Los Angeles Kings vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, November 25, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 11–4 on Wednesday, November 25, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum. The Kings outshot the Oilers 42–31.
Wayne Gretzky scored 4 goals, Paul Coffey scored twice and Mark Messier scored twice. Brett Callighen, Marcel Dionne, Larry Murphy, Risto Siltanen, Trevor Johansen, Steve Bozek and Dave Lumley also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 38 saves on 42 shots for the win; Jim Rutherford stopped 20 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Gretzky (25)Dave Lumley (6), Dave Hunter (8)0–105:06 EDM
Brett Callighen (8)Dave Semenko (2), Stan Weir (4)0–207:46 EDM- Wayne Gretzky (26)Glenn Anderson (20)0–311:08 EDM ·
2nd period
Marcel Dionne (22)Charlie Simmer (7), Ian Turnbull (7)1–301:18 LAK · - Wayne Gretzky (27)Doug Hicks (7), Risto Siltanen (21)1–405:18 EDM ·
Larry Murphy (7)Dave Taylor (29), Marcel Dionne (19)2–407:59 LAK · 
Paul Coffey (10)Dave Hunter (9), Dave Lumley (7)2–515:44 EDM
Risto Siltanen (4)Brett Callighen (8), Marc Habscheid (1)2–617:27 EDM- Paul Coffey (11)Dave Hunter (10), Dave Lumley (8)2–719:08 EDM
3rd period
- Wayne Gretzky (28)Doug Hicks (8)2–801:30 EDM
Trevor Johansen (1)Dave Taylor (30)3–806:59 LAK
Steve Bozek (11)Marcel Dionne (20), Dave Taylor (31)4–807:14 LAK
Mark Messier (15)Matti Hagman (16), Glenn Anderson (21)4–910:38 EDM- Mark Messier (16)Matti Hagman (17), Brett Callighen (9)4–1011:51 EDM
Dave Lumley (5)Wayne Gretzky (27), Lee Fogolin (10)4–1118:26 EDM
Team stats
LAKEDM
4231
0%0%
2/72/6
1426
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:58 into the first period
Dave Lumley · roughing2 min - 10:18 into the first period
Bobby Sheehan · interference2 min - 12:06 into the first periodBrett Callighen · roughing2 min
- 12:06 into the first periodDave Semenko · game misconduct10 min
- 12:06 into the first periodDan Bonar · roughing2 min
- 12:46 into the first periodIan Turnbull · holding2 min
- 17:09 into the first periodDoug Smith · tripping2 min
- 0:56 into the second periodMark Messier · tripping2 min
- 4:11 into the second periodJerry Korab · roughing2 min
- 6:20 into the second periodKevin Lowe · high sticking2 min
- 8:52 into the second periodTrevor Johansen · tripping2 min
- 11:14 into the second periodMike Forbes · tripping2 min
- 19:30 into the second periodMarc Habscheid · hooking2 min
- 3:11 into the third periodPaul Coffey · slashing2 min
- 7:49 into the third periodGrant Fuhr · interference2 min
- 14:19 into the third periodDave Taylor · tripping2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Trevor JohansenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 3Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Jim RutherfordG | L | 31 | 11 | .645 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 4 | 1 | 5 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +5 | 3 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Marc HabscheidC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Todd StruebyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike ForbesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant FuhrG | W | 42 | 4 | .905 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |