Edmonton Oilers vs Atlanta Flames
Regular season · Tuesday, March 25, 1980 · Omni Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Atlanta Flames 5–4 on Tuesday, March 25, 1980 at Omni Coliseum. The Flames outshot the Oilers 31–18.
Wayne Gretzky scored twice. Lee Fogolin, Kent Nilsson, Don Lever, Willi Plett, Bob MacMillan, Mark Messier and Don Ashby also scored.
Ron Low made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jim Craig stopped 13 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Lee Fogolin (5)Blair MacDonald (44), Wayne Gretzky (77)1–001:52 EDM
Kent Nilsson (36)Ken Houston (27), Don Lever (29)1–110:04 AFM
Don Lever (32)Kent Nilsson (51), Ken Houston (28)1–214:17 AFM
2nd period
Willi Plett (11)Brad Marsh (9), Bill Clement (12)1–304:12 AFM
Bob MacMillan (18)Guy Chouinard (42), Dave Shand (5)1–409:06 AFM
Mark Messier (12)Pat Price (21), Blair MacDonald (45)2–418:57 EDM ·
3rd period
Wayne Gretzky (46)Unassisted3–405:25 EDM- Wayne Gretzky (47)Dave Hunter (29)4–406:28 EDM
Don Ashby (7)Lee Fogolin (7), Wayne Gretzky (78)5–418:10 EDM
Team stats
EDMAFM
1831
0%0%
1/40/4
2020
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:11 into the first period
Willi Plett · holding2 min - 0:44 into the first period
Stan Weir · holding2 min - 5:19 into the first periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
- 15:42 into the first periodWilli Plett · holding2 min
- 17:53 into the first periodDave Lumley · high sticking2 min
- 0:31 into the second periodDave Hunter · hooking2 min
- 17:15 into the second periodKen Houston · slashing2 min
- 8:40 into the third periodWilli Plett · hooking2 min
- 8:40 into the third periodWilli Plett · misconduct10 min
- 8:40 into the third periodColin Campbell · misconduct10 min
- 8:40 into the third periodStan Weir · slashing2 min
- 11:12 into the third periodEric Vail · tripping2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Don AshbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Wayne BianchinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Peter DriscollL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 47Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Al HamiltonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ron LowG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 31Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |
Atlanta Flames
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Don LeverC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Brad MarshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave ShandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Paul HendersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 3Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim CraigG | L | 18 | 5 | .722 |
| 30Dan BouchardG | 0 | 0 | – |