Pittsburgh Penguins vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, March 12, 1983 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Hartford Whalers 7–2 on Saturday, March 12, 1983 at Hartford Civic Center. The Penguins outshot the Whalers 44–25.
Goals came from Ron Meighan, Pat Boutette, Doug Shedden, Paul Baxter, Greg Adams, Anders Hakansson, Paul Gardner, Peter Lee and Mark Renaud.
Denis Herron made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 37 of 44.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Meighan (2)Greg Malone (36), Pat Boutette (19)1–009:44 PIT · 
Pat Boutette (25)Greg Malone (37), Randy Carlyle (36)2–012:01 PIT · 
Doug Shedden (21)Randy Carlyle (37), Pat Boutette (20)3–012:52 PIT ·
2nd period
Paul Baxter (10)Mike Bullard (22), Pat Boutette (21)4–005:23 PIT · 
Greg Adams (8)Mike McDougall (9)4–109:10 HFD
Anders Hakansson (9)Randy Boyd (12), Dave Hannan (20)5–109:30 PIT
3rd period
Paul Gardner (24)Pat Boutette (22), Greg Hotham (29)6–100:26 PIT
Peter Lee (10)Greg Malone (38)7–101:21 PIT
Mark Renaud (3)Unassisted7–213:03 HFD
Team stats
PITHFD
4425
0%0%
2/50/7
4551
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:03 into the first period
Chris Kotsopoulos · holding2 min - 5:30 into the first period
Tony Feltrin · hooking2 min - 7:45 into the first periodRisto Siltanen · tripping2 min
- 11:41 into the first periodAnders Hakansson · hooking2 min
- 18:44 into the first periodRandy Boyd · high sticking2 min
- 3:47 into the second periodRuss Anderson · hooking2 min
- 9:39 into the second periodRon Francis · high sticking2 min
- 9:39 into the second periodRon Francis · fighting5 min
- 9:39 into the second periodDave Hannan · high sticking2 min
- 9:39 into the second periodDave Hannan · fighting5 min
- 11:54 into the second periodPaul Baxter · slashing2 min
- 15:28 into the second periodGreg Adams · misconduct10 min
- 15:28 into the second periodTony Feltrin · misconduct10 min
- 18:18 into the second periodPierre Lacroix · holding2 min
- 3:41 into the third periodSteve Gatzos · holding2 min
- 3:41 into the third periodSteve Gatzos · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 6:18 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 14:08 into the third periodEd Hospodar · roughing2 min
- 14:08 into the third periodEd Hospodar · fighting5 min
- 14:08 into the third periodEd Hospodar · game misconduct10 min
- 14:08 into the third periodTony Feltrin · tripping2 min
- 14:08 into the third periodTony Feltrin · fighting5 min
- 17:14 into the third periodMickey Volcan · slashing2 min
- 17:14 into the third periodMickey Volcan · fighting5 min
- 17:14 into the third periodSteve Gatzos · slashing2 min
- 17:14 into the third periodSteve Gatzos · fighting5 min
- 19:48 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 1 | 4 | 5 | +3 | 10 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Anders HakanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Dave HannanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Ron MeighanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Greg HothamD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Steve GatzosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 33Tony FeltrinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denis HerronG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
| 29Michel DionG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 18Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 32Mike McDougallR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mark RenaudD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 11Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Pierre LacroixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 44 | 7 | .841 |
| 31Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – |