Edmonton Oilers vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Sunday, October 18, 1981 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Edmonton Oilers 7–5 on Sunday, October 18, 1981 at Chicago Stadium. The Blackhawks outshot the Oilers 45–35.
Darryl Sutter scored a hat trick. Wayne Gretzky, Kevin Lowe, Doug Wilson, Tim Higgins, Paul Coffey, Brett Callighen, Al Secord, Matti Hagman and Rich Preston also scored.
Tony Esposito made 30 saves on 35 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 38 of 44.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Gretzky (4)Glenn Anderson (8), Paul Coffey (3)1–001:36 EDM
Darryl Sutter (1)Tom Lysiak (2)1–103:21 CHI
Kevin Lowe (1)Unassisted2–112:18 EDM- Darryl Sutter (2)Doug Wilson (3), Keith Brown (4)2–216:33 CHI ·
2nd period
Doug Wilson (4)Reg Kerr (2), Tom Lysiak (3)2–310:06 CHI
Tim Higgins (3)Denis Savard (6), Keith Brown (5)2–411:36 CHI · 
Paul Coffey (2)Jari Kurri (6), Wayne Gretzky (5)3–416:24 EDM
Brett Callighen (4)Mike Forbes (1), Wayne Gretzky (6)4–417:02 EDM
Al Secord (5)Keith Brown (6), Doug Crossman (4)4–518:12 CHI ·
3rd period
Matti Hagman (2)Wayne Gretzky (7), Paul Coffey (4)5–511:13 EDM · 
Rich Preston (1)Ted Bulley (1), Doug Wilson (4)5–616:33 CHI- Darryl Sutter (3)Unassisted5–719:45 CHI · ·
Team stats
EDMCHI
3545
0%0%
1/62/10
2731
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:02 into the first period
Doug Hicks · high sticking2 min - 13:21 into the first periodDave Hunter · hooking2 min
- 15:21 into the first period
Denis Savard · slashing2 min - 18:27 into the first periodTed Bulley · hooking2 min
- 19:23 into the first periodRich Preston · tripping2 min
- 2:34 into the second periodMike Forbes · cross checking2 min
- 8:01 into the second periodDoug Hicks · hooking2 min
- 10:12 into the second periodPeter Marsh · high sticking2 min
- 10:12 into the second periodPeter Marsh · fighting5 min
- 10:12 into the second periodGlenn Anderson · high sticking2 min
- 10:12 into the second periodGlenn Anderson · fighting5 min
- 11:25 into the second periodDave Semenko · holding2 min
- 18:07 into the second periodAndy Moog · interference2 min
- 0:30 into the third periodRisto Siltanen · hooking2 min
- 2:30 into the third periodRich Preston · holding2 min
- 7:01 into the third periodBrett Callighen · tripping2 min
- 9:33 into the third periodTed Bulley · interference2 min
- 12:32 into the third periodMark Messier · slashing2 min
- 12:32 into the third periodMark Messier · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:30 into the third periodTed Bulley · charging2 min
- 18:30 into the third periodTed Bulley · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:45 into the third periodTed Bulley · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike ForbesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant FuhrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | L | 44 | 6 | .864 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 27Darryl SutterC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 35 | 5 | .857 |