1981–82 Pittsburgh Penguins season

1981–82 Pittsburgh Penguins
Division	4th Patrick
Conference	8th Prince of Wales
1981–82 record	31-36-13
Goals for	310
Goals against	337
Team information
General manager	Baz Bastien
Coach	Eddie Johnston
Captain	Randy Carlyle
Arena	Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Paul Gardner Mike Bullard (36)
Assists	Randy Carlyle (64)
Points	Rick Kehoe (85)
Penalty minutes	Paul Baxter (409)
Wins	Michel Dion (25)
Goals against average	Gary Edwards (3.67)

The 1981–82 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 15th in the National Hockey League. The Penguins finished 4th in the Patrick Division and lost in the Division Semi-finals to the New York Islanders 3 games to 2. This would be the Penguins last playoff appearance until 1989.

Off-season

Draft Picks

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
2	28.	Steve Gatzos	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
3	49.	Tom Thornbury	Canada	Niagara Falls Flyers (OHL)
4	70.	Norm Schmidt	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
6	109.	Paul Edwards	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
6	112.	Rod Buskas	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
7	133.	Geoff Wilson	Canada	Winnipeg Warriors (WHL)
8	154.	Mitch Lamoureux	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
9	175.	Dean De Fazio	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OHL)
10	196.	Dave Hannan	Canada	Brantford Alexanders (OHL)

Regular Season

Final Standings

Patrick Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
New York Islanders	80	54	16	10	385	250	118
New York Rangers	80	39	27	14	316	306	92
Philadelphia Flyers	80	38	31	11	325	313	87
Pittsburgh Penguins	80	31	36	13	310	337	75
Washington Capitals	80	26	41	13	319	338	65

