Quebec Nordiques vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, December 17, 1983 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Quebec Nordiques 8–1 on Saturday, December 17, 1983 at Northlands Coliseum. The Nordiques outshot the Oilers 35–34.
Mark Messier scored twice. Michel Goulet, Willy Lindstrom, Jari Kurri, Glenn Anderson, Jaroslav Pouzar, Dave Semenko and Wayne Gretzky also scored.
Andy Moog made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Dan Bouchard stopped 26 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Michel Goulet (20)Peter Stastny (38), Bo Berglund (13)1–003:51 QUE
Willy Lindstrom (12)Wayne Gretzky (57), Dave Semenko (7)1–111:03 EDM
Mark Messier (11)Wayne Gretzky (58), Charlie Huddy (12)1–213:04 EDM ·
2nd period
Jari Kurri (28)Paul Coffey (27), Wayne Gretzky (59)1–300:21 EDM
Glenn Anderson (22)Mark Messier (31), Kevin Lowe (19)1–402:18 EDM · 
Jaroslav Pouzar (7)Wayne Gretzky (60), Jari Kurri (38)1–504:09 EDM
3rd period
Dave Semenko (4)Pat Conacher (7), Pat Hughes (11)1–608:04 EDM- Mark Messier (12)Wayne Gretzky (61), Charlie Huddy (13)1–711:02 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (35)Paul Coffey (28), Willy Lindstrom (7)1–811:19 EDM
Team stats
QUEEDM
3534
0%0%
0/42/5
2018
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:19 into the first period
Bo Berglund · holding2 min - 13:31 into the first period
Dave Hunter · tripping2 min - 14:49 into the first periodDale Hunter · holding2 min
- 2:00 into the second periodGord Donnelly · holding2 min
- 6:48 into the second periodGord Donnelly · hooking2 min
- 11:06 into the second periodLee Fogolin · roughing2 min
- 11:06 into the second periodLee Fogolin · fighting5 min
- 11:06 into the second periodDave Hunter · elbowing2 min
- 11:06 into the second periodPierre Aubry · fighting5 min
- 18:19 into the second periodKevin McClelland · fighting5 min
- 18:19 into the second periodGord Donnelly · fighting5 min
- 1:25 into the third periodDale Hunter · hooking2 min
- 13:45 into the third periodKevin Lowe · hooking2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 16Michel GouletL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 17Bo BerglundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 2Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 11Andre SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Pierre AubryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Jean-Francois SauveC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Marian StastnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 7Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 25Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Gord DonnellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Brian FordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Dan BouchardG | L | 34 | 8 | .765 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 5 | 6 | +5 | 5 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Jaroslav PouzarL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Pat ConacherL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 35 | 1 | .971 |