Hartford Whalers vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 21, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Hartford Whalers 5–2 on Wednesday, October 21, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum.
Goals came from Mark Messier, Matti Hagman, Blaine Stoughton, Garry Unger, Doug Sulliman, Doug Hicks and Paul Coffey.
Grant Fuhr made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (7)Matti Hagman (2), Kevin Lowe (5)0–106:11 EDM
Matti Hagman (4)Glenn Anderson (9), Risto Siltanen (8)0–219:01 EDM
2nd period
Blaine Stoughton (5)Don Nachbaur (5), Chris Kotsopoulos (4)1–205:38 HFD · 
Garry Unger (3)Risto Siltanen (9)1–306:07 EDM
Doug Sulliman (2)Rick Meagher (3)2–309:37 HFD
3rd period
Doug Hicks (1)Matti Hagman (3)2–402:27 EDM
Paul Coffey (4)Risto Siltanen (10), Jari Kurri (9)2–512:09 EDM ·
Team stats
HFDEDM
2828
0%0%
1/61/3
814
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:15 into the first period
Pat Hughes · interference2 min - 11:47 into the first periodDave Semenko · charging2 min
- 16:16 into the first period
Warren Miller · interference2 min - 1:08 into the second periodGarry Unger · interference2 min
- 1:57 into the second periodBlaine Stoughton · interference2 min
- 5:32 into the second periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
- 13:02 into the second periodLee Fogolin · interference2 min
- 3:36 into the third periodCurt Brackenbury · elbowing2 min
- 11:58 into the third periodJack McIlhargey · holding2 min
- 13:22 into the third periodCurt Brackenbury · high sticking2 min
- 13:22 into the third periodGarry Howatt · holding2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 20Rick MeagherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 10Matti HagmanC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant FuhrG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |