Colorado Rockies vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Sunday, October 12, 1980 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Colorado Rockies beat the Edmonton Oilers 3–2 on Sunday, October 12, 1980 at Northlands Coliseum.
Goals came from Blair MacDonald, Paul Gagne, Lucien DeBlois, Glenn Anderson and Randy Pierce.
Al Smith made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Blair MacDonald (2)Wayne Gretzky (2), Glenn Anderson (1)0–102:23 EDM
Paul Gagne (1)Lanny McDonald (1)1–113:09 CLR
2nd period
Lucien DeBlois (1)Walt McKechnie (1)2–101:28 CLR ·
3rd period
Glenn Anderson (1)Wayne Gretzky (3), Lee Fogolin (2)2–205:00 EDM
Randy Pierce (2)Merlin Malinowski (2)3–216:34 CLR ·
Team stats
CLREDM
2929
0%0%
1/50/7
1712
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:40 into the first period
Glenn Anderson · hooking2 min - 19:22 into the first period
Lucien DeBlois · interference2 min - 19:55 into the first periodDoug Berry · tripping2 min
- 2:27 into the second periodJoel Quenneville · interference2 min
- 7:17 into the second periodCurt Brackenbury · interference2 min
- 11:33 into the second periodMark Messier · hooking2 min
- 15:33 into the second periodJack Hughes · hooking2 min
- 0:39 into the third periodCurt Brackenbury · holding2 min
- 9:28 into the third periodWalt McKechnie · tripping2 min
- 11:10 into the third periodRandy Pierce · high sticking5 min
- 11:10 into the third periodLee Fogolin · high sticking2 min
- 16:30 into the third periodDoug Hicks · interference2 min
- 19:27 into the third periodWalt McKechnie · holding2 min
Season series
Colorado Rockies
| 7Randy PierceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Gary DillonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Jack HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Al SmithG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 23Tom BladonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Eddie MioG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |