New York Rangers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, January 2, 1982 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–5 on Saturday, January 2, 1982 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 32–23.
Don Maloney scored twice and Craig Laughlin scored twice. Barry Beck, Dave Silk, Doug Risebrough, Mark Pavelich, Carol Vadnais, Mario Tremblay and Steve Shutt also scored.
Eddie Mio made 27 saves on 32 shots for the win; Rick Wamsley stopped 12 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Don Maloney (4)Mike Allison (9), Tom Laidlaw (9)1–000:30 NYR
Craig Laughlin (9)Unassisted1–101:25 MTL
Barry Beck (3)Mark Pavelich (19)2–102:57 NYR · 
Dave Silk (10)Don Maloney (8), Mike Rogers (28)3–104:42 NYR · 
Doug Risebrough (4)Unassisted3–211:46 MTL
2nd period
Mark Pavelich (15)Ron Duguay (17), Reijo Ruotsalainen (13)4–200:43 NYR
Carol Vadnais (3)Unassisted5–202:18 NYR- Craig Laughlin (10)Unassisted5–308:54 MTL
Mario Tremblay (18)Pierre Mondou (18), Rod Langway (18)5–409:07 MTL
3rd period
Steve Shutt (17)Keith Acton (31)5–503:43 MTL- Don Maloney (5)Mike Allison (10), Andre Dore (6)6–510:56 NYR
Team stats
NYRMTL
2332
0%0%
2/40/2
48
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:31 into the first period
Doug Wickenheiser · tripping2 min - 3:53 into the first periodRod Langway · holding2 min
- 15:45 into the first period
Mike Allison · holding2 min - 18:13 into the first periodMark Hunter · holding2 min
- 4:06 into the third periodSteve Shutt · tripping2 min
- 6:13 into the third periodBarry Beck · interference2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 12Don MaloneyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Pat HickeyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Eddie MioG | W | 32 | 5 | .844 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 26Craig LaughlinR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | L | 14 | 2 | .857 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 9 | 4 | .556 |