Pittsburgh Penguins vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, January 6, 1982 · Chicago Stadium
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 on Wednesday, January 6, 1982 at Chicago Stadium. The Blackhawks outshot the Penguins 38–34.
Bill Gardner scored twice and Rick Paterson scored twice. Tim Higgins, Paul Gardner, Bobby Simpson, Rick MacLeish and Al Secord also scored.
Tony Esposito made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Paul Harrison stopped 32 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Tim Higgins (14)Al Secord (17), Denis Savard (42)0–118:50 CHI
2nd period
Bill Gardner (3)Rick Paterson (1)0–200:21 CHI ·
3rd period
Paul Gardner (24)Doug Shedden (14), Pat Boutette (29)1–201:42 PIT · 
Bobby Simpson (3)Paul Gardner (25), Randy Carlyle (35)2–206:35 PIT- Bill Gardner (4)Greg Fox (9), Dave Hutchison (10)2–307:26 CHI
Rick MacLeish (8)Gregg Sheppard (8), Peter Lee (6)3–308:06 PIT
Rick Paterson (2)Bill Gardner (8)3–409:15 CHI
Al Secord (27)Tim Higgins (23), Denis Savard (43)3–511:45 CHI- Rick Paterson (3)Bill Gardner (9), Peter Marsh (5)3–614:48 CHI
Team stats
PITCHI
3438
0%0%
1/40/4
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:27 into the first period
Pat Boutette · holding2 min - 4:20 into the first period
Doug Crossman · hooking2 min - 8:30 into the first periodRandy Boyd · high sticking2 min
- 19:02 into the first periodMiles Zaharko · high sticking2 min
- 3:51 into the second periodDoug Shedden · holding2 min
- 9:44 into the second periodMike Bullard · hooking2 min
- 12:42 into the second periodSteve Ludzik · hooking2 min
- 0:42 into the third periodTim Higgins · interference2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 20Paul GardnerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Bobby SimpsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paul HarrisonG | L | 38 | 6 | .842 |
| 29Michel DionG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 14Bill GardnerC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 3 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Steve LudzikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Miles ZaharkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |