New York Rangers vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, January 23, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Edmonton Oilers 7–4 on Friday, January 23, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum. The Rangers outshot the Oilers 33–31.
Dave Lumley scored twice. Brett Callighen, Dave Silk, Matti Hagman, Mike Allison, Nick Fotiu, Chris Kotsopoulos, Don Maloney, Ron Greschner and Barry Beck also scored.
Doug Soetaert made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 26 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Brett Callighen (10)Wayne Gretzky (56), Lee Fogolin (12)0–100:12 EDM
Dave Silk (11)Anders Hedberg (23), Ron Greschner (21)1–103:06 NYR · 
Matti Hagman (12)Risto Siltanen (16), Pat Price (17)1–208:12 EDM ·
2nd period
Dave Lumley (5)Dave Hunter (10), Wayne Gretzky (57)1–301:45 EDM
Mike Allison (17)Ron Greschner (22)2–307:50 NYR- Dave Lumley (6)Matti Hagman (19), Peter Driscoll (3)2–412:35 EDM
Nick Fotiu (5)Carol Vadnais (12), Ed Hospodar (8)3–414:53 NYR
Chris Kotsopoulos (3)Unassisted4–416:37 NYR
3rd period
Don Maloney (12)Mike Allison (17), Barry Beck (12)5–407:51 NYR · 
Ron Greschner (15)Steve Vickers (21), Ron Duguay (8)6–411:23 NYR
Barry Beck (5)Walt Tkaczuk (18)7–418:40 NYR · ·
Team stats
NYREDM
3331
0%0%
2/41/8
2719
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:26 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 4:29 into the first period
Ron Duguay · hooking2 min - 6:35 into the first periodEddie Johnstone · tripping2 min
- 10:42 into the first periodTom Laidlaw · holding2 min
- 15:01 into the first periodRisto Siltanen · tripping2 min
- 18:16 into the first periodEd Hospodar · high sticking2 min
- 4:50 into the second periodAnders Hedberg · elbowing2 min
- 5:41 into the second periodRisto Siltanen · slashing2 min
- 5:41 into the second periodEddie Johnstone · cross checking2 min
- 7:29 into the second periodDave Hunter · roughing2 min
- 7:29 into the second periodChris Kotsopoulos · roughing double minor4 min
- 8:52 into the second periodAnders Hedberg · high sticking2 min
- 17:24 into the second periodStan Weir · hooking2 min
- 17:36 into the second periodDave Hunter · slashing2 min
- 17:36 into the second periodDave Hunter · fighting5 min
- 17:36 into the second periodDon Maloney · holding2 min
- 17:36 into the second periodDon Maloney · fighting5 min
- 7:09 into the third periodDave Semenko · roughing2 min
- 17:49 into the third periodDave Silk · hooking2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 10Matti HagmanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Peter DriscollL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Eddie MioG | L | 32 | 6 | .813 |