Edmonton Oilers vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Wednesday, January 14, 1981 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7–4 on Wednesday, January 14, 1981 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs outshot the Oilers 28–16.
Terry Martin scored twice, Wayne Gretzky scored twice and Stan Weir scored twice. Rick Vaive, Dave Lumley, Wilf Paiement, Jari Kurri and Lee Fogolin also scored.
Eddie Mio made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Jim Rutherford stopped 9 of 15.
Scoring
1st period
Terry Martin (4)Borje Salming (35), Darryl Sittler (21)0–106:22 TOR
2nd period
Rick Vaive (22)Pat Hickey (17), Bill Derlago (22)0–200:22 TOR- Terry Martin (5)Wilf Paiement (23)0–306:10 TOR ·
Wayne Gretzky (22)Jari Kurri (18), Brett Callighen (9)1–319:25 EDM
3rd period
Dave Lumley (4)Mark Messier (13), Kevin Lowe (13)2–301:23 EDM
Wilf Paiement (18)Borje Salming (36), Barry Melrose (3)2–406:36 TOR
Jari Kurri (13)Brett Callighen (10), Pat Price (14)3–407:22 EDM- Wayne Gretzky (23)Doug Hicks (5)4–410:14 EDM
Lee Fogolin (6)Wayne Gretzky (50), Paul Coffey (7)5–414:13 EDM · 
Stan Weir (9)Lee Fogolin (11), Curt Brackenbury (4)6–417:08 EDM- Stan Weir (10)Brett Callighen (11)7–419:51 EDM ·
Team stats
EDMTOR
1628
0%0%
0/31/5
2117
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00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:02 into the first period
Laurie Boschman · hooking2 min - 15:09 into the first period
Brett Callighen · roughing2 min - 15:09 into the first periodBarry Melrose · interference2 min
- 0:44 into the second periodTerry Martin · tripping2 min
- 4:24 into the second periodMark Messier · roughing2 min
- 4:24 into the second periodMark Messier · fighting5 min
- 4:24 into the second periodGreg Hotham · fighting5 min
- 7:44 into the second periodBarry Melrose · tripping2 min
- 8:18 into the second periodDave Lumley · elbowing2 min
- 11:15 into the second periodPeter Driscoll · roughing2 min
- 11:15 into the second periodIan Turnbull · roughing2 min
- 19:40 into the second periodCurt Brackenbury · roughing2 min
- 19:40 into the second periodRobert Picard · roughing2 min
- 3:47 into the third periodJari Kurri · holding2 min
- 12:34 into the third periodDoug Hicks · hooking2 min
- 17:24 into the third periodStan Weir · high sticking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Peter DriscollL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 47Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | W | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 25Terry MartinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 5 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ron EllisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28William McCrearyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Greg HothamD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Dave FarrishD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | L | 15 | 6 | .600 |
| 31Jiri CrhaG | 0 | 0 | – |