Edmonton Oilers vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Thursday, April 9, 1981 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–1 on Thursday, April 9, 1981 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Oilers 41–29.
Goals came from Paul Coffey, Gaston Gingras, Risto Siltanen and Jari Kurri.
Andy Moog made 40 saves on 41 shots for the win; Richard Sevigny stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Coffey (2)Unassisted1–005:24 EDM
2nd period
Gaston Gingras (1)Pierre Larouche (2), Larry Robinson (1)1–100:32 MTL · 
Risto Siltanen (1)Jari Kurri (2), Wayne Gretzky (6)2–104:43 EDM ·
3rd period
Jari Kurri (3)Brett Callighen (2), Wayne Gretzky (7)3–114:27 EDM
Team stats
EDMMTL
2941
0%0%
1/41/6
1915
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:39 into the first period
Dave Hunter · interference2 min - 3:00 into the first periodKevin Lowe · fighting5 min
- 3:00 into the first period
Mario Tremblay · roughing2 min - 3:00 into the first periodMario Tremblay · fighting5 min
- 13:31 into the first periodDave Hunter · tripping2 min
- 14:43 into the first periodKeith Acton · hooking2 min
- 19:27 into the first periodMatti Hagman · tripping2 min
- 3:49 into the second periodGarry Unger · roughing2 min
- 3:49 into the second periodKeith Acton · roughing2 min
- 3:49 into the second periodBrian Engblom · holding2 min
- 6:32 into the second periodGlenn Anderson · slashing2 min
- 14:03 into the second periodMatti Hagman · tripping2 min
- 15:30 into the third periodYvon Lambert · high sticking2 min
- 17:00 into the third periodGarry Lariviere · holding2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 41 | 1 | .976 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |