Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, October 10, 1981 · The Forum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 7–4 on Saturday, October 10, 1981 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Oilers 38–35.
Mark Messier scored twice. Jari Kurri, Steve Bozek, Doug Smith, Jim Fox, Dave Hunter, Wayne Gretzky, Pat Hughes, Steve Jensen and Risto Siltanen also scored.
Ron Low made 34 saves on 38 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 28 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Jari Kurri (3)Wayne Gretzky (2), Risto Siltanen (3)1–006:38 EDM · 
Mark Messier (2)Glenn Anderson (3)2–010:26 EDM
2nd period
Steve Bozek (1)Dave Taylor (1), Mario Lessard (1)2–105:43 LAK- Mark Messier (3)Garry Unger (2)3–109:36 EDM
Doug Smith (1)Dean Hopkins (1), Billy Harris (1)3–213:29 LAK
Jim Fox (2)Larry Murphy (1)3–315:10 LAK · 
Dave Hunter (1)Garry Lariviere (2), Stan Weir (1)4–315:34 EDM
3rd period
Wayne Gretzky (1)Glenn Anderson (4), Risto Siltanen (4)5–301:12 EDM · 
Pat Hughes (2)Lee Fogolin (1), Kevin Lowe (2)6–311:26 EDM
Steve Jensen (1)Mark Hardy (1), Greg Terrion (1)6–413:52 LAK
Risto Siltanen (2)Unassisted7–419:30 EDM ·
Team stats
EDMLAK
3538
0%0%
2/61/8
1814
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:49 into the first period
Glenn Anderson · hooking2 min - 3:28 into the first period
Billy Harris · tripping2 min - 6:27 into the first periodMark Hardy · high sticking2 min
- 14:06 into the first periodMark Messier · hooking2 min
- 15:02 into the first periodLee Fogolin · roughing double minor4 min
- 15:02 into the first periodDave Taylor · roughing2 min
- 1:27 into the second periodDan Bonar · slashing2 min
- 6:33 into the second periodJay Wells · hooking2 min
- 6:57 into the second periodBrett Callighen · cross checking2 min
- 13:52 into the second periodRisto Siltanen · holding2 min
- 16:21 into the second periodLee Fogolin · holding2 min
- 19:27 into the second periodLarry Murphy · cross checking2 min
- 4:32 into the third periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
- 7:42 into the third periodJari Kurri · holding2 min
- 16:06 into the third periodJerry Korab · hooking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Ken BerryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant FuhrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ron LowG | W | 38 | 4 | .895 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 34 | 6 | .824 |
| 29Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – |