Los Angeles Kings vs Edmonton Oilers

Regular season · Sunday, January 23, 1983 · Northlands Coliseum

6–8

31–41

Game summary

The Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 8–6 on Sunday, January 23, 1983 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Kings 41–31.

Dave Taylor scored twice and Jaroslav Pouzar scored twice. Charlie Simmer, Marcel Dionne, Mark Messier, John Paul Kelly, Dave Hunter, Pat Hughes, Jim Fox, Wayne Gretzky, Glenn Anderson and Randy Gregg also scored.

Andy Moog made 25 saves on 31 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 33 of 41.

Goals
LAK	2	3	1	6	31
EDM	1	2	5	8	41

Scoring

1st period

Charlie Simmer (15)Mark Hardy (16), Larry Murphy (20)1–002:47 LAK ·
Marcel Dionne (26)Jerry Korab (16)2–007:13 LAK
Mark Messier (36)Charlie Huddy (27), Wayne Gretzky (83)2–115:16 EDM ·

2nd period

John Paul Kelly (4)Jim Fox (25), Terry Ruskowski (15)3–103:04 LAK
Dave Hunter (11)Pat Hughes (16), Laurie Boschman (10)3–206:03 EDM
Dave Taylor (6)Mark Hardy (17), Marcel Dionne (26)4–206:26 LAK ·
Pat Hughes (22)Laurie Boschman (11), Kevin Lowe (20)4–309:18 EDM
Jim Fox (19)Larry Murphy (21), John Paul Kelly (8)5–316:34 LAK

3rd period

Jaroslav Pouzar (9)Glenn Anderson (32)5–403:04 EDM
Dave Taylor (7)Marcel Dionne (27), Charlie Simmer (23)6–404:39 LAK
Wayne Gretzky (42)Jari Kurri (37), Mark Messier (40)6–505:16 EDM
Glenn Anderson (31)Jaroslav Pouzar (11), Paul Coffey (42)6–609:05 EDM
Randy Gregg (5)Jari Kurri (38), Wayne Gretzky (84)6–710:12 EDM
Jaroslav Pouzar (10)Jari Kurri (39), Wayne Gretzky (85)6–813:46 EDM

Team stats

LAKEDM

3141

0%0%

2/51/3

1519

Penalties

2:18 into the first periodDave Semenko · slashing2 min
14:47 into the first periodBernie Nicholls · cross checking2 min
18:21 into the first periodDave Lewis · delaying game2 min
19:16 into the first periodWayne Gretzky · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
19:16 into the first periodCharlie Huddy · interference2 min
6:13 into the second periodLaurie Boschman · holding2 min
11:24 into the second periodDon Jackson · fighting5 min
11:24 into the second periodJay Wells · fighting5 min
0:34 into the third periodMark Messier · hooking2 min
9:36 into the third periodLee Fogolin · roughing2 min
9:36 into the third periodCharlie Simmer · roughing2 min
15:46 into the third periodJohn Paul Kelly · tripping2 min
19:19 into the third periodRandy Gregg · slashing2 min
19:19 into the third periodDave Taylor · slashing2 min

Season series

Kings vs Oilers head-to-head →

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters

16Marcel DionneC	1	2	3	0	1	0	–	–
11Charlie SimmerL	1	1	2	+1	5	2	–	–
17John Paul KellyL	1	1	2	0	1	2	–	–
18Dave TaylorR	2	0	2	+1	4	2	–	–
19Jim FoxR	1	1	2	0	1	0	–	–
5Larry MurphyD	0	2	2	0	1	0	–	–
20Mark HardyD	0	2	2	+2	3	0	–	–
10Terry RuskowskiC	0	1	1	0	2	0	–	–
4Jerry KorabD	0	1	1	−2	0	0	–	–
7Mike MurphyR	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
9Bernie NichollsC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
12Dean HopkinsR	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
15Daryl EvansR	0	0	0	−2	4	0	–	–
23Doug SmithC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
28Ulf IsakssonL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
6Dean KennedyD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
24Jay WellsD	0	0	0	0	1	5	–	–
25Dave LewisD	0	0	0	−5	0	2	–	–

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie
1Mario LessardG	L	41	33	8	.805	60:00
31Doug KeansG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers skaters

99Wayne GretzkyC	1	3	4	0	6	2	–	–
10Jaroslav PouzarL	2	1	3	+2	3	0	–	–
17Jari KurriR	0	3	3	0	6	0	–	–
9Glenn AndersonR	1	1	2	+1	2	0	–	–
11Mark MessierC	1	1	2	−1	4	2	–	–
14Laurie BoschmanC	0	2	2	+3	2	2	–	–
16Pat HughesR	1	1	2	+2	3	0	–	–
12Dave HunterL	1	0	1	+2	3	0	–	–
4Kevin LoweD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	–	–
7Paul CoffeyD	0	1	1	+2	3	0	–	–
21Randy GreggD	1	0	1	0	2	2	–	–
22Charlie HuddyD	0	1	1	+2	1	2	–	–
13Ken LinsemanC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
23Marc HabscheidC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
24Tom RoulstonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
27Dave SemenkoL	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
2Lee FogolinD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	–	–
29Don JacksonD	0	0	0	−1	2	5	–	–

Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie
31Grant FuhrG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Andy MoogG	W	31	25	6	.806	60:00