Pittsburgh Penguins vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, December 27, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 on Sunday, December 27, 1981 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Penguins 30–26.
Ron Duguay scored a hat trick. Mark Johnson, Eddie Johnstone, Tom Laidlaw, Randy Carlyle and Paul Gardner also scored.
Eddie Mio made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Paul Harrison stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Johnson (8)Paul Mulvey (7)1–001:57 PIT
Ron Duguay (18)Mark Pavelich (15), Andre Dore (3)1–105:34 NYR
Eddie Johnstone (8)Mike Rogers (27), Mark Pavelich (16)1–212:46 NYR ·
3rd period
Tom Laidlaw (2)Unassisted1–301:29 NYR
Randy Carlyle (7)Mike Bullard (11), Peter Lee (5)2–303:16 PIT · 
Paul Gardner (21)Unassisted3–314:32 PIT · - Ron Duguay (19)Steve Vickers (3), Dave Maloney (13)3–415:54 NYR
- Ron Duguay (20)Don Maloney (5)3–519:28 NYR
Team stats
PITNYR
2630
0%0%
2/71/7
6161
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:46 into the first period
Pat Boutette · high sticking2 min - 5:49 into the first period
Ed Hospodar · holding2 min - 7:16 into the first periodMike Rogers · delaying game2 min
- 10:06 into the first periodPat Price · interference2 min
- 10:58 into the first periodGregg Sheppard · slashing2 min
- 12:01 into the first periodRon Stackhouse · cross checking2 min
- 14:28 into the first periodNick Fotiu · hooking2 min
- 16:29 into the first periodTom Laidlaw · cross checking2 min
- 4:56 into the second periodPat Boutette · hooking2 min
- 18:40 into the second periodPaul Baxter · holding2 min
- 2:31 into the third periodDon Maloney · hooking2 min
- 4:26 into the third periodPat Price · hooking2 min
- 10:34 into the third periodNick Fotiu · high sticking2 min
- 12:48 into the third periodAndre Dore · misconduct10 min
- 12:48 into the third periodNick Fotiu · charging2 min
- 12:48 into the third periodNick Fotiu · roughing2 min
- 12:48 into the third periodNick Fotiu · fighting5 min
- 12:48 into the third periodEddie Johnstone · misconduct10 min
- 12:48 into the third periodTom Laidlaw · misconduct10 min
- 12:48 into the third periodMike Rogers · misconduct10 min
- 12:48 into the third periodMike Bullard · misconduct10 min
- 12:48 into the third periodPaul Baxter · roughing2 min
- 12:48 into the third periodPaul Baxter · fighting5 min
- 12:48 into the third periodMark Johnson · misconduct10 min
- 12:48 into the third periodPeter Lee · misconduct10 min
- 12:48 into the third periodPat Price · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Paul MulveyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat GrahamL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paul HarrisonG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 10Ron DuguayC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 39Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Eddie MioG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |