1981–82 Detroit Red Wings season

1981–82 Detroit Red Wings
Division	6th Norris
1981–82 record	21–47–12
Goals for	270
Goals against	351
Team information
General manager	Jimmy Skinner
Coach	Wayne Maxner
Captain	Reed Larson
Team leaders
Goals	John Ogrodnick (28)
Assists	Mark Osborne (41)
Points	Mark Osborne (67)
Penalty minutes	Reed Larson (112)
Wins	Bob Sauvé (11)
Goals against average	Bob Sauvé (4.19)

The 1981-82 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 56th season. The Wings finished 6th in the Norris Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

Norris Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Minnesota North Stars	80	37	23	20	346	288	94
Winnipeg Jets	80	33	33	14	319	332	80
St. Louis Blues	80	32	40	8	315	349	72
Chicago Black Hawks	80	30	38	12	332	363	72
Toronto Maple Leafs	80	20	44	16	298	380	56
Detroit Red Wings	80	21	47	12	270	351	54

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 6, 1981	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1981–82)	1–0–0
2	T	October 9, 1981	2–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	1–0–1
3	L	October 10, 1981	3–6	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82)	1–1–1
4	W	October 15, 1981	6–3	St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	2–1–1
5	L	October 17, 1981	1–8	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	2–2–1
6	W	October 18, 1981	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	3–2–1
7	T	October 22, 1981	2–2	Boston Bruins (1981–82)	3–2–2
8	L	October 24, 1981	3–8	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	3–3–2
9	L	October 25, 1981	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	3–4–2
10	W	October 29, 1981	12–4	Calgary Flames (1981–82)	4–4–2
11	L	October 31, 1981	4–5	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	4–5–2
12	W	November 1, 1981	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	5–5–2
13	W	November 5, 1981	10–2	Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	6–5–2
14	L	November 7, 1981	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	6–6–2
15	L	November 9, 1981	3–5	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	6–7–2
16	T	November 11, 1981	5–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	6–7–3
17	T	November 13, 1981	3–3	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82)	6–7–4
18	W	November 14, 1981	6–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	7–7–4
19	L	November 18, 1981	1–8	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	7–8–4
20	L	November 19, 1981	3–8	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	7–9–4
21	T	November 21, 1981	4–4	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82)	7–9–5
22	L	November 23, 1981	4–8	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	7–10–5
23	L	November 25, 1981	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	7–11–5
24	L	November 28, 1981	3–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	7–12–5
25	L	November 29, 1981	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	7–13–5
26	L	December 1, 1981	5–7	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	7–14–5
27	W	December 3, 1981	4–3	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	8–14–5
28	L	December 5, 1981	2–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	8–15–5
29	W	December 10, 1981	4–1	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	9–15–5
30	L	December 12, 1981	2–4	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	9–16–5
31	W	December 13, 1981	2–1	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	10–16–5
32	L	December 17, 1981	2–3	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	10–17–5
33	L	December 19, 1981	1–5	@ New York Islanders (1981–82)	10–18–5
34	L	December 20, 1981	3–5	New York Islanders (1981–82)	10–19–5
35	L	December 22, 1981	2–3	Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	10–20–5
36	L	December 26, 1981	3–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	10–21–5
37	T	December 27, 1981	2–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	10–21–6
38	L	December 31, 1981	2–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	10–22–6
39	W	January 2, 1982	3–1	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	11–22–6
40	L	January 3, 1982	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	11–23–6
41	L	January 6, 1982	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	11–24–6
42	W	January 7, 1982	5–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (1981–82)	12–24–6
43	L	January 9, 1982	2–4	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	12–25–6
44	W	January 14, 1982	3–1	Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	13–25–6
45	T	January 16, 1982	5–5	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	13–25–7
46	T	January 17, 1982	4–4	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	13–25–8
47	W	January 20, 1982	5–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	14–25–8
48	L	January 21, 1982	4–7	Calgary Flames (1981–82)	14–26–8
49	T	January 23, 1982	2–2	Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	14–26–9
50	T	January 26, 1982	3–3	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	14–26–10
51	L	January 27, 1982	6–8	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	14–27–10
52	L	January 30, 1982	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	14–28–10
53	W	February 4, 1982	6–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	15–28–10
54	L	February 6, 1982	2–6	@ New York Islanders (1981–82)	15–29–10
55	W	February 7, 1982	8–5	St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	16–29–10
56	T	February 11, 1982	4–4	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	16–29–11
57	L	February 13, 1982	1–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	16–30–11
58	T	February 17, 1982	3–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	16–30–12
59	W	February 18, 1982	4–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	17–30–12
60	L	February 20, 1982	5–7	Boston Bruins (1981–82)	17–31–12
61	L	February 21, 1982	3–7	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	17–32–12
62	W	February 23, 1982	6–3	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	18–32–12
63	L	February 24, 1982	3–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	18–33–12
64	L	February 27, 1982	2–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	18–34–12
65	L	February 28, 1982	4–5	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	18–35–12
66	L	March 3, 1982	4–6	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	18–36–12
67	L	March 5, 1982	0–2	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	18–37–12
68	L	March 6, 1982	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	18–38–12
69	L	March 8, 1982	3–6	@ New York Rangers (1981–82)	18–39–12
70	L	March 11, 1982	1–4	New York Rangers (1981–82)	18–40–12
71	L	March 13, 1982	3–5	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82)	18–41–12
72	L	March 18, 1982	4–7	St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	18–42–12
73	L	March 20, 1982	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	18–43–12
74	L	March 21, 1982	2–8	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	18–44–12
75	L	March 24, 1982	4–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	18–45–12
76	L	March 25, 1982	3–4	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	18–46–12
77	W	March 27, 1982	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	19–46–12
78	W	March 28, 1982	6–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	20–46–12
79	W	March 31, 1982	4–2	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	21–46–12
80	L	April 4, 1982	2–3	St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	21–47–12

