Chicago Blackhawks vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, January 30, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 on Friday, January 30, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Blackhawks 43–22.
Goals came from Reg Kerr, Jari Kurri, Tom Lysiak, Brett Callighen, Wayne Gretzky and Doug Hicks.
Eddie Mio made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 39 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Reg Kerr (20)Al Secord (8)1–005:04 CHI
Jari Kurri (19)Wayne Gretzky (63)1–106:49 EDM
2nd period
Tom Lysiak (17)Darryl Sutter (15), Tony Esposito (2)2–114:17 CHI
3rd period
Brett Callighen (12)Wayne Gretzky (64), Kevin Lowe (18)2–206:37 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (27)Paul Coffey (11), Dave Lumley (6)2–315:34 EDM
Doug Hicks (3)Brett Callighen (17), Jari Kurri (22)2–416:10 EDM
Team stats
CHIEDM
2243
0%0%
0/20/4
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:00 into the first period
Al Secord · roughing2 min - 0:00 into the first period
Dave Lumley · roughing2 min - 5:30 into the first periodJohn Marks · high sticking2 min
- 6:11 into the first periodBrett Callighen · hooking2 min
- 10:32 into the first periodDarryl Sutter · tripping2 min
- 14:30 into the first periodAl Secord · elbowing2 min
- 10:50 into the second periodMark Messier · hooking2 min
- 15:11 into the second periodTim Higgins · high sticking2 min
- 18:51 into the third periodReg Kerr · high sticking2 min
- 18:51 into the third periodDave Hunter · high sticking2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 10Reg KerrC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Al SecordL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Miles ZaharkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 43 | 4 | .907 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Roy SommerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pete LoprestiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Eddie MioG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |