Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 7, 1983 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–4 on Wednesday, December 7, 1983 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Canucks 27–16.
Patrik Sundstrom scored twice and Willy Lindstrom scored twice. Darcy Rota, Kevin McCarthy, Mark Messier, Ken Linseman and Glenn Anderson also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 12 saves on 16 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Darcy Rota (21)Patrik Sundstrom (23), Tony Tanti (17)1–019:46 VAN
2nd period
Patrik Sundstrom (13)Tony Tanti (18)2–003:04 VAN
Kevin McCarthy (2)Thomas Gradin (26), Darcy Rota (16)3–006:33 VAN- Patrik Sundstrom (14)Tony Tanti (19), Moe Lemay (2)4–007:49 VAN
Mark Messier (10)Wayne Gretzky (51), Jari Kurri (31)4–115:29 EDM
3rd period
Willy Lindstrom (9)Jari Kurri (32)4–200:41 EDM
Ken Linseman (6)Glenn Anderson (15), Don Jackson (6)4–306:02 EDM- Willy Lindstrom (10)Jari Kurri (33), Wayne Gretzky (52)4–415:32 EDM
Glenn Anderson (19)Mark Messier (28), Ken Linseman (14)4–515:58 EDM
Team stats
VANEDM
1627
0%0%
0/30/1
48
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:25 into the second period
Lee Fogolin · roughing2 min - 4:25 into the second periodDave Semenko · holding2 min
- 4:25 into the second period
Dave Williams · high sticking2 min - 8:37 into the second periodDon Jackson · tripping2 min
- 7:03 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 8:45 into the third periodKevin McCarthy · holding2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 18Darcy RotaL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Moe LemayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Jim NillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Tony CurrieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Neil BellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Grant MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Harold SnepstsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31John GarrettG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 16 | 4 | .750 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |