Edmonton Oilers vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Tuesday, March 8, 1983 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Hartford Whalers 9–4 on Tuesday, March 8, 1983 at Hartford Civic Center. The Oilers outshot the Whalers 42–34.
Tom Roulston scored twice, Paul Coffey scored twice and Wayne Gretzky scored a hat trick. Mickey Volcan, Paul Lawless, Dave Hunter, Garry Unger, Blaine Stoughton and Ray Neufeld also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Mike Veisor stopped 33 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Mickey Volcan (4)Unassisted0–105:00 HFD
Paul Lawless (5)Pierre Lacroix (26), Chris Kotsopoulos (18)0–208:56 HFD · 
Tom Roulston (17)Jaroslav Pouzar (17), Don Jackson (6)1–209:56 EDM
Paul Coffey (22)Wayne Gretzky (106), Jari Kurri (49)2–211:12 EDM
Dave Hunter (12)Marc Habscheid (10), Pat Hughes (19)3–212:52 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (60)Charlie Huddy (32)4–216:30 EDM
2nd period
- Wayne Gretzky (61)Don Jackson (7), Jari Kurri (50)5–208:29 EDM
- Tom Roulston (18)Jaroslav Pouzar (18), Dave Lumley (20)6–210:22 EDM
- Paul Coffey (23)Ken Linseman (39), Glenn Anderson (45)7–214:16 EDM ·
Garry Unger (2)Glenn Anderson (46), Lee Fogolin (16)8–219:26 EDM
3rd period
- Wayne Gretzky (62)Glenn Anderson (47)9–202:29 EDM
Blaine Stoughton (37)Ron Francis (54), Merlin Malinowski (18)9–306:34 HFD · 
Ray Neufeld (21)Chris Kotsopoulos (19)9–416:18 HFD
Team stats
EDMHFD
4234
0%0%
1/12/5
102
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:33 into the first period
Garry Unger · hooking2 min - 14:08 into the first periodCharlie Huddy · tripping2 min
- 11:14 into the second periodDon Jackson · tripping2 min
- 13:40 into the second period
Doug Sulliman · hooking2 min - 16:27 into the second periodRandy Gregg · interference2 min
- 6:22 into the third periodRandy Gregg · cross checking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 7 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 10Jaroslav PouzarL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Tom RoulstonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Marc HabscheidC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 34 | 4 | .882 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 11Paul LawlessL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 4Mickey VolcanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Mike McDougallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 3Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Mark RenaudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Mike VeisorG | L | 42 | 9 | .786 |