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	L	October 6, 1981	2–6	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	0–1–0
2	T	October 7, 1981	5–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	0–1–1
3	W	October 10, 1981	2–1	Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	1–1–1
4	L	October 11, 1981	2–8	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	1–2–1
5	L	October 14, 1981	1–4	New York Islanders (1981–82)	1–3–1
6	W	October 17, 1981	5–2	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	2–3–1
7	L	October 18, 1981	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	2–4–1
8	W	October 20, 1981	5–3	Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	3–4–1
9	T	October 22, 1981	3–3	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82)	3–4–2
10	L	October 23, 1981	3–8	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	3–5–2
11	W	October 25, 1981	6–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	4–5–2
12	L	October 28, 1981	3–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	4–6–2
13	L	October 29, 1981	4–6	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	4–7–2
14	W	October 31, 1981	3–1	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	5–7–2
15	W	November 4, 1981	6–3	New York Rangers (1981–82)	6–7–2
16	W	November 7, 1981	7–2	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	7–7–2
17	W	November 11, 1981	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82)	8–7–2
18	T	November 14, 1981	3–3	@ Boston Bruins (1981–82)	8–7–3
19	W	November 18, 1981	6–1	St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	9–7–3
20	T	November 20, 1981	3–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	9–7–4
21	L	November 21, 1981	5–9	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	9–8–4
22	W	November 24, 1981	7–1	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	10–8–4
23	W	November 25, 1981	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	11–8–4
24	W	November 28, 1981	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	12–8–4
25	W	December 2, 1981	4–2	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	13–8–4
26	L	December 5, 1981	1–3	@ St. Louis Blues (1981–82)	13–9–4
27	L	December 6, 1981	4–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	13–10–4
28	L	December 9, 1981	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	13–11–4
29	W	December 12, 1981	7–4	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	14–11–4
30	L	December 14, 1981	4–5	@ New York Rangers (1981–82)	14–12–4
31	W	December 16, 1981	7–6	Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	15–12–4
32	T	December 19, 1981	3–3	New York Rangers (1981–82)	15–12–5
33	L	December 20, 1981	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	15–13–5
34	T	December 23, 1981	4–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1981–82)	15–13–6
35	L	December 26, 1981	5–7	Buffalo Sabres (1981–82)	15–14–6
36	L	December 27, 1981	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1981–82)	15–15–6
37	W	December 30, 1981	6–2	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	16–15–6
38	W	January 2, 1982	9–4	Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	17–15–6
39	W	January 3, 1982	6–4	@ Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	18–15–6
40	L	January 6, 1982	3–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	18–16–6
41	L	January 7, 1982	4–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1981–82)	18–17–6
42	W	January 9, 1982	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	19–17–6
43	L	January 13, 1982	1–6	@ Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	19–18–6
44	L	January 16, 1982	0–4	@ Calgary Flames (1981–82)	19–19–6
45	T	January 17, 1982	3–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (1981–82)	19–19–7
46	W	January 20, 1982	5–4	Boston Bruins (1981–82)	20–19–7
47	L	January 21, 1982	1–6	@ New York Islanders (1981–82)	20–20–7
48	T	January 23, 1982	5–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	20–20–8
49	L	January 26, 1982	2–9	@ New York Islanders (1981–82)	20–21–8
50	L	January 27, 1982	3–6	New York Islanders (1981–82)	20–22–8
51	W	January 30, 1982	2–1	Winnipeg Jets (1981–82)	21–22–8
52	L	January 31, 1982	3–8	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82)	21–23–8
53	L	February 3, 1982	6–9	Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	21–24–8
54	L	February 6, 1982	4–6	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	21–25–8
55	L	February 7, 1982	4–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	21–26–8
56	T	February 10, 1982	3–3	Hartford Whalers (1981–82)	21–26–9
57	L	February 11, 1982	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1981–82)	21–27–9
58	T	February 13, 1982	3–3	Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	21–27–10
59	L	February 16, 1982	2–6	@ New York Islanders (1981–82)	21–28–10
60	L	February 17, 1982	3–5	New York Rangers (1981–82)	21–29–10
61	W	February 20, 1982	6–5	Philadelphia Flyers (1981–82)	22–29–10
62	W	February 21, 1982	4–3	New York Islanders (1981–82)	23–29–10
63	L	February 25, 1982	2–4	@ New York Islanders (1981–82)	23–30–10
64	L	February 27, 1982	1–4	Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	23–31–10
65	W	February 28, 1982	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1981–82)	24–31–10
66	L	March 3, 1982	2–3	Boston Bruins (1981–82)	24–32–10
67	W	March 6, 1982	6–4	@ Quebec Nordiques (1981–82)	25–32–10
68	T	March 7, 1982	4–4	Calgary Flames (1981–82)	25–32–11
69	W	March 10, 1982	7–2	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82)	26–32–11
70	W	March 13, 1982	6–2	Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	27–32–11
71	L	March 15, 1982	3–4	@ Minnesota North Stars (1981–82)	27–33–11
72	L	March 17, 1982	4–10	@ Edmonton Oilers (1981–82)	27–34–11
73	L	March 20, 1982	5–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (1981–82)	27–35–11
74	W	March 21, 1982	6–0	@ Colorado Rockies (1981–82)	28–35–11
75	L	March 24, 1982	2–7	New York Rangers (1981–82)	28–36–11
76	T	March 27, 1982	3–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1981–82)	28–36–12
77	W	March 28, 1982	6–5	@ Washington Capitals (1981–82)	29–36–12
78	T	March 31, 1982	4–4	Washington Capitals (1981–82)	29–36–13
79	W	April 2, 1982	7–5	@ New York Rangers (1981–82)	30–36–13
80	W	April 4, 1982	7–2	New York Islanders (1981–82)	31–36–13

