Edmonton Oilers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, November 15, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Rangers 5–3 on Sunday, November 15, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Oilers 33–32.
Goals came from Mark Messier, Barry Beck, Wayne Gretzky, Mike Rogers, Stan Weir, Reijo Ruotsalainen, Dave Lumley and Dave Hunter.
Grant Fuhr made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (13)Wayne Gretzky (21), Dave Lumley (1)1–003:36 EDM
Barry Beck (1)Reijo Ruotsalainen (4), Mike Rogers (12)1–104:46 NYR
Wayne Gretzky (19)Unassisted2–114:42 EDM
2nd period
Mike Rogers (9)Jere Gillis (5), Eddie Johnstone (9)2–202:01 NYR
Stan Weir (2)Unassisted3–219:24 EDM
3rd period
Reijo Ruotsalainen (4)Mikko Leinonen (6), Jere Gillis (6)3–302:07 NYR
Dave Lumley (1)Wayne Gretzky (22), Dave Hunter (4)4–302:32 EDM
Dave Hunter (6)Dave Lumley (2)5–319:51 EDM ·
Team stats
EDMNYR
3233
0%0%
0/30/4
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:18 into the first period
Don Jackson · slashing2 min - 10:44 into the first periodDave Lumley · tripping2 min
- 16:31 into the first period
Dave Maloney · tripping2 min - 3:55 into the second periodReijo Ruotsalainen · hooking2 min
- 4:59 into the second periodRisto Siltanen · tripping2 min
- 6:13 into the second periodMark Pavelich · hooking2 min
- 6:33 into the second periodGarry Unger · hooking2 min
- 9:14 into the second periodBarry Beck · high sticking2 min
- 12:57 into the second periodDoug Hicks · roughing2 min
- 12:57 into the second periodEddie Johnstone · roughing2 min
- 14:01 into the third periodBrett Callighen · slashing2 min
- 14:01 into the third periodPeter Wallin · slashing2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 20Dave LumleyR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +5 | 5 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant FuhrG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Peter WallinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |