Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, November 21, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 8–3 on Saturday, November 21, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Oilers 44–41.
Dave Lumley scored twice, Matti Hagman scored twice and Wayne Gretzky scored twice. Glenn Anderson, Brett Callighen, Darcy Rota, Curt Fraser and Ivan Hlinka also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 41 saves on 44 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 33 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Lumley (2)Dave Hunter (5), Mike Forbes (2)0–101:27 EDM
Glenn Anderson (9)Matti Hagman (12)0–203:24 EDM
Brett Callighen (7)Wayne Gretzky (24), Kevin Lowe (11)0–305:24 EDM · 
Matti Hagman (12)Glenn Anderson (17)0–410:59 EDM
2nd period
Wayne Gretzky (22)Kevin Lowe (12), Dave Lumley (4)0–505:57 EDM · 
Darcy Rota (4)Ivan Boldirev (8), Ron Delorme (3)1–508:34 VAN- Matti Hagman (13)Glenn Anderson (18), Kevin Lowe (13)1–611:09 EDM
Curt Fraser (10)Stan Smyl (14)2–618:50 VAN
3rd period
- Dave Lumley (3)Wayne Gretzky (25), Mike Forbes (3)2–701:29 EDM ·
- Wayne Gretzky (23)Dave Lumley (5), Dave Semenko (1)2–815:27 EDM ·
Ivan Hlinka (3)Stan Smyl (15), Darcy Rota (4)3–817:29 VAN ·
Team stats
VANEDM
4441
0%0%
1/54/6
2119
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:49 into the first period
Lars Lindgren · hooking2 min - 7:08 into the first period
Mark Messier · tripping2 min - 9:16 into the first periodWayne Gretzky · tripping2 min
- 10:51 into the first periodDave Williams · holding2 min
- 15:49 into the first periodStan Weir · tripping2 min
- 0:33 into the second periodGlenn Anderson · hooking2 min
- 5:12 into the second periodLars Lindgren · interference2 min
- 19:26 into the second periodDon Jackson · roughing2 min
- 19:26 into the second periodDave Williams · holding2 min
- 19:26 into the second periodDave Williams · roughing2 min
- 5:24 into the third periodPaul Coffey · roughing2 min
- 5:24 into the third periodIvan Boldirev · roughing2 min
- 8:37 into the third periodDave Williams · hooking2 min
- 15:16 into the third periodDon Jackson · fighting5 min
- 15:16 into the third periodCurt Fraser · high sticking2 min
- 15:16 into the third periodCurt Fraser · fighting5 min
- 15:39 into the third periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 8 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Ivan HlinkaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Lars MolinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 13Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 41 | 8 | .805 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 20Dave LumleyR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 9 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike ForbesD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant FuhrG | W | 44 | 3 | .932 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |