Edmonton Oilers vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Wednesday, December 16, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Colorado Rockies 7–4 on Wednesday, December 16, 1981 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Oilers outshot the Rockies 40–37.
Dave Lumley scored twice. Wayne Gretzky, Garry Unger, Mark Messier, Paul Coffey, Bob Miller, Brent Ashton, Kevin Lowe, Don Lever and Bob MacMillan also scored.
Ron Low made 33 saves on 37 shots for the win; Glenn Resch stopped 15 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Gretzky (34)Dave Semenko (7), Dave Lumley (15)1–000:59 EDM · 
Garry Unger (5)Dave Lumley (16), Kevin Lowe (17)2–002:46 EDM
Mark Messier (23)Matti Hagman (18), Glenn Anderson (27)3–003:25 EDM
Paul Coffey (17)Wayne Gretzky (47)4–003:39 EDM
Bob Miller (6)Brent Ashton (14), Aaron Broten (3)4–113:45 CLR · 
Dave Lumley (15)Wayne Gretzky (48), Jari Kurri (17)5–116:41 EDM
2nd period
Brent Ashton (9)Bob Miller (11)5–207:00 CLR- Dave Lumley (16)Jari Kurri (18), Doug Hicks (15)6–212:26 EDM ·
Kevin Lowe (2)Brett Callighen (14), Stan Weir (7)7–213:20 EDM
3rd period
Don Lever (10)Bob MacMillan (10), Aaron Broten (4)7–316:41 CLR
Bob MacMillan (8)Aaron Broten (5), Don Lever (16)7–416:59 CLR
Team stats
EDMCLR
4037
0%0%
2/41/5
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:24 into the first period
Mike Kitchen · tripping2 min - 3:50 into the first period
Dave Semenko · hooking2 min - 12:22 into the first periodBrett Callighen · tripping2 min
- 3:36 into the second periodMike Forbes · hooking2 min
- 11:56 into the second periodMerlin Malinowski · hooking2 min
- 18:41 into the second periodBob Lorimer · tripping2 min
- 1:16 into the third periodMike Forbes · cross checking2 min
- 8:48 into the third periodRob Ramage · tripping2 min
- 13:06 into the third periodMike Forbes · holding2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 20Dave LumleyR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike ForbesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant FuhrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ron LowG | W | 37 | 4 | .892 |
Colorado Rockies
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Bob MacMillanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Bob MillerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Dave CameronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 20Dwight FosterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31Veli-Pekka KetolaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 3Graeme NicolsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | L | 20 | 5 | .750 |
| 30Phil MyreG | 20 | 2 | .900 |