Edmonton Oilers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 28, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Wednesday, October 28, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Oilers 40–29.
Wayne Gretzky scored twice. Tom Laidlaw, Pat Hickey, Tom Roulston, Mike Rogers, Paul Coffey and Dave Hunter also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 37 saves on 40 shots for the win; Steve Baker stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Tom Laidlaw (1)Ron Duguay (3)0–101:29 NYR
Pat Hickey (2)Mike Rogers (6), Peter Wallin (3)0–212:03 NYR · 
Tom Roulston (1)Pat Hughes (4), Kevin Lowe (8)1–215:10 EDM
Mike Rogers (5)Pat Hickey (2), Peter Wallin (4)1–318:16 NYR
2nd period
Paul Coffey (7)Wayne Gretzky (12), Matti Hagman (7)2–306:57 EDM · 
Wayne Gretzky (8)Risto Siltanen (11), Paul Coffey (9)3–319:04 EDM · - Wayne Gretzky (9)Paul Coffey (10), Risto Siltanen (12)4–319:46 EDM ·
3rd period
Dave Hunter (4)Wayne Gretzky (13), Doug Hicks (3)5–319:49 EDM
Team stats
EDMNYR
2940
0%0%
3/61/5
1416
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:20 into the first period
Tom Roulston · tripping2 min - 5:20 into the first period
Mark Pavelich · tripping2 min - 7:47 into the first periodRon Duguay · tripping2 min
- 10:04 into the first periodLee Fogolin · cross checking2 min
- 0:36 into the second periodEd Hospodar · elbowing2 min
- 5:05 into the second periodGlenn Anderson · cross checking2 min
- 5:05 into the second periodBarry Beck · slashing2 min
- 5:34 into the second periodEd Hospodar · cross checking2 min
- 11:15 into the second periodTom Roulston · tripping2 min
- 14:24 into the second periodNick Fotiu · roughing2 min
- 16:41 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:33 into the second periodMikko Leinonen · cross checking2 min
- 18:33 into the second periodMark Pavelich · hooking2 min
- 7:51 into the third periodTom Roulston · hooking2 min
- 12:47 into the third periodLee Fogolin · tripping2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Tom RoulstonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant FuhrG | W | 40 | 3 | .925 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 24Pat HickeyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Lance NetheryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Steve BakerG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |