), Dave Lumley (16)2–311:45 EDM
Blair MacDonald (22)Wayne Gretzky (33), Brett Callighen (20)2–414:05 EDM
Jack Valiquette (13)Wilf Paiement (15), Rene Robert (18)3–418:18 CLR
Team stats
CLREDM
2433
0%0%
1/30/4
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:25 into the first period
Mike Christie · holding2 min - 15:59 into the first period
Dave Semenko · interference2 min - 20:00 into the first periodKevin Lowe · tripping2 min
- 1:22 into the second periodNick Beverley · tripping2 min
- 4:49 into the second periodRob Ramage · slashing2 min
- 3:05 into the third periodLee Fogolin · hooking2 min
- 4:18 into the third periodRob Ramage · hooking2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Rob RamageD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Don SaleskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Nick BeverleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Mike ChristieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Dean TurnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |
| 29Bill McKenzieG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 6Colin CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby SchmautzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Cam ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | 17 | 2 | .882 | |
| 35Jim CorsiG | W | 7 | 1 | .857 |