Edmonton Oilers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Sunday, March 29, 1981 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 on Sunday, March 29, 1981 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Oilers 34–19.
Goals came from Mark Messier, Paul Gardner, Matti Hagman, Glenn Anderson, George Ferguson, Brett Callighen and Jari Kurri.
Andy Moog made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 14 of 18.
Scoring
2nd period
Mark Messier (22)Wayne Gretzky (100), Glenn Anderson (22)1–003:07 EDM · 
Paul Gardner (34)Marc Chorney (4), Rod Schutt (31)1–104:22 PIT
Matti Hagman (19)Glenn Anderson (23), Mark Messier (39)2–108:46 EDM
Glenn Anderson (28)Mark Messier (40), Matti Hagman (32)3–113:17 EDM
3rd period
George Ferguson (24)Mark Johnson (22), Ron Stackhouse (29)3–208:05 PIT
Brett Callighen (23)Jari Kurri (39), Wayne Gretzky (101)4–209:11 EDM
Jari Kurri (30)Wayne Gretzky (102)5–218:51 EDM ·
Team stats
EDMPIT
1934
0%0%
1/40/5
2018
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:35 into the first period
Dave Hunter · hooking2 min - 6:38 into the first period
Ross Lonsberry · holding2 min - 17:45 into the first periodGarry Lariviere · roughing2 min
- 18:14 into the first periodMark Messier · hooking2 min
- 1:23 into the second periodRod Schutt · tripping2 min
- 19:00 into the second periodDave Semenko · game misconduct10 min
- 19:00 into the second periodPaul Baxter · misconduct10 min
- 12:25 into the third periodDave Lumley · high sticking2 min
- 12:25 into the third periodPaul Baxter · charging2 min
- 13:25 into the third periodRandy Carlyle · hooking2 min
- 15:04 into the third periodRisto Siltanen · slashing2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | L | 18 | 4 | .778 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |