Edmonton Oilers vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Thursday, December 17, 1981 · Stampede Corral
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Calgary Flames 5–4 on Thursday, December 17, 1981 at Stampede Corral. The Flames outshot the Oilers 37–33.
Goals came from Jamie Hislop, Denis Cyr, Risto Siltanen, Paul Coffey, Willi Plett, Mel Bridgman, Pat Hughes, Wayne Gretzky and Kevin Lowe.
Ron Low made 11 saves on 12 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Jamie Hislop (7)Jim Peplinski (15)0–102:31 CGY
Denis Cyr (8)Paul Reinhart (16), Lanny McDonald (17)0–208:32 CGY ·
2nd period
Risto Siltanen (7)Matti Hagman (19), Glenn Anderson (28)1–202:54 EDM · 
Paul Coffey (18)Matti Hagman (20)2–206:29 EDM · 
Willi Plett (8)Dan Labraaten (10), Phil Russell (6)2–308:37 CGY
3rd period
Mel Bridgman (16)Jamie Hislop (12), Pat Riggin (2)2–411:53 CGY
Pat Hughes (14)Paul Coffey (24), Garry Lariviere (8)3–412:43 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (35)Mark Messier (13), Garry Lariviere (9)4–414:41 EDM
Kevin Lowe (3)Dave Lumley (17), Jari Kurri (19)5–419:09 EDM
Team stats
EDMCGY
3337
0%0%
2/51/5
1414
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:38 into the first period
Dave Lumley · high sticking2 min - 4:38 into the first periodDave Lumley · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:21 into the first period
Charlie Bourgeois · elbowing2 min - 13:54 into the first periodLee Fogolin · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1:09 into the second periodDenis Cyr · holding2 min
- 1:09 into the second periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
- 2:47 into the second periodPhil Russell · interference2 min
- 4:35 into the second periodKen Houston · hooking2 min
- 9:02 into the second periodMel Bridgman · interference2 min
- 19:13 into the second periodDave Lumley · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:37 into the second periodWilli Plett · roughing2 min
- 19:37 into the second periodWayne Gretzky · roughing2 min
- 9:46 into the third periodMel Bridgman · hooking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant FuhrG | 25 | 3 | .880 | |
| 30Ron LowG | W | 12 | 1 | .917 |
Calgary Flames
| 17Jamie HislopR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Denis CyrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 26Mel BridgmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Charlie BourgeoisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | 0 | 0 | – |