Edmonton Oilers vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Friday, December 28, 1979 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–3 on Friday, December 28, 1979 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Oilers 40–31.
Goals came from Dave Semenko, Bobby Schmautz, Don Lever, Dave Lumley, Wayne Gretzky, Kevin McCarthy, Thomas Gradin and Dave Hunter.
Jim Corsi made 37 saves on 40 shots for the win; Curt Ridley stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Semenko (2)Ron Chipperfield (8)1–003:52 EDM
Bobby Schmautz (9)Ron Chipperfield (9), Pat Price (7)2–004:24 EDM ·
2nd period
Don Lever (16)Rick Blight (6), Bill Derlago (13)2–104:17 VAN · 
Dave Lumley (9)Colin Campbell (5), Stan Weir (13)3–114:40 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (19)Unassisted4–117:39 EDM ·
3rd period
Kevin McCarthy (5)Dennis Kearns (12), Chris Oddleifson (17)4–209:37 VAN
Thomas Gradin (12)Kevin McCarthy (13), Stan Smyl (14)4–311:59 VAN
Dave Hunter (4)Dave Lumley (17), Stan Weir (14)5–314:01 EDM
Team stats
EDMVAN
3140
0%0%
1/41/7
2115
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:30 into the first period
Colin Campbell · cross checking2 min - 3:52 into the first period
Rick Vaive · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 4:44 into the first periodRon Chipperfield · cross checking2 min
- 9:54 into the first periodLars Lindgren · cross checking2 min
- 17:12 into the first periodBobby Schmautz · slashing2 min
- 17:12 into the first periodBrad Smith · slashing2 min
- 3:02 into the second periodBrett Callighen · hooking2 min
- 4:17 into the second periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 6:35 into the second periodStan Smyl · high sticking2 min
- 16:07 into the second periodColin Campbell · slashing2 min
- 2:04 into the third periodPat Price · fighting5 min
- 2:04 into the third periodCurt Fraser · fighting5 min
- 3:46 into the third periodBrett Callighen · hooking2 min
- 7:43 into the third periodGary Lupul · hooking2 min
- 9:05 into the third periodCam Connor · high sticking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 7Ron ChipperfieldC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Bobby SchmautzR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Colin CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Cam ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Jim CorsiG | W | 40 | 3 | .925 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Rick BlightR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 10Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Chris OddleifsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Dennis KearnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 7Gary LupulC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 28Rick VaiveR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 22Bob MannoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Gary BromleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Curt RidleyG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |