Pittsburgh Penguins vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, October 23, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 8–3 on Friday, October 23, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum. The Penguins outshot the Oilers 38–27.
Matti Hagman scored twice. Glenn Anderson, Wayne Gretzky, Randy Carlyle, Mark Johnson, Dave Hunter, Pat Hughes, Pat Boutette, Mark Messier and Paul Coffey also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Paul Harrison stopped 19 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Glenn Anderson (3)Matti Hagman (4), Kevin Lowe (6)0–100:49 EDM
Matti Hagman (5)Paul Coffey (6), Garry Lariviere (3)0–207:29 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (6)Brett Callighen (3), Lee Fogolin (3)0–308:25 EDM
2nd period
Randy Carlyle (2)Pat Boutette (3)1–302:54 PIT
Mark Johnson (3)Paul Mulvey (2), Peter Lee (3)2–305:23 PIT
Dave Hunter (3)Stan Weir (2)2–405:51 EDM
Pat Hughes (3)Grant Fuhr (1), Paul Coffey (7)2–516:26 EDM · 
Pat Boutette (3)Paul Gardner (4), Randy Carlyle (8)3–518:11 PIT ·
3rd period
- Matti Hagman (6)Glenn Anderson (10), Mark Messier (3)3–609:13 EDM
Mark Messier (8)Matti Hagman (5)3–714:00 EDM
Paul Coffey (5)Wayne Gretzky (9), Jari Kurri (10)3–816:00 EDM
Team stats
PITEDM
3827
0%0%
1/31/5
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:47 into the first period
Pat Hughes · tripping2 min - 5:24 into the first period
Mark Johnson · holding2 min - 14:57 into the first periodMark Johnson · interference2 min
- 16:07 into the first periodGlenn Anderson · hooking2 min
- 12:46 into the second periodGreg Malone · hooking2 min
- 14:31 into the second periodMark Johnson · hooking2 min
- 17:34 into the second periodDoug Hicks · hooking2 min
- 5:24 into the third periodDoug Shedden · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Paul MulveyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paul HarrisonG | L | 27 | 8 | .704 |
| 29Michel DionG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 10Matti HagmanC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant FuhrG | W | 38 | 3 | .921 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |