Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, October 20, 1983 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers 7–2 on Thursday, October 20, 1983 at The Forum. The Oilers outshot the Kings 38–29.
Bernie Nicholls scored 4 goals. Paul Coffey, Jim Fox, Brian MacLellan, Wayne Gretzky and Steve Christoff also scored.
Mike Blake made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 22 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Bernie Nicholls (5)Jay Wells (3), Brian MacLellan (2)0–115:32 LAK- Bernie Nicholls (6)Jim Fox (3), Mark Hardy (2)0–218:29 LAK ·
2nd period
Paul Coffey (4)Charlie Huddy (4)1–201:34 EDM
Jim Fox (2)Bernie Nicholls (3)1–310:47 LAK · 
Brian MacLellan (2)Jim Fox (4), Bernie Nicholls (4)1–412:25 LAK- Bernie Nicholls (7)Anders Hakansson (2), Brian Engblom (2)1–517:00 LAK ·
3rd period
Wayne Gretzky (11)Paul Coffey (7)2–505:32 EDM · - Bernie Nicholls (8)Jim Fox (5), Brian MacLellan (3)2–614:54 LAK
Steve Christoff (2)Wes Jarvis (2), Russ Anderson (3)2–717:58 LAK
Team stats
EDMLAK
3829
0%0%
1/52/3
1115
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:49 into the first period
John Paul Kelly · elbowing2 min - 16:24 into the first period
Glenn Anderson · hooking2 min - 17:19 into the first periodJari Kurri · slashing2 min
- 6:00 into the second periodJaroslav Pouzar · fighting5 min
- 6:00 into the second periodTerry Ruskowski · fighting5 min
- 7:32 into the second periodJim Fox · charging2 min
- 10:42 into the second periodLee Fogolin · holding2 min
- 15:03 into the second periodWes Jarvis · tripping2 min
- 1:32 into the third periodRuss Anderson · tripping2 min
- 4:10 into the third periodBrian Engblom · interference2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 10Jaroslav PouzarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Tom RoulstonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | L | 29 | 7 | .759 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 4 | 2 | 6 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 12Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Anders HakanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Wes JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Russ AndersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Kevin LavalleeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Ken HoustonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Mike BlakeG | W | 38 | 2 | .947 |