🐧 Away Penguins 17-12-0 before this game
4–5
Final
🗽 Home Rangers 12-17-0 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 0224
NYR 3205

Penguins at Rangers

Rangers beat Penguins 5–4 at Madison Square Garden on December 14, 1981.

🗓 Mon, Dec 14, 1981 · 19:00 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 1981-82 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🗽 NYR
Mark Pavelich
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · +1
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Doug Shedden
1 G, 2 A
3 shots
3rd star 🗽 NYR
Steve Vickers
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🗽 Mark Pavelich PP Go-ahead 1st · 06:39
Assists: Steve Vickers, Dave Maloney
0–1
🗽 Ron Duguay 1st · 15:28
Assists: Dave Maloney, Mark Pavelich
0–2
🗽 Steve Vickers PP 1st · 17:52
Assists: Mike Rogers
0–3
2nd period
🐧 Doug Shedden PP 2nd · 05:55
Assists: Pat Price, Mike Bullard
1–3
🗽 Mike Rogers 2nd · 14:11
Assists: Jere Gillis, Dean Talafous
1–4
🗽 Reijo Ruotsalainen 2nd · 15:22
Assists: Ron Duguay, Mark Pavelich
1–5
🐧 Peter Lee PP 2nd · 19:31
Assists: Doug Shedden, Pat Graham
2–5
3rd period
🐧 Paul Baxter PP 3rd · 13:38
Assists: Randy Carlyle, Paul Gardner
3–5
🐧 Rick Kehoe 3rd · 19:13
Assists: Doug Shedden, Ron Stackhouse
4–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT NYR🗽
33 Shots on goal 18
3/9 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6
31 Penalty minutes 57
PIT shooting 12.1% (4/33) NYR shooting 27.8% (5/18)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Paul Harrison
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:51 TOI
🗽Rangers
Steve Weeks
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–3
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–5
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Rangers
Rangers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 4, 1981
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
3–6 · Penguins won
Feb 28, 1981
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
4–6 · Penguins won
Nov 29, 1980
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
4–2 · Rangers won
Nov 14, 1980
🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR
3–3 · Penguins won
Oct 12, 1980
🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR
6–3 · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs NYR, answered

Who won Penguins vs Rangers on December 14, 1981?

Rangers won 5–4.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Rangers?

The final score was Penguins 4, Rangers 5.

Who scored for Penguins?

Doug Shedden, Paul Baxter, Peter Lee, Rick Kehoe.

Who scored for Rangers?

Mark Pavelich, Mike Rogers, Reijo Ruotsalainen, Ron Duguay, Steve Vickers.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Paul Harrison made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Steve Weeks made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Rangers season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Dec 12
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
4–7 · PIT won
Next game · Dec 16
👑LAK @ 🐧PIT
6–7 · PIT won
🗽Rangers
Previous game · Dec 12
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
5–3 · NYR won
Next game · Dec 16
🔔PHI @ 🗽NYR
7–3 · PHI won
Also on December 14, 1981
🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–6 final
Penguins season page Rangers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule