Boston Bruins vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, January 2, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Boston Bruins 7–5 on Friday, January 2, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum. The Bruins outshot the Oilers 36–21.
Brett Callighen scored twice. Douglas Morrison, Keith Crowder, Rick Middleton, Doug Hicks, Don Murdoch, Risto Siltanen, Stan Weir, Steve Kasper, Wayne Cashman and Dave Hunter also scored.
Andy Moog made 31 saves on 36 shots for the win; Rogie Vachon stopped 14 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Brett Callighen (2)Kevin Lowe (10)0–103:19 EDM
Douglas Morrison (6)Craig MacTavish (4), Rick Middleton (31)1–106:03 BOS · 
Keith Crowder (4)Mike Milbury (8), Mike O'connell (20)2–110:35 BOS- Brett Callighen (3)Kevin Lowe (11), Jari Kurri (15)2–213:26 EDM
2nd period
Rick Middleton (14)Brad Park (24)3–204:36 BOS · 
Doug Hicks (1)Pat Price (10), Matti Hagman (14)3–305:03 EDM · 
Don Murdoch (9)Stan Weir (12), Risto Siltanen (13)3–419:17 EDM ·
3rd period
Risto Siltanen (7)Pat Price (11), Wayne Gretzky (40)3–501:35 EDM · 
Stan Weir (7)Dave Hunter (7), Pat Price (12)3–604:30 EDM
Steve Kasper (13)Wayne Cashman (17)4–607:12 BOS
Wayne Cashman (14)Steve Kasper (17), Brad McCrimmon (10)5–608:07 BOS
Dave Hunter (7)Stan Weir (13)5–708:35 EDM
Team stats
BOSEDM
3621
0%0%
1/53/5
2424
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:33 into the first period
Mike O'connell · tripping2 min - 5:19 into the first period
Mark Messier · holding2 min - 14:47 into the first periodLee Fogolin · holding2 min
- 17:34 into the first periodKeith Crowder · fighting5 min
- 17:34 into the first periodPaul Coffey · fighting5 min
- 3:06 into the second periodTerry O'Reilly · holding2 min
- 3:20 into the second periodDick Redmond · hooking2 min
- 4:25 into the second periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
- 17:39 into the second periodBrad Park · slashing2 min
- 0:08 into the third periodSteve Kasper · roughing2 min
- 0:08 into the third periodBrad McCrimmon · roughing2 min
- 0:08 into the third periodPaul Coffey · roughing2 min
- 2:18 into the third periodDave Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 10:33 into the third periodWayne Cashman · high sticking2 min
- 10:33 into the third periodKevin Lowe · roughing2 min
- 12:04 into the third periodDoug Hicks · hooking2 min
- 17:01 into the third periodTerry O'Reilly · fighting5 min
- 17:01 into the third periodPeter Driscoll · fighting5 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 11Steve KasperC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Douglas MorrisonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | L | 21 | 7 | .667 |
| 30Jim CraigG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 21Stan WeirC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 47Don MurdochR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Peter DriscollL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 36 | 5 | .861 |