Edmonton Oilers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Sunday, March 8, 1981 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Edmonton Oilers 6–4 on Sunday, March 8, 1981 at Civic Arena. The Oilers outshot the Penguins 39–28.
Paul Gardner scored twice and Glenn Anderson scored twice. Gregg Sheppard, Jari Kurri, Errol Thompson, Randy Carlyle, Rick Kehoe and Matti Hagman also scored.
Greg Millen made 35 saves on 39 shots for the win; Eddie Mio stopped 8 of 13.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Gardner (27)Mario Faubert (40)0–102:43 PIT
Glenn Anderson (19)Mark Messier (29), Paul Coffey (17)1–103:39 EDM
Gregg Sheppard (7)George Ferguson (16), Randy Carlyle (64)1–208:43 PIT
2nd period
Jari Kurri (24)Wayne Gretzky (82), Risto Siltanen (28)2–207:09 EDM · 
Errol Thompson (19)Paul Gardner (36), Rick Kehoe (31)2–307:37 PIT- Paul Gardner (28)Ron Stackhouse (26), Rod Schutt (27)2–413:53 PIT ·
Randy Carlyle (12)Greg Malone (26), Peter Lee (27)2–515:55 PIT
3rd period
Rick Kehoe (49)Paul Gardner (37), Mario Faubert (41)2–601:20 PIT · 
Matti Hagman (17)Glenn Anderson (18), Mark Messier (30)3–609:43 EDM- Glenn Anderson (20)Mark Messier (31), Lee Fogolin (17)4–613:31 EDM
Team stats
EDMPIT
3928
0%0%
1/42/3
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:50 into the first period
Kevin Lowe · high sticking2 min - 3:17 into the first period
Mario Faubert · hooking2 min - 10:41 into the first periodPaul Gardner · tripping2 min
- 16:20 into the first periodGregg Sheppard · hooking2 min
- 5:11 into the second periodRon Stackhouse · holding2 min
- 12:20 into the second periodDave Lumley · slashing2 min
- 0:41 into the third periodLee Fogolin · interference2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | L | 13 | 5 | .615 |
| 33Gary EdwardsG | 15 | 1 | .933 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 20Paul GardnerC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Errol ThompsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 39 | 4 | .897 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |