Chicago Blackhawks vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, November 27, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 8–1 on Friday, November 27, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Blackhawks 37–26.
Wayne Gretzky scored twice. Dave Semenko, Risto Siltanen, Doug Hicks, Paul Coffey, Mark Messier, Rich Preston and Dave Lumley also scored.
Ron Low made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Murray Bannerman stopped 29 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Semenko (2)Risto Siltanen (22), Wayne Gretzky (28)0–103:44 EDM · 
Risto Siltanen (5)Dave Hunter (11), Stan Weir (5)0–213:02 EDM
Doug Hicks (2)Wayne Gretzky (29)0–315:11 EDM
2nd period
Paul Coffey (12)Unassisted0–400:33 EDM · 
Mark Messier (17)Lee Fogolin (11)0–502:51 EDM
Rich Preston (6)Darryl Sutter (6), Bob Murray (11)1–517:30 CHI
3rd period
Wayne Gretzky (29)Dave Lumley (9), Doug Hicks (9)1–600:29 EDM- Wayne Gretzky (30)Risto Siltanen (23), Dave Semenko (3)1–715:00 EDM
Dave Lumley (6)Dave Semenko (4), Wayne Gretzky (30)1–817:26 EDM
Team stats
CHIEDM
2637
0%0%
0/52/9
5012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:08 into the first period
Dave Hutchison · cross checking2 min - 4:06 into the first periodJerome Dupont · hooking2 min
- 5:42 into the first period
Paul Coffey · hooking2 min - 10:48 into the first periodDoug Hicks · interference2 min
- 13:36 into the first periodAl Secord · delaying game2 min
- 13:36 into the first periodDave Lumley · delaying game2 min
- 16:31 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · hooking2 min
- 18:48 into the first periodDave Hutchison · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:48 into the first periodDave Hutchison · misconduct10 min
- 18:48 into the first periodDave Hutchison · game misconduct10 min
- 18:48 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · holding2 min
- 3:23 into the second periodKevin Lowe · tripping2 min
- 12:50 into the second periodGreg Fox · hooking2 min
- 15:28 into the second periodMark Messier · holding2 min
- 3:34 into the third periodJerome Dupont · hooking2 min
- 5:27 into the third periodDave Hunter · tripping2 min
- 12:57 into the third periodGreg Fox · hooking2 min
- 17:26 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:26 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · misconduct10 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 16Rich PrestonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | L | 37 | 8 | .784 |
| 35Tony EspositoG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 3 | 5 | +3 | 10 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +5 | 6 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Marc HabscheidC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Todd StruebyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike ForbesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant FuhrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ron LowG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |