Detroit Red Wings vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, February 27, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–2 on Friday, February 27, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Red Wings 42–30.
Goals came from Lee Fogolin, Reed Larson, Dale McCourt, Matti Hagman, Dave Lumley, Mark Messier and Wayne Gretzky.
Eddie Mio made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 37 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Lee Fogolin (9)Wayne Gretzky (78), Brett Callighen (23)0–109:35 EDM
Reed Larson (26)Mike Foligno (26)1–117:25 DET
2nd period
Dale McCourt (20)Paul Woods (14), Reed Larson (28)2–102:21 DET
Matti Hagman (15)Dave Hunter (14), Eddie Mio (4)2–214:50 EDM
3rd period
Dave Lumley (7)Dave Hunter (15), Eddie Mio (5)2–303:36 EDM
Mark Messier (13)Unassisted2–417:17 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (42)Pat Price (24), Mark Messier (24)2–518:31 EDM ·
Team stats
DETEDM
3042
0%0%
0/30/2
1820
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:19 into the first period
Jim Korn · fighting5 min - 0:19 into the first period
Curt Brackenbury · roughing2 min - 0:19 into the first periodCurt Brackenbury · fighting5 min
- 7:33 into the first periodJohn Barrett · holding2 min
- 14:12 into the first periodDave Hunter · tripping2 min
- 4:36 into the second periodJohn Barrett · fighting5 min
- 4:36 into the second periodReed Larson · roughing2 min
- 4:36 into the second periodCurt Brackenbury · roughing2 min
- 4:36 into the second periodCurt Brackenbury · fighting5 min
- 4:56 into the second periodGlenn Anderson · tripping2 min
- 6:15 into the second periodMark Kirton · tripping2 min
- 10:52 into the second periodGlenn Hicks · slashing2 min
- 10:52 into the second periodPaul Coffey · slashing2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Earl IngarfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | L | 41 | 4 | .902 |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 24Peter DriscollL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 33Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |