Edmonton Oilers vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Saturday, October 24, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Colorado Rockies 3–1 on Saturday, October 24, 1981 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Oilers outshot the Rockies 53–19.
Mark Messier scored twice. Tapio Levo and Wayne Gretzky also scored.
Ron Low made 18 saves on 19 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 50 of 53.
Scoring
2nd period
Mark Messier (9)Wayne Gretzky (10), Lee Fogolin (4)1–008:52 EDM
Tapio Levo (2)Merlin Malinowski (2), Dave Cameron (1)1–110:02 CLR · 
Wayne Gretzky (7)Paul Coffey (8), Jari Kurri (11)2–114:34 EDM ·
3rd period
- Mark Messier (10)Kevin Lowe (7), Lee Fogolin (5)3–105:54 EDM
Team stats
EDMCLR
5319
0%0%
1/51/4
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:58 into the first period
Tapio Levo · holding2 min - 15:54 into the first period
Pat Hughes · slashing2 min - 2:43 into the second periodJoel Quenneville · holding2 min
- 9:37 into the second periodLee Fogolin · holding2 min
- 10:44 into the second periodBob Miller · roughing2 min
- 10:44 into the second periodBob Miller · slashing2 min
- 10:44 into the second periodJari Kurri · slashing2 min
- 10:44 into the second periodGarry Lariviere · roughing2 min
- 16:23 into the second periodMatti Hagman · interference2 min
- 16:46 into the second periodRob Ramage · holding2 min
- 10:04 into the third periodLanny McDonald · hooking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ron LowG | W | 19 | 1 | .947 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Rockies
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Tapio LevoD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Jukka PorvariR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Veli-Pekka KetolaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 53 | 3 | .943 |
| 30Phil MyreG | 0 | 0 | – |