Pittsburgh Penguins vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, March 20, 1982 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–5 on Saturday, March 20, 1982 at The Forum. The Penguins outshot the Kings 35–22.
Bernie Nicholls scored a hat trick, Paul Gardner scored twice and Rod Schutt scored twice. Gregg Sheppard, Charlie Simmer, Mike Murphy, Marcel Dionne and Jim Fox also scored.
Mario Lessard made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Michel Dion stopped 15 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Gregg Sheppard (10)George Ferguson (29), Randy Carlyle (57)1–006:37 PIT
Bernie Nicholls (6)Dave Taylor (61), Marcel Dionne (64)1–111:12 LAK · 
Paul Gardner (30)Rick Kehoe (44)2–117:49 PIT · 
Rod Schutt (5)Andre St. Laurent (8)3–118:36 PIT
2nd period
- Bernie Nicholls (7)Mark Hardy (33), Marcel Dionne (65)3–204:14 LAK ·
Charlie Simmer (14)Dan Bonar (21), Mark Hardy (34)3–307:42 LAK- Rod Schutt (6)Rick MacLeish (26), George Ferguson (30)4–317:26 PIT
3rd period
- Paul Gardner (31)Pat Boutette (48), Rick Kehoe (45)5–300:47 PIT ·
- Bernie Nicholls (8)Dave Taylor (62), Charlie Simmer (22)5–405:26 LAK ·
Mike Murphy (1)Larry Murphy (41), Daryl Evans (2)5–508:23 LAK
Marcel Dionne (47)Dave Taylor (63), Larry Murphy (42)5–610:44 LAK
Jim Fox (27)Mark Hardy (35), Larry Murphy (43)5–714:21 LAK ·
Team stats
PITLAK
3522
0%0%
2/64/6
2323
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:46 into the first period
Greg Malone · holding2 min - 6:04 into the first period
Dave Taylor · holding2 min - 8:06 into the first periodRod Schutt · hooking2 min
- 9:48 into the first periodGregg Sheppard · slashing2 min
- 17:31 into the first periodDave Lewis · tripping2 min
- 18:49 into the first periodJay Wells · roughing2 min
- 18:49 into the first periodGreg Malone · roughing2 min
- 3:42 into the second periodRon Stackhouse · hooking2 min
- 4:36 into the second periodDan Bonar · slashing2 min
- 4:36 into the second periodRod Schutt · roughing2 min
- 5:12 into the second periodLarry Murphy · holding2 min
- 15:13 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDan Bonar · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDan Bonar · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the second periodGregg Sheppard · fighting5 min
- 4:00 into the third periodRandy Carlyle · hooking2 min
- 8:48 into the third periodDan Bonar · slashing2 min
- 8:48 into the third periodPaul Baxter · slashing2 min
- 12:35 into the third periodPat Boutette · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:22 into the third periodDoug Smith · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 13Jim HamiltonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Greg HothamD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Michel DionG | L | 22 | 7 | .682 |
| 30Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 3 | 0 | 3 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Daryl EvansR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve BozekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 10 | 3 | .700 |