Detroit Red Wings vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 1981 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Detroit Red Wings 8–3 on Saturday, December 26, 1981 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Red Wings outshot the Maple Leafs 36–34.
John Anderson scored twice and Rick Vaive scored twice. Borje Salming, Derek Smith, Terry Martin, Rene Robert, Willie Huber, John Barrett and Darryl Sittler also scored.
Michel Larocque made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 26 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Borje Salming (9)Bill Derlago (23)0–103:28 TOR
Derek Smith (5)Danny Gare (17), Mark Osborne (13)1–109:18 DET
2nd period
Terry Martin (12)Jim Benning (10), Wilf Paiement (20)1–206:18 TOR
John Anderson (20)Rocky Saganiuk (11), Bill Derlago (24)1–307:32 TOR
Rick Vaive (21)Bill Derlago (25), Jim Benning (11)1–409:41 TOR ·
3rd period
Rene Robert (10)Darryl Sittler (18), Bob Mcgill (5)1–501:35 TOR
Willie Huber (9)Mark Kirton (15)2–504:56 DET
John Barrett (1)Mike Blaisdell (15)3–505:14 DET- Rick Vaive (22)John Anderson (17), Bill Derlago (26)3–606:53 TOR
Darryl Sittler (17)Bob Manno (25), Rene Robert (13)3–711:01 TOR · - John Anderson (21)Rick Vaive (14), Borje Salming (21)3–812:32 TOR
Team stats
DETTOR
3634
0%0%
0/42/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:26 into the first period
Walt McKechnie · hooking2 min - 10:52 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 9:24 into the second periodMark Osborne · hooking2 min
- 10:25 into the second periodWilf Paiement · boarding2 min
- 18:56 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2:44 into the third periodBarry Melrose · roughing2 min
- 9:11 into the third periodJim Korn · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:55 into the third periodBarry Melrose · high sticking2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Derek SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob SauveG | L | 34 | 8 | .765 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 6 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Rene RobertR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Jim BenningD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Bob MannoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bob McgillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Fred BoimistruckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
| 30Vincent TremblayG | 0 | 0 | – |