Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Tuesday, December 23, 1980 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers 7–4 on Tuesday, December 23, 1980 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Oilers 27–18.
Dave Taylor scored twice, Wayne Gretzky scored a hat trick, Charlie Simmer scored twice and Mike Murphy scored twice. Mark Hardy and Don Murdoch also scored.
Doug Keans made 14 saves on 18 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 0 of 1.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Taylor (20)Marcel Dionne (33), Larry Murphy (30)0–109:44 LAK ·
2nd period
Wayne Gretzky (14)Unassisted1–104:38 EDM
Mark Hardy (1)Jim Fox (8), Glenn Goldup (8)1–213:39 LAK- Dave Taylor (21)Marcel Dionne (34), Jerry Korab (20)1–316:38 LAK ·
3rd period
Charlie Simmer (34)Marcel Dionne (35), Dave Taylor (32)1–402:50 LAK- Wayne Gretzky (15)Mark Messier (10)2–405:18 EDM
Mike Murphy (4)Larry Murphy (31)2–507:30 LAK- Mike Murphy (5)Marcel Dionne (36), Billy Harris (12)2–608:55 LAK
- Charlie Simmer (35)Jim Fox (9), Jay Wells (6)2–713:12 LAK ·
- Wayne Gretzky (16)Dave Semenko (7), Jari Kurri (14)3–715:03 EDM ·
Don Murdoch (8)Matti Hagman (13), Doug Hicks (2)4–718:11 EDM
Team stats
EDMLAK
1827
0%0%
1/33/6
226
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:44 into the first period
Pat Price · hooking2 min - 8:21 into the first periodCurt Brackenbury · slashing2 min
- 10:11 into the first periodDoug Hicks · high sticking2 min
- 15:41 into the first period
Mark Hardy · hooking2 min - 18:50 into the first periodDon Murdoch · high sticking2 min
- 16:03 into the second periodTom Roulston · tripping2 min
- 17:38 into the second periodCharlie Simmer · holding2 min
- 8:55 into the third periodKevin Lowe · misconduct10 min
- 12:01 into the third periodDoug Hicks · tripping2 min
- 14:55 into the third periodDave Lewis · tripping2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 47Don MurdochR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Tom RoulstonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | 26 | 6 | .769 | |
| 35Andy MoogG | L | 1 | 1 | .000 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26David MorrisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Doug KeansG | W | 18 | 4 | .778 |