Philadelphia Flyers vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 30, 1981 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Philadelphia Flyers 7–5 on Wednesday, December 30, 1981 at Northlands Coliseum.
Wayne Gretzky scored 5 goals. Ken Linseman, Paul Coffey, Reggie Leach, Ron Flockhart, Mark Messier, Paul Holmgren and Fred Arthur also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 27 saves on 32 shots for the win; Pete Peeters stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Ken Linseman (9)Tom Gorence (5), Tim Kerr (17)1–004:11 PHI
Wayne Gretzky (46)Paul Coffey (28), Glenn Anderson (32)1–107:47 EDM · - Wayne Gretzky (47)Dave Lumley (23), Dave Semenko (8)1–210:12 EDM
Paul Coffey (22)Risto Siltanen (30), Wayne Gretzky (58)1–313:49 EDM ·
2nd period
Reggie Leach (18)Unassisted2–303:44 PHI- Wayne Gretzky (48)Dave Lumley (24)2–403:54 EDM
Ron Flockhart (14)Behn Wilson (15)3–406:11 PHI
Mark Messier (26)Glenn Anderson (33), Matti Hagman (23)3–509:01 EDM
3rd period
- Wayne Gretzky (49)Paul Coffey (29)3–605:13 EDM
Paul Holmgren (5)Bobby Clarke (25), Jimmy Watson (4)4–611:31 PHI
Fred Arthur (1)Unassisted5–611:48 PHI- Wayne Gretzky (50)Glenn Anderson (34), Grant Fuhr (2)5–719:57 EDM ·
Team stats
PHIEDM
3232
0%0%
0/42/7
1618
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:15 into the first period
Doug Hicks · tripping2 min - 5:58 into the first period
Brian Propp · slashing2 min - 12:09 into the first periodLee Fogolin · roughing2 min
- 12:09 into the first periodKen Linseman · roughing2 min
- 12:09 into the first periodPaul Holmgren · holding2 min
- 9:41 into the second periodBob Hoffmeyer · hooking2 min
- 11:39 into the second periodPaul Coffey · hooking2 min
- 17:03 into the second periodPaul Holmgren · roughing2 min
- 0:36 into the third periodGlen Cochrane · holding2 min
- 7:14 into the third periodFred Arthur · hooking2 min
- 12:48 into the third periodBob Hoffmeyer · holding2 min
- 14:32 into the third periodJari Kurri · illegal stick2 min
- 19:57 into the third periodBench · leaving players penalty bench10 min
Season series
Philadelphia Flyers
| 11Ron FlockhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 12Tim KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Bobby ClarkeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Paul HolmgrenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Tom GorenceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Reggie LeachR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Behn WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Fred ArthurD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 20Jimmy WatsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 7Bill BarberL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Brian ProppL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Brad MarshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bob HoffmeyerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Mark BotellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 29Glen CochraneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Rick St. CroixG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Pete PeetersG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 5 | 1 | 6 | +2 | 11 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Ken BerryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Lance NetheryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant FuhrG | W | 32 | 5 | .844 |
| 30Ron LowG | 0 | 0 | – |