The Edmonton Oilers used 32 players in the 1981-82 season, with a 59-21-0 record. Wayne Gretzky led the team with 212 points (92 goals, 120 assists) in 80 games. Grant Fuhr played the most games in goal (48).
| # | Player — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Streak | G — sort by goals ⇅ | A — sort by assists ⇅ | PTS — sort by points ▼ | P/GP — sort by points per game ⇅ | PPG — sort by power-play goals ⇅ | SOG — sort by shots on goal ⇅ | HIT — sort by hits ⇅ | BLK — sort by blocked shots ⇅ | PIM — sort by penalty minutes ⇅ | TOI — sort by average ice time ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Gretzky 🇨🇦 C 21 | 80 | 🔥 9 | 92 | 120 | 212 | 2.65 | 18 | 370 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 2 | Glenn Anderson 🇨🇦 RW 21 | 80 | 🔥 4 | 38 | 67 | 105 | 1.31 | 9 | 252 | 0 | 0 | 71 | — |
| 3 | Paul Coffey 🇨🇦 D 20 | 80 | 🔥 3 | 29 | 60 | 89 | 1.11 | 13 | 234 | 0 | 0 | 106 | — |
| 4 | Mark Messier 🇨🇦 C 21 | 78 | 🔥 3 | 50 | 38 | 88 | 1.13 | 10 | 235 | 0 | 0 | 119 | — |
| 5 | Jari Kurri 🇫🇮 RW 21 | 71 | 🔥 1 | 32 | 54 | 86 | 1.21 | 6 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 32 | — |
| 6 | Dave Lumley 🇨🇦 RW 27 | 66 | 🧊 1 | 32 | 42 | 74 | 1.12 | 4 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 96 | — |
| 7 | Risto Siltanen 🇫🇮 D 23 | 63 | 🔥 2 | 15 | 48 | 63 | 1.00 | 7 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 8 | Matti Hagman 🇫🇮 C 26 | 72 | 🧊 1 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 0.82 | 5 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 9 | Pat Hughes 🇨🇦 RW 27 | 68 | 🧊 1 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 0.68 | 4 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 99 | — |
| 10 | Kevin Lowe 🇨🇦 D 22 | 80 | 🧊 2 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 0.50 | 1 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 63 | — |
| 11 | Dave Hunter 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 63 | 🧊 1 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 0.60 | 0 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 63 | — |
| 12 | Lee Fogolin 🇺🇸 D 27 | 80 | 🧊 1 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 0.36 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 154 | — |
| 13 | Brett Callighen 🇨🇦 C 28 | 46 | 🧊 1 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 0.59 | 3 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| 14 | Dave Semenko 🇨🇦 LW 24 | 60 | 🧊 2 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 0.40 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 194 | — |
| 15 | Doug Hicks 🇨🇦 D 26 | 49 | 🧊 3 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 0.47 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 55 | — |
| 16 | Garry Lariviere 🇨🇦 D 27 | 62 | 🧊 6 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 0.35 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 41 | — |
| 17 | Garry Unger 🇨🇦 C 34 | 46 | 🧊 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 0.43 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 69 | — |
| 18 | Stan Weir 🇨🇦 C 30 | 51 | 🧊 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 0.31 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — |
| 19 | Charlie Huddy 🇨🇦 D 22 | 41 | 🧊 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0.37 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 46 | — |
| 20 | Tom Roulston 🇨🇦 C 24 | 35 | 🧊 3 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0.40 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 22 | — |
| 21 | Mike Forbes 🇨🇦 D 24 | 16 | 🧊 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.50 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 26 | — |
| 22 | Ken Berry 🇨🇦 LW 21 | 15 | 🧊 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.33 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | — |
| 23 | Laurie Boschman 🇨🇦 C 21 | 11 | 🧊 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.45 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37 | — |
| 24 | Marc Habscheid 🇨🇦 C 19 | 7 | 🧊 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.57 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 25 | Curt Brackenbury 🇨🇦 RW 30 | 14 | 🔥 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| 26 | Lance Nethery 🇨🇦 C 24 | 3 | 🧊 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| 27 | Walt Poddubny 🇨🇦 LW 22 | 4 | 🧊 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 28 | Don Jackson 🇺🇸 D 25 | 8 | 🧊 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| 29 | Todd Strueby 🇨🇦 LW 18 | 3 | 🧊 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Team totals · 29 skaters | 80 | 417 | 699 | 1116 | 13.95 | 87 | 2690 | 0 | 0 | 1447 |
| # | Goalie — sort by name ⇅ | GP — sort by games played ⇅ | Share of games | W — sort by wins ⇅ | GAA — sort by goals against average ⇅ | SV% — sort by save percentage ▼ | SV — sort by saves ⇅ | GA — sort by goals against ⇅ | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grant Fuhr 🇨🇦 G 19 | 48 | 39 | 3.27 | 0.000 | 0 | 157 | 59:12 | |
| 2 | Ron Low 🇨🇦 G 31 | 29 | 21 | 3.45 | 0.000 | 0 | 100 | 53:34 | |
| 3 | Andy Moog 🇨🇦 G 22 | 8 | 3 | 4.00 | 0.000 | 0 | 32 | 49:45 |
84% of this roster was born in Canada, against 81% across the league. The team leans on Finland: 9% of its players, against 2% league-wide. Canadian-born players scored 79% of the team's points.
| Country | Players | Share of roster | vs NHL | Points | Who |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 27 |
|
+3 | 879 (79%) | Gretzky, Anderson, Coffey, Messier +23 |
| Finland | 3 |
|
+7 | 208 (19%) | Kurri, Siltanen, Hagman |
| United States | 2 |
|
-4 | 29 (3%) | Fogolin, Jackson |
Wayne Gretzky led the Edmonton Oilers in scoring in 1981-82 with 212 points — 92 goals and 120 assists in 80 games. Next came Glenn Anderson (105) and Paul Coffey (89).
Wayne Gretzky scored 92 goals for the Edmonton Oilers in 1981-82, 18 of them on the power play.
The Edmonton Oilers dressed 32 players in 1981-82: 29 skaters and 3 goalies. Together the skaters scored 417 goals.
Grant Fuhr played the most games in goal for the Edmonton Oilers in 1981-82: 48 games, 39 wins, a 0.000 save percentage and a 3.27 goals against average. Ron Low was the backup, in 29 games.
The average age was 24.1 years. Todd Strueby was the youngest at 18, and Garry Unger the oldest at 34.
The Edmonton Oilers used 32 players in 1981-82 with a known birthplace. By country of birth: 27 in Canada, 3 in Finland and 2 in the United States. League-wide that season, 81% of players were born in Canada, against 84% on this roster.