New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, October 16, 1982 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–5 on Saturday, October 16, 1982 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Devils 36–35.
Steve Gatzos scored twice. Rick Meagher, Aaron Broten, Steve Tambellini, Paul Gardner, Andre St. Laurent, Paul Gagne, Tim Hrynewich, Bob MacMillan and Hector Marini also scored.
Glenn Resch made 31 saves on 36 shots for the win; Michel Dion stopped 29 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Meagher (1)Tapio Levo (1), Bob MacMillan (4)1–005:01 NJD · 
Steve Gatzos (2)Greg Malone (4), Greg Hotham (7)1–115:09 PIT ·
2nd period
Aaron Broten (1)Don Lever (3), Tapio Levo (2)2–103:00 NJD · 
Steve Tambellini (3)Tapio Levo (3), Aaron Broten (4)3–109:57 NJD · 
Paul Gardner (1)Pat Boutette (3), Greg Hotham (8)3–211:29 PIT · 
Andre St. Laurent (1)Randy Carlyle (4), Rick MacLeish (2)3–317:52 PIT
3rd period
- Steve Gatzos (3)Greg Malone (5), Tim Hrynewich (2)3–403:15 PIT
Paul Gagne (1)Glenn Merkosky (3), Yvon Vautour (2)4–404:33 NJD
Tim Hrynewich (1)Greg Malone (6), Randy Carlyle (5)4–508:06 PIT
Bob MacMillan (2)Tapio Levo (4), Rick Meagher (1)5–509:58 NJD
Hector Marini (3)Glenn Merkosky (4)6–519:22 NJD
Team stats
NJDPIT
3536
0%0%
3/42/5
2422
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:02 into the first period
Kevin McClelland · high sticking2 min - 7:50 into the first periodIan Turnbull · holding2 min
- 8:36 into the first period
Don Lever · roughing2 min - 8:36 into the first periodRick MacLeish · roughing2 min
- 10:18 into the first periodJoel Quenneville · tripping2 min
- 13:59 into the first periodJukka Porvari · holding2 min
- 16:41 into the first periodJohn Wensink · slashing2 min
- 1:14 into the second periodPaul Baxter · interference2 min
- 5:57 into the second periodYvon Vautour · roughing2 min
- 5:57 into the second periodYvon Vautour · fighting5 min
- 5:57 into the second periodRandy Boyd · roughing2 min
- 5:57 into the second periodRandy Boyd · fighting5 min
- 8:07 into the second periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 10:59 into the second periodJohn Wensink · roughing double minor4 min
- 19:41 into the third periodYvon Vautour · fighting5 min
- 19:41 into the third periodPaul Baxter · fighting5 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 8Tapio LevoD | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Bob MacMillanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Rick MeagherC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Glenn MerkoskyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 9Don LeverC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Steve TambelliniC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Hector MariniR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Jukka PorvariR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18John WensinkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Bob LorimerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glenn ReschG | W | 36 | 5 | .861 |
| 33Lindsay MiddlebrookG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve GatzosR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Tim HrynewichL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Greg HothamD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 34Andre St. LaurentC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Doug LecuyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 7Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Michel DionG | L | 35 | 6 | .829 |