Calgary Flames vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Sunday, February 8, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Edmonton Oilers 10–4 on Sunday, February 8, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Flames 46–22.
Ken Houston scored a hat trick, Willi Plett scored twice and Guy Chouinard scored twice. Brett Callighen, Wayne Gretzky, Don Lever, Jamie Hislop, Kent Nilsson, Jari Kurri and Blair MacDonald also scored.
Pat Riggin made 42 saves on 46 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 9 of 15.
Scoring
1st period
Brett Callighen (16)Doug Hicks (9), Wayne Gretzky (70)0–102:44 EDM · 
Ken Houston (5)Dan Labraaten (9), Phil Russell (19)1–106:19 CGY · 
Willi Plett (28)Jim Peplinski (18), Eric Vail (25)2–109:26 CGY
2nd period
- Ken Houston (6)Guy Chouinard (20), Kent Nilsson (53)3–102:12 CGY ·
Wayne Gretzky (32)Lee Fogolin (14), Brett Callighen (19)3–204:07 EDM
Guy Chouinard (17)Kent Nilsson (54), Paul Reinhart (23)4–205:21 CGY · 
Don Lever (18)Jamie Hislop (26)5–207:31 CGY
Jamie Hislop (20)Guy Chouinard (21), Paul Reinhart (24)6–215:31 CGY
Kent Nilsson (28)Dan Labraaten (10), Ken Houston (5)7–217:03 CGY
3rd period
- Willi Plett (29)Guy Chouinard (22), Pekka Rautakallio (36)8–203:04 CGY
- Guy Chouinard (18)Unassisted9–211:56 CGY
Jari Kurri (20)Wayne Gretzky (71), Lee Fogolin (15)9–312:25 EDM
Blair MacDonald (15)Matti Hagman (23), Doug Hicks (10)9–417:56 EDM- Ken Houston (7)Kent Nilsson (55), Dan Labraaten (11)10–419:37 CGY
Team stats
CGYEDM
2246
0%0%
3/41/6
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:11 into the first period
Phil Russell · hooking2 min - 4:28 into the first period
Lee Fogolin · interference2 min - 10:55 into the first periodJamie Hislop · interference2 min
- 14:32 into the first periodPhil Russell · charging2 min
- 1:03 into the second periodDoug Hicks · holding2 min
- 4:28 into the second periodDave Lumley · interference2 min
- 8:41 into the second periodDan Labraaten · hooking2 min
- 19:57 into the second periodKevin Lavallee · interference2 min
- 6:30 into the third periodGuy Chouinard · tripping2 min
- 19:37 into the third periodDave Lumley · tripping2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Kent NilssonC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 17Jamie HislopR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 0 | – |
| 12Don LeverC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | W | 46 | 4 | .913 |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Peter DriscollL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | L | 15 | 6 | .600 |
| 33Gary EdwardsG | 7 | 4 | .429 |