Los Angeles Kings vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Sunday, December 27, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 10–3 on Sunday, December 27, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Kings 41–30.
Wayne Gretzky scored 4 goals, Steve Bozek scored a hat trick and Jari Kurri scored twice. Paul Coffey, Glenn Anderson, Ken Berry and Doug Hicks also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 31 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Gretzky (42)Doug Hicks (18), Mark Messier (15)0–101:39 EDM
Paul Coffey (21)Glenn Anderson (30), Risto Siltanen (29)0–216:13 EDM · - Wayne Gretzky (43)Glenn Anderson (31), Brett Callighen (17)0–319:43 EDM
2nd period
Steve Bozek (24)Marcel Dionne (36), Dave Taylor (41)1–309:25 LAK- Steve Bozek (25)Ian Turnbull (10), Marcel Dionne (37)2–313:08 LAK
- Wayne Gretzky (44)Paul Coffey (27), Jari Kurri (22)2–415:11 EDM ·
Jari Kurri (11)Brett Callighen (18), Stan Weir (9)2–518:27 EDM
3rd period
Glenn Anderson (15)Mark Messier (16), Matti Hagman (22)2–600:21 EDM
Ken Berry (1)Lance Nethery (1), Lee Fogolin (17)2–703:52 EDM- Wayne Gretzky (45)Unassisted2–807:26 EDM ·
Doug Hicks (3)Charlie Huddy (1), Wayne Gretzky (57)2–911:27 EDM · - Steve Bozek (26)Dave Lewis (10), Dave Taylor (42)3–911:50 LAK
- Jari Kurri (12)Lance Nethery (2), Lee Fogolin (18)3–1013:03 EDM
Team stats
LAKEDM
3041
0%0%
0/42/5
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:19 into the first period
Mark Hardy · hooking2 min - 7:28 into the first period
Doug Hicks · hooking2 min - 15:13 into the first periodJohn Paul Kelly · high sticking2 min
- 2:15 into the second periodSteve Jensen · hooking2 min
- 5:11 into the second periodPaul Coffey · elbowing2 min
- 5:11 into the second periodDave Taylor · high sticking2 min
- 13:52 into the second periodDave Semenko · elbowing2 min
- 5:58 into the third periodBrett Callighen · high sticking2 min
- 9:28 into the third periodIan Turnbull · holding2 min
- 13:50 into the third periodMark Hardy · tripping2 min
- 14:28 into the third periodPaul Coffey · interference2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 26Steve BozekL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 1 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 41 | 10 | .756 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 4 | 1 | 5 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 28Lance NetheryC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Ken BerryL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant FuhrG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |