Edmonton Oilers vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Monday, March 23, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Edmonton Oilers 7–2 on Monday, March 23, 1981 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Oilers 36–21.
Dwight Foster scored a hat trick. Dick Redmond, Don Marcotte, Ray Bourque, Glenn Anderson, Jari Kurri and Mike O'connell also scored.
Rogie Vachon made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 29 of 36.
Scoring
2nd period
Dick Redmond (15)Wayne Cashman (32), Mike Gillis (10)0–107:48 BOS
Don Marcotte (18)Jean Ratelle (25), Terry O'Reilly (31)0–211:31 BOS · 
Ray Bourque (26)Terry O'Reilly (32), Don Marcotte (13)0–312:01 BOS
Glenn Anderson (23)Mark Messier (34), Wayne Gretzky (94)1–313:28 EDM · 
Jari Kurri (27)Wayne Gretzky (95), Brett Callighen (29)2–315:01 EDM
Dwight Foster (18)Mike O'connell (33), Wayne Cashman (33)2–418:47 BOS
3rd period
Mike O'connell (13)Wayne Cashman (34)2–504:53 BOS- Dwight Foster (19)Steve Kasper (32), Bobby Lalonde (12)2–606:00 BOS
- Dwight Foster (20)Steve Kasper (33), Mike Gillis (11)2–719:44 BOS
Team stats
EDMBOS
2136
0%0%
1/41/3
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:59 into the first period
Brad Park · hooking2 min - 3:32 into the first period
Jari Kurri · tripping2 min - 8:57 into the second periodJean Ratelle · hooking2 min
- 10:47 into the second periodDave Semenko · elbowing2 min
- 12:55 into the second periodWayne Cashman · elbowing2 min
- 8:12 into the third periodJean Ratelle · interference2 min
- 9:59 into the third periodDave Semenko · hooking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 5 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | L | 36 | 7 | .806 |
Boston Bruins
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |
| 30Jim CraigG | 0 | 0 | – |