Edmonton Oilers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Saturday, March 7, 1981 · Spectrum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5–3 on Saturday, March 7, 1981 at Spectrum. The Oilers outshot the Flyers 36–32.
Wayne Gretzky scored 4 goals. Behn Wilson, Brian Propp, Lee Fogolin and Rick MacLeish also scored.
Gary Edwards made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Rick St. Croix stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Gretzky (46)Unassisted1–004:17 EDM
Behn Wilson (16)Ken Linseman (17), Brian Propp (34)1–106:40 PHI
Brian Propp (20)Ken Linseman (18)1–219:40 PHI
2nd period
- Wayne Gretzky (47)Brett Callighen (25), Jari Kurri (31)2–202:40 EDM ·
Lee Fogolin (10)Mark Messier (28)3–208:31 EDM ·
3rd period
- Wayne Gretzky (48)Brett Callighen (26)4–203:53 EDM
Rick MacLeish (31)Bobby Clarke (44)4–316:33 PHI- Wayne Gretzky (49)Dave Lumley (8), Risto Siltanen (27)5–319:18 EDM · ·
Team stats
EDMPHI
3632
0%0%
2/50/4
1416
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:59 into the first period
Al Hill · high sticking2 min - 5:45 into the first period
Pat Price · tripping2 min - 6:52 into the first periodJari Kurri · holding2 min
- 10:46 into the first periodPat Price · high sticking2 min
- 10:46 into the first periodPat Price · roughing2 min
- 10:46 into the first periodKen Linseman · high sticking2 min
- 10:46 into the first periodKen Linseman · roughing2 min
- 1:27 into the second periodBrian Propp · kneeing2 min
- 6:56 into the second periodGlenn Anderson · hooking2 min
- 6:56 into the second periodAl Hill · slashing2 min
- 8:23 into the second periodDoug Hicks · hooking2 min
- 14:08 into the second periodKen Linseman · hooking2 min
- 14:19 into the second periodRisto Siltanen · hooking2 min
- 18:25 into the second periodReid Bailey · holding2 min
- 18:35 into the third periodThomas Eriksson · tripping2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 4 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Gary EdwardsG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Rick MacLeishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Mel BridgmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Al HillL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 8Thomas ErikssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Mike BusniukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Reid BaileyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Rick St. CroixG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |
| 33Pete PeetersG | 0 | 0 | – |