Edmonton Oilers vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Tuesday, October 20, 1981 · Stampede Corral
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Calgary Flames 5–4 on Tuesday, October 20, 1981 at Stampede Corral. The Flames outshot the Oilers 33–26.
Goals came from Paul Coffey, Matti Hagman, Paul Reinhart, Don Lever, Wayne Gretzky, Dave Hunter, Dan Labraaten, Glenn Anderson and Guy Chouinard.
Ron Low made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Coffey (3)Wayne Gretzky (8), Jari Kurri (7)1–004:55 EDM
Matti Hagman (3)Kevin Lowe (4), Mark Messier (1)2–005:29 EDM
Paul Reinhart (1)Unassisted2–106:05 CGY
2nd period
Don Lever (3)Phil Russell (2), Kent Nilsson (3)2–204:36 CGY
Wayne Gretzky (5)Paul Coffey (5), Jari Kurri (8)3–211:28 EDM
Dave Hunter (2)Garry Unger (4), Pat Hughes (3)4–217:12 EDM
3rd period
Dan Labraaten (1)Willi Plett (7), Guy Chouinard (3)4–303:31 CGY
Glenn Anderson (2)Mark Messier (2)5–306:21 EDM
Guy Chouinard (1)Kent Nilsson (4), Bob MacMillan (2)5–411:33 CGY ·
Team stats
EDMCGY
2633
0%0%
0/51/4
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:42 into the first period
Bob Murdoch · interference2 min - 13:56 into the first period
Jari Kurri · interference2 min - 0:58 into the second periodKen Houston · interference2 min
- 4:59 into the second periodPekka Rautakallio · holding2 min
- 7:18 into the third periodLee Fogolin · holding2 min
- 7:39 into the third periodDan Labraaten · hooking2 min
- 11:09 into the third periodDave Hunter · interference2 min
- 12:42 into the third periodBrad Marsh · tripping2 min
- 14:06 into the third periodDoug Hicks · tripping2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant FuhrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ron LowG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |
Calgary Flames
| 14Kent NilssonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Jamie HislopR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – |