Pittsburgh Penguins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Sunday, January 3, 1982 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Hartford Whalers 6–4 on Sunday, January 3, 1982 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Penguins 38–34.
Blaine Stoughton scored a hat trick and Pat Boutette scored twice. Rick MacLeish, Rick Kehoe, Ron Francis, Doug Shedden and Gregg Sheppard also scored.
Paul Harrison made 34 saves on 38 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Rick MacLeish (7)Paul Baxter (18)1–001:31 PIT
Rick Kehoe (18)Pat Price (15), Paul Gardner (24)2–005:53 PIT
2nd period
Blaine Stoughton (30)Pierre Larouche (19), Ron Francis (21)2–107:04 HFD · 
Pat Boutette (14)Pat Price (16), Doug Shedden (13)3–110:28 PIT
3rd period
Ron Francis (9)Garry Howatt (15)3–200:37 HFD- Blaine Stoughton (31)Russ Anderson (3), Mark Howe (20)3–304:15 HFD
- Pat Boutette (15)Randy Boyd (1), Mike Bullard (14)4–305:39 PIT
Doug Shedden (10)Mike Bullard (15), Pat Boutette (28)5–309:21 PIT- Blaine Stoughton (32)Ron Francis (22), Garry Howatt (16)5–410:22 HFD
Gregg Sheppard (7)Unassisted6–419:58 PIT ·
Team stats
PITHFD
3438
0%0%
0/21/5
2125
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:33 into the first period
Randy Boyd · interference2 min - 6:34 into the first periodRandy Carlyle · hooking2 min
- 10:02 into the first periodRandy Boyd · tripping2 min
- 14:39 into the first period
Blake Wesley · slashing2 min - 5:49 into the second periodDon Nachbaur · high sticking2 min
- 5:49 into the second periodPat Price · high sticking2 min
- 7:23 into the second periodMarc Chorney · hooking2 min
- 10:56 into the second periodBlake Wesley · high sticking2 min
- 14:36 into the third periodMark Howe · roughing2 min
- 14:36 into the third periodPat Price · roughing2 min
- 15:45 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:12 into the third periodBlake Wesley · high sticking2 min
- 19:12 into the third periodBlake Wesley · fighting5 min
- 19:12 into the third periodBlake Wesley · misconduct10 min
- 19:12 into the third periodRandy Carlyle · fighting5 min
- 19:12 into the third periodPat Boutette · high sticking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 2 | – |
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 28Bobby SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paul HarrisonG | W | 38 | 4 | .895 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 4Ron FrancisC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 9 | – |
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Dan BourbonnaisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Don GillenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |