Edmonton Oilers vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Wednesday, December 2, 1981 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Edmonton Oilers 9–8 on Wednesday, December 2, 1981 at Le Colisée. The Nordiques outshot the Oilers 32–31.
Mark Messier scored a hat trick, Pierre Aubry scored twice, Dale Hunter scored a hat trick, Peter Stastny scored twice and Pat Hughes scored twice. Matti Hagman, Marian Stastny, Risto Siltanen, Anton Stastny and Dave Lumley also scored.
Dan Bouchard made 23 saves on 31 shots for the win; Ron Low stopped 23 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Messier (18)Glenn Anderson (23)1–006:40 EDM
Pierre Aubry (5)Michel Goulet (12), Mario Marois (10)1–108:02 QUE
Matti Hagman (16)Risto Siltanen (24), Doug Hicks (11)2–110:20 EDM · - Mark Messier (19)Paul Coffey (21), Mike Forbes (6)3–113:39 EDM
Dale Hunter (7)Miroslav Frycer (4), Michel Goulet (13)3–219:13 QUE
2nd period
Marian Stastny (18)Anton Stastny (19), Peter Stastny (27)3–301:26 QUE
Peter Stastny (16)Marian Stastny (22), Dave Pichette (12)3–411:58 QUE
Risto Siltanen (6)Wayne Gretzky (37)4–414:48 EDM · 
Anton Stastny (9)Peter Stastny (28), Jacques Richard (17)4–518:16 QUE · - Peter Stastny (17)Jacques Richard (18), Anton Stastny (20)4–619:08 QUE ·
3rd period
- Dale Hunter (8)Andre Dupont (5), Anton Stastny (21)4–701:19 QUE
Dave Lumley (9)Unassisted5–707:15 EDM
Pat Hughes (9)Garry Lariviere (6)6–708:16 EDM- Dale Hunter (9)Alain Cote (5)6–812:16 QUE
- Mark Messier (20)Wayne Gretzky (38), Risto Siltanen (25)7–816:39 EDM
- Pierre Aubry (6)Marc Tardif (16), Anton Stastny (22)7–918:57 QUE ·
- Pat Hughes (10)Dave Lumley (12)8–919:43 EDM
Team stats
EDMQUE
3132
0%0%
2/42/5
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:34 into the first period
Alain Cote · tripping2 min - 11:39 into the first period
Doug Hicks · slashing2 min - 12:59 into the first periodMichel Goulet · hooking2 min
- 13:16 into the second periodDave Lumley · slashing2 min
- 13:16 into the second periodDale Hunter · slashing2 min
- 13:36 into the second periodPeter Stastny · interference2 min
- 17:53 into the second periodDave Hunter · slashing2 min
- 18:16 into the second periodPat Hughes · delaying game2 min
- 4:12 into the third periodMario Marois · slashing2 min
- 9:49 into the third periodDave Semenko · interference2 min
- 13:22 into the third periodPaul Coffey · roughing2 min
- 13:22 into the third periodMiroslav Frycer · roughing2 min
- 14:30 into the third periodMark Messier · high sticking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike ForbesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant FuhrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ron LowG | L | 31 | 8 | .742 |
Quebec Nordiques
| 20Anton StastnyL | 1 | 4 | 5 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 14Pierre AubryC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 18Marian StastnyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 23Jacques RichardL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 8Marc TardifL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 15Miroslav FrycerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Andre DupontD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Dave PichetteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Dale HogansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel PlasseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Dan BouchardG | W | 31 | 8 | .742 |