Pittsburgh Penguins vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Sunday, October 18, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 on Sunday, October 18, 1981 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Penguins 35–26.
Goals came from Mike Bullard, Mike Foligno, Reed Larson, Peter Lee and Walt McKechnie.
Gilles Gilbert made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Michel Dion stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Bullard (2)Gregg Sheppard (2)1–008:29 PIT
Mike Foligno (2)Walt McKechnie (3), Greg Smith (4)1–115:03 DET
Reed Larson (3)Unassisted1–217:57 DET
2nd period
Peter Lee (1)Russ Anderson (1), Paul Mulvey (1)2–205:37 PIT
3rd period
Walt McKechnie (2)Mike Foligno (2), Mark Osborne (1)2–317:54 DET
Team stats
PITDET
2635
0%0%
0/30/4
1917
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:12 into the first period
Pat Boutette · high sticking2 min - 7:46 into the first period
Don Murdoch · slashing2 min - 7:46 into the first periodPat Boutette · slashing2 min
- 9:06 into the first periodPeter Lee · hooking2 min
- 11:55 into the first periodMark Osborne · tripping2 min
- 12:45 into the first periodMark Kirton · hooking2 min
- 1:53 into the second periodPat Price · hooking2 min
- 11:22 into the second periodJim Korn · boarding2 min
- 14:32 into the second periodMark Osborne · fighting5 min
- 14:32 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · roughing2 min
- 14:32 into the second periodPaul Mulvey · fighting5 min
- 19:57 into the second periodMark Osborne · roughing2 min
- 19:57 into the second periodRuss Anderson · roughing2 min
- 10:41 into the third periodPaul Woods · slashing2 min
- 10:41 into the third periodGeorge Ferguson · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Paul MulveyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 9 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paul HarrisonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Michel DionG | L | 35 | 3 | .914 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18George LyleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 30Corrado MicalefG | 0 | 0 | – |