Player Stats

Skaters

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in Minutes

			Regular Season						Playoffs
Player	#		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Rick Kehoe	17		71	33	52	85	8		5	2	3	5	2
Randy Carlyle	25		73	11	64	75	131		5	1	3	4	16
Pat Boutette	15		80	23	51	74	230		5	3	1	4	8
Paul Gardner	20		59	36	33	69	28		5	1	5	6	2
Mike Bullard	22		75	36	27	63	91		5	1	1	2	4
George Ferguson	11		71	22	31	53	45		5	0	1	1	0
Paul Baxter	4		76	9	34	43	409		5	0	0	0	14
Greg Malone	12		78	15	24	39	125		3	0	0	0	4
Pat Price	2		77	7	31	38	322		5	0	0	0	28
Peter Lee	10		74	18	16	34	98		3	0	0	0	0
Rick MacLeish†	7		40	13	12	25	28		5	1	1	2	0
Doug Shedden	14		38	10	15	25	12		-	-	-	-	-
Gregg Sheppard	19		58	11	10	21	35		-	-	-	-	-
Mark Johnson‡	9		46	10	11	21	30		-	-	-	-	-
Rod Schutt	27		35	9	12	21	42		5	1	2	3	0
Ron Stackhouse	3		76	2	19	21	102		1	0	0	0	0
Bobby Simpson	28		26	9	9	18	4		2	0	0	0	0
Steve Gatzos	26		16	6	8	14	14		1	0	0	0	0
Pat Graham	24		42	6	8	14	55		4	0	0	0	2
Andre St. Laurent†	34		18	8	5	13	4		5	2	1	3	8
Mario Faubert	5		14	4	8	12	14		-	-	-	-	-
Greg Hotham†	6		25	4	6	10	16		5	0	3	3	6
Jim Hamilton	28		11	5	3	8	2		-	-	-	-	-
Paul Mulvey‡	26		27	1	7	8	76		-	-	-	-	-
Marc Chorney	24		60	1	6	7	63		5	0	0	0	0
Kevin McClelland	18		10	1	4	5	4		5	1	1	2	5
Randy Boyd	8		23	0	2	2	49		3	0	0	0	11
Russ Anderson‡	7		31	0	1	1	98		-	-	-	-	-
Michel Dion	29		62	0	1	1	4		5	0	0	0	0
Bennett Wolf	6		1	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
Dave Hannan	20		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Nick Ricci	31		3	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Tony Feltrin	33		4	0	0	0	4		-	-	-	-	-
Gary Edwards†	30		6	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
Paul Harrison‡	1		13	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
Gary Rissling	23		16	0	0	0	55		-	-	-	-	-

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Penguins. Stats reflect time with the Penguins only. ^‡Traded mid-season

Goaltenders

Note: GP= Games played; TOI= Time on ice (minutes); W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against Average

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Player	#		GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA		GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	GAA
Gary Edwards†	30		6	360	3	2	1	22	1	3.67		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michel Dion	29		62	3580	25	24	12	226	0	3.79		5	304	2	3	22	0	4.34
Nick Ricci	31		3	160	0	3	0	14	0	5.25		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paul Harrison‡	1		13	700	3	7	0	64	0	5.49		-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Awards and Records

• The Penguins did not win any awards this season.

Transactions

The Penguins were involved in the following transactions during the 1981–82 season:

Trades

September 11, 1981	To Pittsburgh Penguins Paul Harrison	To Toronto Maple Leafs future considerations
December 29, 1981	To Pittsburgh Penguins Rick MacLeish	To Hartford Whalers Russ Anderson 8th round pick in 1983 Draft (Chris Duperron)
February 3, 1982	To Pittsburgh Penguins Greg Hotham	To Toronto Maple Leafs 6th round pick in 1982 Draft (Craig Kales)
March 2, 1982	To Pittsburgh Penguins 2nd round pick in 1982 Draft (Tim Hrynewich)	To Minnesota North Stars Mark Johnson

Additions and Subtractions

Additions Player Former team Via Pat Boutette Hartford Whalers compensation for signing of Greg Millen (1981-06-29) Kevin McClelland Hartford Whalers compensation for signing of Greg Millen (1981-06-29) Michel Dion Winnipeg Jets free agency (1981-06-30) Paul Mulvey Washington Capitals compensation for signing of Orest Kindrachuk (1981-09-04) Bobby Simpson St. Louis Blues free agency (1981-10-01) Gary Edwards St. Louis Blues waivers (1982-02-14) Andre St. Laurent Los Angeles Kings waivers (1982-02-23)

Subtractions Player New team Via Greg Millen Hartford Whalers free agency (1981-06-15) Orest Kindrachuk Washington Capitals free agency (1981-09-04) Paul Mulvey Los Angeles Kings waivers (1981-12-30) Paul Harrison St. Louis Blues waivers (1982-02-08)

References

• Penguins on Hockey Database