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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Edmonton Oilers

Regular season · Friday, March 21, 1980 · Northlands Coliseum

Game summary

The Edmonton Oilers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 9–2 on Friday, March 21, 1980 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Penguins 37–27.

Don Ashby scored twice and Wayne Gretzky scored a hat trick. Pat Price, Randy Carlyle, Colin Campbell, Dave Hunter, Dave Semenko and Pat Hughes also scored.

Ron Low made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 28 of 37.

Goals
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT101227
Edmonton OilersEDM144937

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Team stats

PITEDM
2737
0%0%
2/60/3
2025
00
00
00
00

Penalties

  • 6:28 into the first periodMark Messier · interference2 min
  • 10:18 into the first periodDon Murdoch · tripping2 min
  • 14:28 into the first periodRon Stackhouse · tripping2 min
  • 19:54 into the first periodPat Hughes · tripping2 min
  • 8:06 into the second periodDave Semenko · charging2 min
  • 8:06 into the second periodDave Semenko · fighting5 min
  • 8:06 into the second periodKim Clackson · fighting5 min
  • 8:06 into the second periodKim Clackson · high sticking5 min
  • 12:56 into the second periodMark Messier · interference2 min
  • 17:42 into the second periodMark Messier · cross checking2 min
  • 8:20 into the third periodPat Price · tripping2 min
  • 9:09 into the third periodDoug Hicks · roughing2 min
  • 9:09 into the third periodGary McAdam · roughing2 min
  • 9:48 into the third periodColin Campbell · slashing2 min
  • 9:48 into the third periodRandy Carlyle · slashing2 min
  • 18:15 into the third periodPat Price · tripping2 min
  • 19:02 into the third periodColin Campbell · high sticking2 min
  • 19:02 into the third periodKim Clackson · high sticking2 min