🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 2-0 in series
2–6
Final
EDM leads 3–0
🛢️ Home Oilers 0-2 in series
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🇨🇦 MTL 0202
🛢️ EDM 2226

Canadiens at Oilers — First Round Game 3

Oilers, First Round Game 3, beat Canadiens 6–2 at Rogers Place on April 11, 1981.

🗓 📍 Rogers Place, Edmonton 🏒 1980-81 playoffs
🏒 The series ⚔️ Head-to-head

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

EDM vs MTL · EDM leads 3–0 Full series →
Game 1
6–3
Final · EDM
Game 2
3–1
Final · EDM
Game 3
2–6
Final · EDM

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🛢️ EDM
Wayne Gretzky
3 G, 1 A
8 shots · +4
2nd star 🛢️ EDM
Paul Coffey
1 G, 2 A
6 shots · +2
3rd star 🛢️ EDM
Matti Hagman
1 G
3 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🛢️ Matti Hagman Go-ahead 1st · 06:09
Assists: Glenn Anderson · beat Richard Sevigny
0–1
🛢️ Paul Coffey 1st · 15:54
Assists: Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri · beat Richard Sevigny
0–2
2nd period
🛢️ Wayne Gretzky 2nd · 08:15
Assists: Brett Callighen, Paul Coffey · beat Richard Sevigny
0–3
🇨🇦 Brian Engblom 2nd · 08:49
Assists: Richard Sevigny, Guy Lafleur · beat Andy Moog
1–3
🇨🇦 Steve Shutt 2nd · 15:33
Unassisted · beat Andy Moog
2–3
🛢️ Wayne Gretzky 2nd · 18:56
Unassisted · beat Richard Sevigny
2–4
3rd period
🛢️ Dave Lumley Empty net 3rd · 19:23
Assists: Kevin Lowe
2–5
🛢️ Wayne Gretzky 3rd · 19:53
Assists: Garry Lariviere, Paul Coffey · beat Richard Sevigny
2–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL EDM🛢️
24 Shots on goal 29
12 Penalty minutes 12
MTL shooting 8.3% (2/24) EDM shooting 20.7% (6/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Richard Sevigny
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:23 TOI
🛢️Oilers
Andy Moog
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Oilers
Oilers — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 9-1 (90% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 2–4
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Oilers
Oilers — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 9-1 (90% win rate, 10 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Apr 91981 🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–1 Apr 81981 🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–3 Jan 281981 🇨🇦MTL @ 🛢️EDM 1–9 Jan 121981 🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–5 Dec 201980 🇨🇦MTL @ 🛢️EDM 3–4
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Who won Canadiens vs Oilers on April 11, 1981?

Oilers won 6–2. The final score was Canadiens 2, Oilers 6.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Brian Engblom, Steve Shutt.

Who scored for Oilers?

Wayne Gretzky (3), Dave Lumley, Matti Hagman, Paul Coffey.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Richard Sevigny made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Andy Moog made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Oilers played?

At Rogers Place in Edmonton, the Oilers home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeApr 9 🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–1 AfterOct 8 🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–5
🛢️ Oilers
BeforeApr 9 🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–1 AfterApr 16 🛢️EDM @ 🏝️NYI 2–8
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