Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, December 4, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 7–3 on Friday, December 4, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Canucks 41–35.
Dave Semenko scored twice. Ivan Boldirev, Dave Lumley, Lars Molin, Matti Hagman, Mark Messier, Pat Hughes, Paul Coffey and Ron Delorme also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 34 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Ivan Boldirev (16)Darcy Rota (6), Colin Campbell (2)1–001:54 VAN
Dave Lumley (10)Wayne Gretzky (39), Doug Hicks (12)1–115:13 EDM
Lars Molin (7)Unassisted2–118:15 VAN
2nd period
Dave Semenko (4)Marc Habscheid (2), Lee Fogolin (12)2–202:30 EDM
Matti Hagman (17)Glenn Anderson (24), Kevin Lowe (15)2–303:26 EDM- Dave Semenko (5)Wayne Gretzky (40), Dave Lumley (13)2–409:01 EDM
3rd period
Mark Messier (21)Glenn Anderson (25), Garry Lariviere (7)2–502:55 EDM
Pat Hughes (11)Marc Habscheid (3), Lee Fogolin (13)2–605:47 EDM · 
Paul Coffey (15)Wayne Gretzky (41), Ken Berry (1)2–707:43 EDM · 
Ron Delorme (4)Kevin McCarthy (14), Ivan Hlinka (14)3–719:03 VAN
Team stats
VANEDM
3541
0%0%
0/51/3
1630
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:48 into the first period
Anders Eldebrink · holding2 min - 13:00 into the first period
Lee Fogolin · high sticking2 min - 13:00 into the first periodLee Fogolin · fighting5 min
- 13:00 into the first periodDarcy Rota · fighting5 min
- 19:08 into the first periodDave Williams · hooking2 min
- 13:00 into the second periodDave Lumley · hooking2 min
- 15:06 into the second periodDave Semenko · roughing2 min
- 15:06 into the second periodDave Semenko · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:06 into the second periodDave Semenko · fighting5 min
- 15:06 into the second periodDave Semenko · misconduct10 min
- 15:06 into the second periodDave Williams · fighting5 min
- 4:15 into the third periodGlenn Anderson · hooking2 min
- 6:56 into the third periodColin Campbell · interference2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Ivan HlinkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Lars MolinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 5Colin CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Anders EldebrinkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 13Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 41 | 7 | .829 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Marc HabscheidC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 19Ken BerryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant FuhrG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |