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81-82PitPen
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[]

Main article: 1981 NHL Entry Draft
Round Pick Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team
2 28. Steve Gatzos Flag of Canada Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
3 49. Tom Thornbury Flag of Canada Canada Niagara Falls Flyers (OHL)
4 70. Norm Schmidt Flag of Canada Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL)
6 109. Paul Edwards Flag of Canada Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL)
6 112. Rod Buskas Flag of Canada Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
7 133. Geoff Wilson Flag of Canada Canada Winnipeg Warriors (WHL)
8 154. Mitch Lamoureux Flag of Canada Canada Oshawa Generals (OHL)
9 175. Dean De Fazio Flag of Canada Canada Brantford Alexanders (OHL)
10 196. Dave Hannan Flag of Canada 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

Playoffs[]

New York Islanders 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 2[]

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[]

Pittsburgh Penguins
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Affiliates Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL), Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)
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