Edmonton Oilers vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Saturday, February 28, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Rockies beat the Edmonton Oilers 3–1 on Saturday, February 28, 1981 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Rockies outshot the Oilers 39–25.
Goals came from Glenn Anderson, Joel Quenneville, Ed Cooper and Mike McEwen.
Phil Myre made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 36 of 39.
Scoring
2nd period
Glenn Anderson (16)Wayne Gretzky (79), Doug Hicks (14)1–008:53 EDM · 
Joel Quenneville (10)Merlin Malinowski (31), Rob Ramage (34)1–113:30 CLR ·
3rd period
Ed Cooper (5)Jack Valiquette (7), Terry Harper (2)1–203:50 CLR
Mike McEwen (11)Jack Valiquette (8)1–313:37 CLR
Team stats
EDMCLR
2539
0%0%
1/41/6
2521
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:00 into the first period
Jari Kurri · interference2 min - 9:37 into the first period
Yvon Vautour · high sticking2 min - 9:37 into the first periodDave Lumley · roughing2 min
- 9:55 into the first periodMark Messier · holding2 min
- 16:35 into the first periodBob Miller · interference2 min
- 19:29 into the first periodDave Lumley · high sticking2 min
- 8:08 into the second periodJack Valiquette · holding2 min
- 12:11 into the second periodBlair MacDonald · hooking2 min
- 12:35 into the second periodLanny McDonald · high sticking2 min
- 12:35 into the second periodMark Messier · high sticking2 min
- 16:43 into the second periodYvon Vautour · high sticking2 min
- 16:43 into the second periodYvon Vautour · fighting5 min
- 16:43 into the second periodDave Lumley · high sticking2 min
- 16:43 into the second periodDave Lumley · fighting5 min
- 17:38 into the second periodLanny McDonald · roughing2 min
- 17:38 into the second periodPat Price · roughing2 min
- 0:31 into the third periodDoug Hicks · hooking2 min
- 7:51 into the third periodLee Fogolin · holding2 min
- 11:18 into the third periodTrevor Johansen · hooking2 min
- 15:14 into the third periodTrevor Johansen · holding2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Peter DriscollL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | L | 39 | 3 | .923 |
| 33Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Rockies
| 15Jack ValiquetteC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Ed CooperL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 4Mike McEwenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Terry HarperD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Phil MyreG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |
| 31Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |