Edmonton Oilers vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Friday, October 9, 1981 · Pacific Coliseum
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Edmonton Oilers 6–2 on Friday, October 9, 1981 at Pacific Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Oilers 31–27.
Thomas Gradin scored a hat trick. Mark Messier, Ivan Boldirev, Blair MacDonald, Risto Siltanen and Ivan Hlinka also scored.
Richard Brodeur made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Thomas Gradin (1)Colin Campbell (1)0–115:47 VAN- Thomas Gradin (2)Curt Fraser (1), Stan Smyl (2)0–216:08 VAN
Mark Messier (1)Risto Siltanen (2), Garry Unger (1)1–219:31 EDM ·
2nd period
- Thomas Gradin (3)Rick Lanz (1), Stan Smyl (3)1–305:14 VAN ·
Ivan Boldirev (2)Lars Molin (1), Anders Eldebrink (2)1–409:01 VAN
Blair MacDonald (1)Ivan Boldirev (1), Marc Crawford (2)1–511:13 VAN
Risto Siltanen (1)Glenn Anderson (2)2–519:48 EDM
3rd period
Ivan Hlinka (1)Curt Fraser (2), Jiri Bubla (1)2–617:21 VAN
Team stats
EDMVAN
2731
0%0%
1/61/5
1820
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:52 into the first period
Colin Campbell · interference2 min - 8:03 into the first period
Paul Coffey · holding2 min - 10:57 into the first periodPaul Coffey · cross checking2 min
- 10:57 into the first periodMark Messier · charging2 min
- 10:57 into the first periodDave Williams · roughing2 min
- 18:15 into the first periodJiri Bubla · holding2 min
- 4:47 into the second periodGlenn Anderson · roughing2 min
- 6:48 into the second periodDave Lumley · high sticking2 min
- 11:48 into the second periodColin Campbell · holding2 min
- 18:36 into the second periodWayne Gretzky · roughing2 min
- 18:36 into the second periodJiri Bubla · high sticking2 min
- 1:04 into the third periodRick Lanz · holding2 min
- 6:43 into the third periodLars Lindgren · hooking2 min
- 7:01 into the third periodGarry Unger · high sticking2 min
- 7:01 into the third periodColin Campbell · high sticking2 min
- 10:13 into the third periodKevin Lowe · roughing2 min
- 10:13 into the third periodDave Williams · roughing2 min
- 12:02 into the third periodWayne Gretzky · hooking2 min
- 14:22 into the third periodStan Smyl · tripping2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Ken BerryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 23Thomas GradinC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Ivan HlinkaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Lars MolinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Marc CrawfordL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 5Colin CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 10Anders EldebrinkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 13Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |