Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, December 23, 1982 · The Forum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–2 on Thursday, December 23, 1982 at The Forum. The Kings outshot the Oilers 45–31.
Glenn Anderson scored twice. Jerry Korab, Ken Linseman, Dave Lumley, Wayne Gretzky, Marc Habscheid and Bernie Nicholls also scored.
Andy Moog made 43 saves on 45 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 25 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Jerry Korab (1)Bernie Nicholls (10), Dean Kennedy (3)0–108:02 LAK
2nd period
Ken Linseman (15)Pat Hughes (10)1–115:10 EDM · 
Dave Lumley (7)Laurie Boschman (4), Jaroslav Pouzar (8)2–115:43 EDM
Glenn Anderson (19)Mark Messier (20), Paul Coffey (21)3–117:46 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (28)Jari Kurri (26), Ken Linseman (21)4–118:29 EDM
3rd period
Marc Habscheid (2)Glenn Anderson (19), Mark Messier (21)5–108:03 EDM- Glenn Anderson (20)Marc Habscheid (4), Charlie Huddy (19)6–111:18 EDM ·
Bernie Nicholls (17)Kenneth Gruhl (2), Mark Hardy (11)6–213:02 LAK
Team stats
EDMLAK
3145
0%0%
2/50/7
5031
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:22 into the first period
Rick Chartraw · tripping2 min - 6:08 into the first period
Don Jackson · roughing double minor4 min - 6:08 into the first periodMike Murphy · roughing2 min
- 9:14 into the first periodKen Linseman · hooking2 min
- 11:33 into the first periodRandy Gregg · high sticking2 min
- 16:14 into the first periodDave Semenko · high sticking2 min
- 16:14 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · roughing2 min
- 16:14 into the first periodTerry Ruskowski · slashing2 min
- 8:50 into the second periodMark Hardy · tripping2 min
- 10:37 into the second periodDave Hunter · holding2 min
- 13:28 into the second periodMark Hardy · tripping2 min
- 18:48 into the second periodJari Kurri · holding2 min
- 3:05 into the third periodMark Messier · holding2 min
- 4:51 into the third periodKen Linseman · hooking2 min
- 10:01 into the third periodDon Jackson · misconduct10 min
- 10:49 into the third periodMark Hardy · hooking2 min
- 13:23 into the third periodPaul Coffey · high sticking2 min
- 13:23 into the third periodMark Hardy · slashing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodKevin Lowe · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the third periodDave Semenko · spearing5 min
- 20:00 into the third periodDave Semenko · misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the third periodDean Kennedy · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · misconduct10 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Marc HabscheidC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Jaroslav PouzarL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 45 | 2 | .956 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Kenneth GruhlL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Daryl EvansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21David MorrisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Warren HolmesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 28Ulf IsakssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 31 | 6 | .806 |
| 29Gary LaskoskiG | 0 | 0 | – |