Edmonton Oilers vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Saturday, January 17, 1981 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Edmonton Oilers 7–6 on Saturday, January 17, 1981 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Oilers 42–35.
Perry Turnbull scored twice. Jari Kurri, Mike Zuke, Blair Chapman, Bernie Federko, Larry Patey, Kevin Lowe, Matti Hagman, Dave Semenko, Brett Callighen, Mike Crombeen and Wayne Gretzky also scored.
Ed Staniowski made 29 saves on 35 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 35 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Jari Kurri (14)Brett Callighen (13), Wayne Gretzky (51)1–009:00 EDM · 
Mike Zuke (15)Ed Kea (11), Ralph Klassen (10)1–111:00 STL · 
Blair Chapman (9)Bernie Federko (45), Joe Micheletti (12)1–212:44 STL · 
Bernie Federko (17)Blair Chapman (12), Brian Sutter (16)1–317:06 STL
Larry Patey (17)Bill Stewart (10), Ralph Klassen (11)1–419:52 STL
2nd period
Kevin Lowe (6)Wayne Gretzky (52), Don Murdoch (9)2–403:28 EDM
Matti Hagman (11)Doug Hicks (6), Dave Lumley (5)3–404:09 EDM
Perry Turnbull (18)Larry Patey (11)3–508:44 STL
3rd period
- Perry Turnbull (19)Larry Patey (12), Mike Crombeen (12)3–606:38 STL
Dave Semenko (10)Wayne Gretzky (53), Doug Hicks (7)4–608:02 EDM
Brett Callighen (7)Matti Hagman (17), Kevin Lowe (14)5–613:19 EDM
Mike Crombeen (7)Perry Turnbull (16), Joe Micheletti (13)5–716:26 STL
Wayne Gretzky (24)Dave Semenko (8)6–716:53 EDM
Team stats
EDMSTL
3542
0%0%
1/51/5
2020
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:06 into the first period
Pat Price · holding2 min - 7:43 into the first period
Larry Patey · slashing2 min - 9:42 into the first periodBryan Maxwell · elbowing2 min
- 12:16 into the first periodDave Lumley · slashing2 min
- 14:28 into the first periodBryan Maxwell · tripping2 min
- 17:44 into the first periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
- 9:48 into the second periodPat Price · fighting5 min
- 9:48 into the second periodBrian Sutter · cross checking2 min
- 9:48 into the second periodBrian Sutter · fighting5 min
- 17:08 into the second periodEddie Mio · delaying game2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodMike Zuke · hooking2 min
- 1:56 into the third periodDave Hunter · fighting5 min
- 1:56 into the third periodBlair Chapman · fighting5 min
- 2:48 into the third periodPaul Coffey · tripping2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 47Don MurdochR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Peter DriscollL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | L | 42 | 7 | .833 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |
St. Louis Blues
| 6Larry PateyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 20Bill StewartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Rick HeinzG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | W | 35 | 6 | .829 |