Playoffs

• The Red Wings failed to qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Osborne, MarkMark Osborne	LW	80	26	41	67	61	-7	5	0	3
Larson, ReedReed Larson	D	80	21	39	60	112	-17	4	2	2
Blaisdell, MikeMike Blaisdell	RW	80	23	32	55	48	-15	5	0	3
McKechnie, WaltWalt McKechnie	C	74	18	37	55	35	-1	2	0	3
Ogrodnick, JohnJohn Ogrodnick	LW	80	28	26	54	28	-15	3	2	3
Huber, WillieWillie Huber	D	74	15	30	45	98	-16	5	0	2
Kirton, MarkMark Kirton	C	74	14	28	42	62	-18	0	1	0
Nedomansky, VaclavVaclav Nedomansky	RW	68	12	28	40	22	-15	1	0	0
Smith, GregGreg Smith	D	69	10	22	32	79	-22	2	0	1
McCourt, DaleDale McCourt	C	26	13	14	27	6	-3	6	0	0
Woods, PaulPaul Woods	LW	75	10	17	27	48	-5	0	1	1
Foligno, MikeMike Foligno	RW	26	13	13	26	28	-2	3	0	0
Vail, EricEric Vail	LW	52	10	14	24	35	-21	3	0	0
Gare, DannyDanny Gare	RW	36	13	9	22	74	-4	2	1	0
Murdoch, DonDon Murdoch	RW	49	9	13	22	23	1	1	0	1
Smith, DerekDerek Smith	C/LW	49	6	14	20	10	-4	0	0	0
Gage, JodyJody Gage	RW	31	9	10	19	2	-1	0	0	1
Nolan, TedTed Nolan	C	41	4	13	17	45	-6	0	2	0
Schoenfeld, JimJim Schoenfeld	D	39	5	9	14	69	2	0	0	0
Barrett, JohnJohn Barrett	D	69	1	12	13	93	-31	0	0	0
Korn, JimJim Korn	D/LW	59	1	7	8	104	-19	0	0	0
Lofthouse, MarkMark Lofthouse	RW/C	12	3	4	7	13	-7	0	0	0
Joly, GregGreg Joly	D	37	1	5	6	30	-5	0	1	0
Lyle, GeorgeGeorge Lyle	LW	11	1	2	3	4	-2	0	0	0
Smith, BradBrad Smith	RW	33	2	0	2	80	-7	0	0	1
Loiselle, ClaudeClaude Loiselle	C	4	1	0	1	2	-2	1	0	0
Peterson, BrentBrent Peterson	C	15	1	0	1	6	-6	0	0	0
Cloutier, RejeanRejean Cloutier	D	2	0	1	1	2
Paterson, JoeJoe Paterson	LW	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Legris, ClaudeClaude Legris	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Micalef, CorradoCorrado Micalef	G	18	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	G	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Sauve, BobBob Sauve	G	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Sauve, BobBob Sauve	2365	41	11	25	4	165	4.19	0
Gilbert, GillesGilles Gilbert	1478	27	6	10	6	105	4.26	0
Micalef, CorradoCorrado Micalef	809	18	4	10	1	63	4.67	0
Legris, ClaudeClaude Legris	28	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	0
Stefan, GregGreg Stefan	120	2	0	2	0	10	5.00	0
Team:	4800	80	21	47	12	343	4.29	0

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records

• The Red Wings did not win any awards this season.

Game Ads

See Also

• 1981–82 NHL season

References

• 1981–82 Detroit Red Wings Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.

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