Minnesota North Stars vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, December 19, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Minnesota North Stars 9–6 on Saturday, December 19, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the North Stars 45–26.
Brad Palmer scored twice, Wayne Gretzky scored a hat trick, Jari Kurri scored twice and Dave Lumley scored a hat trick. Steve Christoff, Pat Hughes, Steve Payne, Bobby Smith and Ron Meighan also scored.
Andy Moog made 10 saves on 10 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 36 of 44.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Christoff (10)Mike Eaves (5), Gordie Roberts (14)1–002:46 MNS
Pat Hughes (15)Brett Callighen (15), Risto Siltanen (27)1–103:06 EDM
Steve Payne (9)Mike Eaves (6), Bill Nyrop (5)2–103:20 MNS
Brad Palmer (14)Gordie Roberts (15)3–105:38 MNS · 
Wayne Gretzky (36)Doug Hicks (16)3–206:58 EDM
Bobby Smith (21)Craig Hartsburg (23)4–209:40 MNS- Wayne Gretzky (37)Jari Kurri (20), Dave Lumley (18)4–314:31 EDM
Jari Kurri (8)Wayne Gretzky (49)4–418:49 EDM
Dave Lumley (17)Paul Coffey (25), Matti Hagman (21)4–519:22 EDM ·
2nd period
- Brad Palmer (15)Mike Eaves (7), Jack Carlson (2)5–503:44 MNS
Ron Meighan (1)Bobby Smith (33), Dino Ciccarelli (18)6–513:38 MNS- Jari Kurri (9)Wayne Gretzky (50), Dave Lumley (19)6–617:30 EDM
3rd period
- Dave Lumley (18)Wayne Gretzky (51), Paul Coffey (26)6–705:29 EDM
- Wayne Gretzky (38)Stan Weir (8), Dave Lumley (20)6–808:35 EDM
- Dave Lumley (19)Wayne Gretzky (52), Garry Unger (9)6–919:51 EDM ·
Team stats
MNSEDM
2645
0%0%
1/31/2
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:54 into the first period
Lee Fogolin · interference2 min - 10:35 into the first period
Steve Christoff · slashing2 min - 19:10 into the first periodRon Meighan · hooking2 min
- 1:35 into the second periodGarry Unger · holding2 min
- 7:00 into the second periodMark Messier · elbowing2 min
- 7:00 into the second periodCurt Giles · holding2 min
- 6:24 into the third periodStan Weir · hooking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Brad PalmerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Jack CarlsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 24Bill NyropD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 30Ron MeighanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 44 | 8 | .818 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 3 | 4 | 7 | +5 | 6 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 3 | 3 | 6 | +4 | 8 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Ken BerryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ron LowG | 16 | 6 | .625 | |
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 10 | 0 | 1.000 |