NHL game summary from April 9, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Edmonton Oilers (31-35-16) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
 Montreal Canadiens (45-24-13) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Edmonton Oilers lead, 2 games to 0 (best of 5) | |||||||
| 1: | EDM, | Paul Coffey 2, 5:24 |
| 2: | MTL, | Gaston Gingras 1 (Pierre Larouche, Larry Robinson), :32 - PP |
| EDM, | Risto Siltanen 1 (Jari Kurri, Wayne Gretzky), 4:43 - PP | |
| 3: | EDM, | Jari Kurri 3 (Brett Callighen, Wayne Gretzky), 14:27 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Dave Hunter, EDM [Interference] 0:39 |
| Kevin Lowe, EDM [Fighting] 3:00 | |
| Mario Tremblay, MTL [Roughing, Fighting] 3:00 | |
| Dave Hunter, EDM [Tripping] 13:31 | |
| Keith Acton, MTL [Hooking] 14:43 | |
| Matti Hagman, EDM [Tripping] 19:27 | |
| 2: | Brian Engblom, MTL [Holding] 3:49 |
| Garry Unger, EDM [Roughing] 3:49 | |
| Keith Acton, MTL [Roughing] 3:49 | |
| Glenn Anderson, EDM [Slashing] 6:32 | |
| Matti Hagman, EDM [Tripping] 14:03 | |
| 3: | Yvon Lambert, MTL [Hi-sticking] 15:30 |
| Garry Lariviere, EDM [Holding] 17:00 |
Penalty time: EDM: 19 minutes
MTL: 15 minutes
| EDM Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Fogolin | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Lowe | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Hicks | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Lariviere | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Paul Coffey | 7 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Risto Siltanen | 8 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Glenn Anderson | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Matti Hagman | 10 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Messier | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Dave Hunter | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Jari Kurri | 17 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Callighen | 18 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dave Lumley | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Stan Weir | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Semenko | 27 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Moog | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Unger | 77 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Gretzky | 99 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 10 | 29 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaston Gingras | 2 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 8 |
| Brian Engblom | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Keith Acton | 12 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rod Langway | 17 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pierre Larouche | 28 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Mark Napier | 31 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Richard Sevigny | 33 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -10 | 41 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -10 | 41 | ||||||
Shots: EDM: 12-10- 7-29
MTL: 14-16-11-41
Goalies: EDM: Andy Moog (W, 2-0-0)
MTL: Richard Sevigny (L, 0-2-0)
Referee: Wally Harris
Linesmen: Ray Scapinello, Bob Luther
Attendance: 15,527
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