Edmonton Oilers vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Tuesday, December 16, 1980 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–3 on Tuesday, December 16, 1980 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Oilers 33–29.
Goals came from Mark Messier, Dan Labraaten, John Ogrodnick, Mark Kirton, Tom Roulston, Mike Foligno and Don Murdoch.
Gilles Gilbert made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (7)Don Murdoch (5), Wayne Gretzky (33)1–000:37 EDM
Dan Labraaten (1)Vaclav Nedomansky (6), Reed Larson (10)1–103:29 DET
2nd period
John Ogrodnick (16)Dale McCourt (22), Mike Foligno (15)1–217:16 DET
Mark Kirton (2)Willie Huber (13)1–319:41 DET
3rd period
Tom Roulston (1)Risto Siltanen (10), Curt Brackenbury (2)2–308:42 EDM
Mike Foligno (13)Reed Larson (11)2–419:13 DET · 
Don Murdoch (6)Pat Price (7), Wayne Gretzky (34)3–419:59 EDM
Team stats
EDMDET
2933
0%0%
0/30/3
3020
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:00 into the first period
Dave Semenko · interference2 min - 6:40 into the first period
Mike Foligno · slashing2 min - 6:40 into the first periodPat Price · slashing2 min
- 9:03 into the first periodJean Hamel · interference2 min
- 14:59 into the first periodJean Hamel · fighting5 min
- 14:59 into the first periodJohn Hughes · fighting5 min
- 1:24 into the second periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
- 1:24 into the second periodJim Korn · fighting5 min
- 1:24 into the second periodCurt Brackenbury · fighting5 min
- 6:53 into the second periodCurt Brackenbury · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 6:53 into the second periodCurt Brackenbury · misconduct10 min
- 10:52 into the second periodPaul Coffey · tripping2 min
- 14:20 into the second periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
- 17:37 into the second periodKevin Lowe · interference2 min
- 5:04 into the third periodDan Labraaten · slashing2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 47Don MurdochR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Tom RoulstonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6John HughesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Eddie MioG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Mark KirtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | 0 | 0 | – |