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Wednesday, March 25, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center

Oilers 7 at Whalers 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 99OVR Wayne Gretzky Oilers First Star 1G · 3A · 3 SOG C 77OVR Mark Messier Oilers Second Star 1G · 3A · 2 SOG R 91OVR Glenn Anderson Oilers Third Star 3G · 3 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 9:04 Jari Kurri (28) Unassisted EDM 1 – 0 HFD
  2. 19:55 Glenn Anderson (24) PPG Risto Siltanen (33), Mark Messier (35) EDM 2 – 0 HFD

2nd Period

  1. 6:10 Brett Callighen (22) Jari Kurri (37), Paul Coffey (20) EDM 3 – 0 HFD
  2. 11:02 Don Nachbaur (14) Al Sims (33), Tom Rowe (27) EDM 3 – 1 HFD
  3. 19:14 Glenn Anderson (25) PPG Wayne Gretzky (96), Risto Siltanen (34) EDM 4 – 1 HFD

3rd Period

  1. 12:57 Pat Boutette (28) Rick Meagher (8), Gilles Lupien (5) EDM 4 – 2 HFD
  2. 19:04 Wayne Gretzky (53) Mark Messier (36) EDM 5 – 2 HFD
  3. 19:18 Mark Messier (21) Wayne Gretzky (97), Paul Coffey (21) EDM 6 – 2 HFD
  4. 19:49 Glenn Anderson (26) Wayne Gretzky (98), Mark Messier (37) EDM 7 – 2 HFD

Edmonton Oilers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Wayne Gretzky C 1 3 3 0 0 +4 0:00 3.30
Mark Messier C 1 3 2 0 0 +3 0:00 3.23
Glenn Anderson R 3 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 2.63
Jari Kurri R 1 1 5 0 0 +1 0:00 1.90
Paul Coffey D 0 2 2 0 0 +4 0:00 1.85
Risto Siltanen D 0 2 4 0 0 -1 0:00 1.40
Brett Callighen C 1 0 5 0 0 +1 0:00 1.28
Garry Lariviere D 0 0 0 0 0 +4 0:00 0.30
Kevin Lowe D 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Matti Hagman C 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Lee Fogolin D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Stan Weir C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Dave Semenko L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Garry Unger C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Doug Hicks D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Dave Hunter L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Dave Lumley R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gary Edwards W 33 31 2 .939 60:00 1.60

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Don Nachbaur C 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Tom Rowe R 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Rick Meagher C 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Gilles Lupien D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.70
Al Sims D 0 1 6 0 0 -2 0:00 0.62
Pat Boutette L 1 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 0.60
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Dave Debol C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Blaine Stoughton L 0 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 0.00
Warren Miller R 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Jeff Brubaker L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Mark Howe D 0 0 4 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.15
Norm Barnes D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Mike Rogers C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Mike Fidler L 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Stuart Smith D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Dave Keon C 0 0 2 0 0 -4 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Veisor L 28 24 4 .857 57:30 -0.60