Edmonton Oilers vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, March 26, 1980 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–2 on Wednesday, March 26, 1980 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Oilers 51–20.
Don Murdoch scored twice. Dave Lumley, Blair MacDonald, Doug Hicks, Errol Thompson and Reed Larson also scored.
Ron Low made 49 saves on 51 shots for the win; Rogie Vachon stopped 15 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Lumley (19)Lee Fogolin (8), Wayne Gretzky (79)1–018:09 EDM
2nd period
Blair MacDonald (43)Stan Weir (32), Don Ashby (7)2–005:45 EDM
Doug Hicks (9)Mark Messier (20), Don Murdoch (21)3–007:05 EDM
Don Murdoch (26)Wayne Gretzky (80), Doug Hicks (30)4–011:23 EDM
3rd period
Errol Thompson (30)Peter Mahovlich (47), George Lyle (4)4–102:52 DET- Don Murdoch (27)Unassisted5–107:33 EDM
Reed Larson (21)Dale McCourt (49), John Ogrodnick (19)5–209:18 DET
Team stats
EDMDET
2051
0%0%
0/10/5
102
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:59 into the first period
Stan Weir · hooking2 min - 10:32 into the first periodDave Hunter · holding2 min
- 1:14 into the second periodDave Hunter · roughing2 min
- 15:36 into the second periodLee Fogolin · hooking2 min
- 17:35 into the second period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 4:07 into the third periodDoug Hicks · tripping2 min
- 16:50 into the third periodDoug Hicks · ps tripping on breakaway0 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 47Don MurdochR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Don AshbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 15Wayne BianchinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Peter DriscollL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Al HamiltonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ron LowG | W | 51 | 2 | .961 |
| 31Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Bill HogaboamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Barry LongD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 3Rick VaskoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 24Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Rogie VachonG | L | 20 | 5 | .750 |