New York Rangers vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, March 24, 1982 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 7–2 on Wednesday, March 24, 1982 at Civic Arena.
Eddie Johnstone scored twice and Don Maloney scored twice. Mikko Leinonen, Gregg Sheppard, Mike Rogers, Rick Kehoe and Dave Silk also scored.
Steve Weeks made 0 saves on 0 shots for the win; Gary Edwards stopped 19 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Eddie Johnstone (24)Don Maloney (33), Reijo Ruotsalainen (35)1–000:33 NYR
Don Maloney (19)Mike Rogers (58), Eddie Johnstone (26)2–002:50 NYR · 
Mikko Leinonen (11)Mike Allison (15), Dave Maloney (32)3–003:07 NYR
Gregg Sheppard (11)Pat Boutette (49), Kevin McClelland (1)3–104:25 PIT
2nd period
- Eddie Johnstone (25)Don Maloney (34)4–100:14 NYR
Mike Rogers (35)Ron Duguay (31)5–100:33 NYR- Don Maloney (20)Eddie Johnstone (27), Robbie Ftorek (27)6–105:24 NYR
Rick Kehoe (33)Paul Baxter (31), Randy Carlyle (59)6–206:57 PIT ·
3rd period
Dave Silk (15)Barry Beck (26), Mikko Leinonen (18)7–213:47 NYR
Team stats
NYRPIT
2626
0%0%
1/31/4
3523
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:07 into the first period
Ron Stackhouse · interference2 min - 15:36 into the first period
Tom Laidlaw · tripping2 min - 6:14 into the second periodDave Maloney · tripping2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodEddie Mio · delaying game2 min
- 1:51 into the third periodMike Rogers · holding2 min
- 7:24 into the third periodGreg Malone · holding2 min
- 10:40 into the third periodNick Fotiu · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:40 into the third periodNick Fotiu · fighting5 min
- 10:40 into the third periodNick Fotiu · misconduct10 min
- 10:40 into the third periodNick Fotiu · game misconduct10 min
- 10:40 into the third periodPaul Baxter · charging2 min
- 10:40 into the third periodPaul Baxter · fighting5 min
- 10:40 into the third periodPaul Baxter · misconduct10 min
- 14:18 into the third periodRon Stackhouse · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 12Don MaloneyL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 27Mike RogersC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Mikko LeinonenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 38Robbie FtorekC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 9Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 40Mark PavelichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve WeeksG | W | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Eddie MioG | 26 | 2 | .923 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 18Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 13Jim HamiltonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 34Andre St. LaurentC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Michel DionG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Gary EdwardsG | L | 26 | 7 | .731 |