Winnipeg Jets vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Wednesday, March 31, 1982 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Winnipeg Jets 4–2 on Wednesday, March 31, 1982 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Jets 43–18.
Goals came from Thomas Steen, Vaclav Nedomansky, Mike Blaisdell, Mark Osborne, Scott Arniel and Walt McKechnie.
Gilles Gilbert made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Ed Staniowski stopped 39 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Thomas Steen (15)Bengt Lundholm (30), Willy Lindstrom (27)1–016:09 WIN
Vaclav Nedomansky (12)Reed Larson (37), John Barrett (11)1–118:32 DET
2nd period
Mike Blaisdell (23)Greg Smith (22), Vaclav Nedomansky (28)1–206:30 DET · 
Mark Osborne (26)Danny Gare (23), Reed Larson (38)1–311:35 DET
3rd period
Scott Arniel (1)Dave Christian (50)2–315:13 WIN · 
Walt McKechnie (18)John Barrett (12)2–419:29 DET ·
Team stats
WINDET
1843
0%0%
1/31/3
1313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:13 into the first period
Willie Huber · interference2 min - 7:10 into the first periodGreg Joly · hooking2 min
- 8:07 into the first period
Paul MacLean · holding2 min - 4:30 into the second periodSerge Savard · delaying game2 min
- 19:49 into the second periodGreg Smith · fighting5 min
- 19:49 into the second periodPaul MacLean · fighting5 min
- 3:06 into the third periodCraig Levie · tripping2 min
- 15:06 into the third periodGreg Smith · holding2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodTed Nolan · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodCraig Levie · roughing2 min
Season series
Winnipeg Jets
| 11Scott ArnielL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 13Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Willy LindstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Bengt LundholmL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Thomas SteenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Jimmy MannR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Doug SmailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Dale HawerchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Tim TrimperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Larry HopkinsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 7Tim WattersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Craig LevieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | L | 42 | 3 | .929 |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Ted NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Jody GageR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Derek SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Greg JolyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | W | 18 | 2 | .889 |
| 31Bob SauveG | 0 | 0 | – |