Edmonton Oilers vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Sunday, February 21, 1982 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Detroit Red Wings 7–3 on Sunday, February 21, 1982 at Joe Louis Arena. The Oilers outshot the Red Wings 30–28.
Jari Kurri scored twice. Glenn Anderson, Kevin Lowe, Mark Osborne, Mark Messier, Eric Vail, Pat Hughes, Derek Smith and Wayne Gretzky also scored.
Ron Low made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 23 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Glenn Anderson (31)Wayne Gretzky (92), Risto Siltanen (38)1–004:02 EDM ·
2nd period
Kevin Lowe (7)Wayne Gretzky (93), Dave Hunter (17)2–008:21 EDM
Mark Osborne (18)Vaclav Nedomansky (20), Eric Vail (10)2–109:14 DET · 
Mark Messier (41)Wayne Gretzky (94), Matti Hagman (32)3–112:18 EDM · 
Jari Kurri (25)Glenn Anderson (55), Garry Unger (11)4–113:15 EDM
Eric Vail (12)Mark Lofthouse (2), Vaclav Nedomansky (21)4–218:46 DET
3rd period
Pat Hughes (21)Garry Lariviere (18), Dave Hunter (18)5–203:28 EDM
Derek Smith (7)Mike Blaisdell (25), Reed Larson (28)5–304:05 DET- Jari Kurri (26)Wayne Gretzky (95), Glenn Anderson (56)6–308:16 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (76)Glenn Anderson (57), Risto Siltanen (39)7–316:34 EDM
Team stats
EDMDET
3028
0%0%
2/61/2
412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:28 into the first period
Paul Woods · interference2 min - 2:55 into the first periodDerek Smith · hooking2 min
- 14:29 into the first period
Dave Hunter · high sticking2 min - 16:55 into the first periodReed Larson · holding2 min
- 8:40 into the second periodPat Hughes · interference2 min
- 11:18 into the second periodEric Vail · tripping2 min
- 15:22 into the second periodPaul Woods · holding2 min
- 14:18 into the third periodJohn Barrett · holding2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 4 | 5 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Garry LariviereD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Tom RoulstonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grant FuhrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Ron LowG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 19Eric VailL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Mark LofthouseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 24Derek SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Ted NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob SauveG | L | 30 | 7 | .767 |