Minnesota North Stars vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, January 4, 1984 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Minnesota North Stars 12–8 on Wednesday, January 4, 1984 at Northlands Coliseum.
Wayne Gretzky scored 4 goals, Jari Kurri scored a hat trick, Dino Ciccarelli scored twice and Paul Coffey scored twice. Glenn Anderson, Dennis Maruk, Brad Maxwell, Steve Payne, Brian Bellows, Willy Lindstrom, Keith Acton, Craig Hartsburg and Randy Gregg also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 28 saves on 36 shots for the win; Gilles Meloche stopped 17 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Glenn Anderson (25)Mark Messier (37)0–102:07 EDM
Wayne Gretzky (44)Charlie Huddy (15)0–207:41 EDM
Dennis Maruk (10)Neal Broten (27), Dino Ciccarelli (20)1–209:11 MNS · 
Jari Kurri (36)Wayne Gretzky (75), Charlie Huddy (16)1–315:20 EDM · 
Dino Ciccarelli (23)Brad Maxwell (24), Dennis Maruk (31)2–317:55 MNS- Jari Kurri (37)Wayne Gretzky (76)2–418:20 EDM
- Wayne Gretzky (45)Charlie Huddy (17), Paul Coffey (35)2–518:58 EDM
2nd period
- Dino Ciccarelli (24)Dennis Maruk (32), Mark Napier (10)3–500:25 MNS ·
Brad Maxwell (12)Unassisted4–501:22 MNS · - Jari Kurri (38)Wayne Gretzky (77)4–603:45 EDM
Steve Payne (11)Neal Broten (28), Willi Plett (11)5–604:25 MNS
Paul Coffey (20)Wayne Gretzky (78), Mark Messier (38)5–707:31 EDM · 
Brian Bellows (21)Mark Napier (11), George Ferguson (6)6–711:27 MNS- Wayne Gretzky (46)Glenn Anderson (20), Mark Messier (39)6–812:46 EDM ·
Willy Lindstrom (13)Mark Messier (40), Kevin Lowe (24)6–914:55 EDM- Wayne Gretzky (47)Mark Messier (41), Jari Kurri (46)6–1017:23 EDM
3rd period
Keith Acton (11)Brad Maxwell (25), Gordie Roberts (24)7–1002:20 MNS
Craig Hartsburg (7)Willi Plett (12)8–1003:55 MNS · - Paul Coffey (21)Mark Messier (42), Glenn Anderson (21)8–1107:10 EDM
Randy Gregg (10)Kevin McClelland (11), Pat Hughes (15)8–1215:22 EDM
Team stats
MNSEDM
3636
0%0%
4/73/5
2428
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:39 into the first period
Gordie Roberts · holding2 min - 8:46 into the first period
Dave Hunter · elbowing2 min - 13:29 into the first periodGordie Roberts · interference2 min
- 17:39 into the first periodDave Hunter · high sticking2 min
- 17:39 into the first periodDave Hunter · roughing2 min
- 17:39 into the first periodGordie Roberts · roughing2 min
- 0:53 into the second periodGlenn Anderson · hooking2 min
- 6:06 into the second periodBrian Lawton · slashing2 min
- 11:50 into the second periodKen Linseman · fighting5 min
- 11:50 into the second periodMark Napier · fighting5 min
- 12:30 into the second periodRandy Gregg · fighting5 min
- 12:30 into the second periodBrian Bellows · hooking2 min
- 12:30 into the second periodWilli Plett · fighting5 min
- 15:13 into the second periodMark Messier · tripping2 min
- 18:02 into the second periodWilli Plett · holding2 min
- 2:44 into the third periodGlenn Anderson · holding2 min
- 8:04 into the third periodJaroslav Pouzar · slashing2 min
- 8:04 into the third periodBrad Maxwell · slashing2 min
- 9:10 into the third periodWilly Lindstrom · hooking2 min
- 17:01 into the third periodJim Playfair · slashing2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 9Dennis MarukC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 20Dino CiccarelliR | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 5Brad MaxwellD | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark NapierR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Willi PlettR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21George FergusonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 98Brian LawtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 32Dan MandichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | L | 24 | 7 | .708 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 12 | 5 | .583 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 4 | 4 | 8 | +4 | 9 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 6 | 6 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat HughesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Willy LindstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Jaroslav PouzarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Jim PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Don JacksonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 36 | 8 | .778 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |