Calgary Flames vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Sunday, December 20, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Edmonton Oilers 7–5 on Sunday, December 20, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Flames 38–28.
Lanny McDonald scored a hat trick, Mel Bridgman scored twice and Wayne Gretzky scored twice. Mark Messier, Paul Coffey, Pekka Rautakallio, Ken Houston and Lee Fogolin also scored.
Rejean Lemelin made 33 saves on 38 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 21 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Lanny McDonald (11)Jim Peplinski (16), Jamie Hislop (13)1–007:45 CGY
Mark Messier (24)Garry Unger (10), Kevin Lowe (18)1–113:00 EDM
Mel Bridgman (17)Lanny McDonald (19), Guy Chouinard (13)2–116:47 CGY ·
2nd period
- Lanny McDonald (12)Pekka Rautakallio (26), Denis Cyr (6)3–103:41 CGY ·
Paul Coffey (19)Mark Messier (14)3–205:29 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (39)Risto Siltanen (28), Doug Hicks (17)3–310:25 EDM · - Wayne Gretzky (40)Brett Callighen (16), Pat Hughes (7)3–415:19 EDM
3rd period
Pekka Rautakallio (8)Kevin Lavallee (11), Jim Peplinski (17)4–403:57 CGY
Ken Houston (7)Willi Plett (20)5–406:11 CGY- Mel Bridgman (18)Denis Cyr (7)6–412:09 CGY
- Lanny McDonald (13)Jim Peplinski (18), Paul Reinhart (17)7–419:16 CGY ·
Lee Fogolin (1)Wayne Gretzky (53), Jari Kurri (21)7–519:49 EDM
Team stats
CGYEDM
2838
0%0%
2/51/6
1422
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:27 into the first period
Lee Fogolin · elbowing2 min - 3:53 into the first period
Steve Konroyd · tripping2 min - 10:22 into the first periodWilli Plett · slashing2 min
- 14:53 into the first periodDoug Hicks · slashing2 min
- 15:02 into the first periodJim Peplinski · high sticking2 min
- 16:09 into the first periodRisto Siltanen · holding2 min
- 18:41 into the first periodJim Peplinski · charging2 min
- 18:41 into the first periodKevin Lowe · game misconduct10 min
- 18:41 into the first periodMark Messier · cross checking2 min
- 2:01 into the second periodDave Semenko · holding2 min
- 10:14 into the second periodPekka Rautakallio · holding2 min
- 18:42 into the second periodSteve Konroyd · hooking2 min
- 1:51 into the third periodGlenn Anderson · hooking2 min
- 12:54 into the third periodWilli Plett · hooking2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 12Denis CyrR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mel BridgmanC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Pekka RautakallioD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Ken HoustonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Guy ChouinardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Jamie HislopR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Willi PlettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Paul ReinhartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Bill ClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Charlie BourgeoisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Phil RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Bob MurdochD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Rejean LemelinG | W | 38 | 5 | .868 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | L | 27 | 6 | .778 |