St. Louis Blues vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, February 18, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the St. Louis Blues 9–2 on Wednesday, February 18, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Blues 37–30.
Wayne Gretzky scored 5 goals. Brett Callighen, Jari Kurri, Bernie Federko, Wayne Babych, Mark Messier and Paul Coffey also scored.
Eddie Mio made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 20 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Brett Callighen (18)Wayne Gretzky (73), Paul Coffey (13)0–102:25 EDM
Jari Kurri (21)Wayne Gretzky (74), Risto Siltanen (23)0–212:30 EDM · 
Bernie Federko (23)Jack Brownschidle (15), Blake Dunlop (51)1–216:17 STL · 
Wayne Babych (42)Bernie Federko (57), Blake Dunlop (52)2–217:07 STL ·
2nd period
Wayne Gretzky (34)Curt Brackenbury (6), Risto Siltanen (24)2–304:44 EDM
Mark Messier (11)Glenn Anderson (10)2–407:03 EDM
3rd period
Paul Coffey (6)Blair MacDonald (24), Stan Weir (18)2–500:36 EDM- Wayne Gretzky (35)Unassisted2–605:49 EDM
- Wayne Gretzky (36)Paul Coffey (14), Kevin Lowe (20)2–705:58 EDM
- Wayne Gretzky (37)Kevin Lowe (21), Mark Messier (19)2–808:07 EDM ·
- Wayne Gretzky (38)Doug Hicks (11), Risto Siltanen (25)2–915:47 EDM
Team stats
STLEDM
3037
0%0%
2/71/6
3131
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:54 into the first period
Pat Price · fighting5 min - 3:54 into the first period
Brian Sutter · roughing2 min - 3:54 into the first periodBrian Sutter · fighting5 min
- 6:17 into the first periodWayne Babych · holding2 min
- 8:36 into the first periodDoug Hicks · hooking2 min
- 11:45 into the first periodLarry Patey · tripping2 min
- 14:32 into the first periodJari Kurri · holding2 min
- 15:11 into the first periodPat Price · hooking2 min
- 18:35 into the first periodBill Stewart · tripping2 min
- 19:39 into the first periodRisto Siltanen · holding2 min
- 11:57 into the second periodBryan Maxwell · holding2 min
- 5:08 into the third periodPat Price · roughing2 min
- 5:08 into the third periodPerry Turnbull · roughing2 min
- 6:43 into the third periodRisto Siltanen · holding2 min
- 9:27 into the third periodCurt Brackenbury · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:27 into the third periodCurt Brackenbury · misconduct10 min
- 9:27 into the third periodBryan Maxwell · cross checking2 min
- 9:27 into the third periodBryan Maxwell · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:27 into the third periodBryan Maxwell · misconduct10 min
- 19:56 into the third periodLee Fogolin · tripping2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 1 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 3 | – |
| 23Hartland MonahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Ralph KlassenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 2 | – |
| 20Bill StewartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 27 | 7 | .741 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 10 | 2 | .800 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 5 | 2 | 7 | +6 | 8 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +5 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Peter DriscollL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 33Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |