Minnesota North Stars vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Sunday, October 9, 1983 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–3 in overtime on Sunday, October 9, 1983 at Northlands Coliseum. The North Stars outshot the Oilers 49–34.
Jari Kurri scored twice. Wayne Gretzky, Brian Bellows, Glenn Anderson, George Ferguson and Brent Ashton also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 46 saves on 49 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 30 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Wayne Gretzky (4)Dave Lumley (3), Randy Gregg (2)0–119:59 EDM
2nd period
Jari Kurri (1)Wayne Gretzky (3), Charlie Huddy (2)0–202:17 EDM
Brian Bellows (3)Steve Payne (1), Bobby Smith (2)1–206:37 MNS · 
Glenn Anderson (3)Mark Messier (2), Don Jackson (2)1–306:47 EDM
George Ferguson (1)Jordy Douglas (1), Brad Maxwell (6)2–316:57 MNS
3rd period
Brent Ashton (1)Willi Plett (2), Dennis Maruk (4)3–303:09 MNS
Overtime
- Jari Kurri (2)Wayne Gretzky (4), Kevin Lowe (3)3–403:50 EDM
Team stats
MNSEDM
4934
0%0%
1/50/3
812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:32 into the first period
Mark Messier · interference2 min - 3:04 into the first periodCharlie Huddy · tripping2 min
- 11:05 into the first period
Brent Ashton · tripping2 min - 2:42 into the second periodDave Hunter · tripping2 min
- 5:27 into the second periodTom Roulston · holding2 min
- 7:54 into the second periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 7:54 into the second periodCurt Giles · kneeing2 min
- 10:11 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:43 into the second periodWilli Plett · holding2 min
- 11:40 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · tripping2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 9Dennis MarukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Brent AshtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Craig LevieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 34 | 4 | .882 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Jaroslav PouzarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Ken BerryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Marc HabscheidC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Tom RoulstonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 49 | 3 | .939 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |