1979-80 Edmonton Oilers Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 28-39-13 - 69 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Smythe Division
Postseason: 0-3
Lost NHL preliminary round
Preliminary - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 3-0
Coach: Glen Sather (28-39-13)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1979-80 Edmonton Oilers RosterTeam Record: 28-39-13 - 69 points
Finishing 4th in the NHL's Smythe Division
Postseason: 0-3
Lost NHL preliminary round
Preliminary - Lost to Philadelphia Flyers 3-0
Coach: Glen Sather (28-39-13)
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1979-80 Edmonton Oilers Results
The Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 28 wins and 39 losses and 13 ties for 69 points, finishing fourth in the NHL's Smythe Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-3.
The Oilers scored 301 goals and allowed 322. Wayne Gretzky netted 51 goals for Edmonton, while Stan Weir and Blair MacDonald tallied 30 or more as well. Wayne Gretzky contributed 86 assists. Eddie Mio topped the squad with 9 wins and a team-best 4.21 goals against average, leading goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Glen Sather coached the team. The 1979-80 Edmonton Oilers lost in the NHL preliminary round.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky | C | 79 | 51 | 86 | 137 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 284 | 18.0 |
| Blair MacDonald | R | 80 | 46 | 48 | 94 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 266 | 17.3 |
| Stan Weir | C | 79 | 33 | 33 | 66 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 129 | 25.6 |
| Brett Callighen | L | 59 | 23 | 35 | 58 | 72 | -1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 159 | 14.5 |
| Dave Lumley | R | 80 | 20 | 38 | 58 | 138 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 145 | 13.8 |
| Dave Hunter | L | 80 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 103 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 109 | 11.0 |
| Doug Hicks | D | 78 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 52 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 7.4 |
| Ron Chipperfield | C | 67 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 24 | -15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 129 | 14.0 |
| Risto Siltanen | D | 64 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 26 | -9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 5.2 |
| Mark Messier | C | 75 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 120 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 113 | 10.6 |
| Pat Price | D | 75 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 134 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 11.6 |
| Kevin Lowe | D | 64 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 70 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 2.3 |
| Cam Connor | R | 38 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 136 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 15.9 |
| Don Ashby | C | 18 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 32.3 |
| Al Hamilton | D | 31 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 11.8 |
| Bobby Schmautz | R | 29 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 20 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 17.4 |
| Lee Fogolin | D | 80 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 104 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 5.6 |
| Dave Semenko | L | 67 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 135 | -13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 14.0 |
| Colin Campbell | D | 72 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 196 | -18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 2.5 |
| Don Murdoch | R | 10 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14.3 |
| Bill Flett | R | 20 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | -17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 19.2 |
| Peter Driscoll | L | 39 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 54 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Dan Newman | L | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18.8 |
| Kari Makkonen | R | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Jim Corsi | G | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Mio | G | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Low | G | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Forbes | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Ron Carter | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Harrison | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Ron Areshenkoff | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Poul Popiel | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Don Cutts | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryon Baltimore | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Dave Dryden | G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Bednarski | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Bob Dupuis | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Bianchin | L | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Alex Tidey | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Mike Toal | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1438 | 301 | 501 | 802 | 1512 | -62 | 61 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 2269 | 13.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Mio | 34 | 1711 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 120 | 4.21 | 0 | ||
| Ron Low | 11 | 650 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 3.42 | 0 | ||
| Jim Corsi | 26 | 1366 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 83 | 3.65 | 0 | ||
| Dave Dryden | 14 | 744 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 4.27 | 0 | ||
| Don Cutts | 6 | 269 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3.57 | 0 | ||
| Bob Dupuis | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 92 | 4800 | 28 | 39 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 313 | 3.91 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Gretzky | C | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blair MacDonald | R | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Weir | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brett Callighen | L | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Lumley | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Hunter | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Hicks | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Risto Siltanen | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Messier | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Price | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Lowe | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Ashby | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Hamilton | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Fogolin | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Semenko | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Colin Campbell | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Murdoch | R | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Driscoll | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Low | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 54 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
