New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, November 4, 1981 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 6–3 on Wednesday, November 4, 1981 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Rangers 37–31.
Ron Duguay scored twice. Mark Johnson, Paul Gardner, Rick Kehoe, Ron Greschner, Paul Baxter, George Ferguson and Mike Bullard also scored.
Michel Dion made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Steve Weeks stopped 31 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Johnson (5)George Ferguson (8)0–103:07 PIT · 
Paul Gardner (7)Rick Kehoe (6), Pat Boutette (6)0–205:48 PIT
Rick Kehoe (5)Mario Faubert (6), Randy Carlyle (13)0–308:46 PIT · 
Ron Greschner (3)Mike Rogers (8), Pat Hickey (5)1–311:17 NYR
Ron Duguay (5)Mark Pavelich (4)2–314:38 NYR
2nd period
Paul Baxter (2)Pat Graham (1), Greg Malone (5)2–401:08 PIT
George Ferguson (4)Unassisted2–503:37 PIT · - Ron Duguay (6)Mark Pavelich (5)3–511:09 NYR
Mike Bullard (4)Mario Faubert (7), Greg Malone (6)3–614:18 PIT
Team stats
NYRPIT
3137
0%0%
0/71/8
2826
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:55 into the first period
Ron Stackhouse · interference2 min - 7:54 into the first period
Nick Fotiu · charging2 min - 12:22 into the first periodPat Boutette · high sticking2 min
- 16:56 into the first periodMario Faubert · hooking2 min
- 1:46 into the second periodMario Faubert · high sticking2 min
- 4:51 into the second periodBarry Beck · interference2 min
- 9:36 into the second periodEd Hospodar · roughing double minor4 min
- 9:36 into the second periodGary Rissling · roughing2 min
- 12:16 into the second periodMark Pavelich · hooking2 min
- 14:40 into the second periodPaul Baxter · tripping2 min
- 0:59 into the third periodEd Hospodar · roughing2 min
- 8:05 into the third periodPat Hickey · cross checking2 min
- 10:31 into the third periodGreg Malone · tripping2 min
- 12:19 into the third periodCarol Vadnais · holding2 min
- 16:38 into the third periodNick Fotiu · hooking2 min
- 16:38 into the third periodNick Fotiu · misconduct10 min
- 16:38 into the third periodPaul Baxter · misconduct10 min
- 16:47 into the third periodGeorge Ferguson · tripping2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | L | 37 | 6 | .838 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 11George FergusonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Pat GrahamL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 23Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paul HarrisonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Michel DionG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |