Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, December 14, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 on Monday, December 14, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Penguins outshot the Rangers 33–18.
Goals came from Mark Pavelich, Ron Duguay, Steve Vickers, Doug Shedden, Mike Rogers, Reijo Ruotsalainen, Peter Lee, Paul Baxter and Rick Kehoe.
Steve Weeks made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Paul Harrison stopped 13 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Pavelich (11)Steve Vickers (1), Dave Maloney (11)0–106:39 NYR · 
Ron Duguay (17)Dave Maloney (12), Mark Pavelich (13)0–215:28 NYR
Steve Vickers (2)Mike Rogers (21)0–317:52 NYR ·
2nd period
Doug Shedden (2)Pat Price (13), Mike Bullard (6)1–305:55 PIT · 
Mike Rogers (12)Jere Gillis (9), Dean Talafous (6)1–414:11 NYR
Reijo Ruotsalainen (9)Ron Duguay (13), Mark Pavelich (14)1–515:22 NYR
Peter Lee (10)Doug Shedden (6), Pat Graham (4)2–519:31 PIT ·
3rd period
Paul Baxter (6)Randy Carlyle (28), Paul Gardner (19)3–513:38 PIT · 
Rick Kehoe (14)Doug Shedden (7), Ron Stackhouse (7)4–519:13 PIT
Team stats
PITNYR
3318
0%0%
3/92/6
3157
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:55 into the first period
Randy Boyd · tripping2 min - 2:19 into the first period
Barry Beck · cross checking2 min - 6:01 into the first periodPaul Baxter · interference2 min
- 6:55 into the first periodTom Younghans · holding2 min
- 9:07 into the first periodTom Laidlaw · interference2 min
- 9:07 into the first periodPat Graham · slashing2 min
- 13:06 into the first periodAndre Dore · elbowing2 min
- 16:42 into the first periodMike Bullard · high sticking2 min
- 18:24 into the first periodEd Hospodar · roughing2 min
- 1:01 into the second periodEd Hospodar · roughing2 min
- 1:01 into the second periodRandy Boyd · roughing2 min
- 3:54 into the second periodDave Maloney · tripping2 min
- 5:43 into the second periodAndre Dore · cross checking2 min
- 6:28 into the second periodGregg Sheppard · hooking2 min
- 15:31 into the second periodBarry Beck · leaving penalty box2 min
- 15:31 into the second periodBarry Beck · leaving penalty box2 min
- 15:31 into the second periodBarry Beck · fighting5 min
- 15:31 into the second periodBarry Beck · misconduct10 min
- 15:31 into the second periodBarry Beck · game misconduct10 min
- 15:31 into the second periodNick Fotiu · game misconduct10 min
- 15:31 into the second periodPaul Baxter · fighting5 min
- 15:31 into the second periodPaul Baxter · misconduct10 min
- 0:23 into the third periodMike Bullard · hooking2 min
- 4:45 into the third periodRandy Boyd · hooking2 min
- 13:34 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · cross checking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 14Doug SheddenC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Pat GrahamL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paul HarrisonG | L | 18 | 5 | .722 |
| 29Michel DionG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 40Mark PavelichC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 33 | 4 | .879 |
| 41Eddie MioG | 0 | 0 | – |