🐧 Away Penguins 21-17-0 before this game

6–4

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
PIT	2	1	3	6
HFD	0	1	3	4

Penguins at Whalers

Penguins beat Whalers 6–4 on January 3, 1982.

🗓 Sun, Jan 3, 1982 · 12:30 CST 🏒 1981-82 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Pat Boutette

2 G, 1 A

5 shots · +3

2nd star 🐳 HFD

Blaine Stoughton

3 G

9 shots · +1

3rd star 🐳 HFD

Ron Francis

1 G, 2 A

8 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

10 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Rick MacLeish Go-ahead 1st · 01:31

Assists: Paul Baxter

1–0

🐧 Rick Kehoe 1st · 05:53

Assists: Pat Price, Paul Gardner

2–0

2nd period

🐳 Blaine Stoughton PP 2nd · 07:04

Assists: Pierre Larouche, Ron Francis

2–1

🐧 Pat Boutette 2nd · 10:28

Assists: Pat Price, Doug Shedden

3–1

3rd period

🐳 Ron Francis 3rd · 00:37

Assists: Garry Howatt

3–2

🐳 Blaine Stoughton Tying 3rd · 04:15

Assists: Russ Anderson, Mark Howe

3–3

🐧 Pat Boutette Go-ahead 3rd · 05:39

Assists: Randy Boyd, Mike Bullard

4–3

🐧 Doug Shedden 3rd · 09:21

Assists: Mike Bullard, Pat Boutette

5–3

🐳 Blaine Stoughton 3rd · 10:22

Assists: Ron Francis, Garry Howatt

5–4

🐧 Gregg Sheppard Empty net 3rd · 19:58

Unassisted

6–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT HFD🐳

34 Shots on goal 38

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

21 Penalty minutes 25

PIT shooting 17.6% (6/34) HFD shooting 10.5% (4/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Paul Harrison

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐳Whalers

Greg Millen

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:36 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–1

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ PIT vs HFD, answered

Who won Penguins vs Whalers on January 3, 1982?

Penguins won 6–4.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Whalers?

The final score was Penguins 6, Whalers 4.

Who scored for Penguins?

Pat Boutette (2), Doug Shedden, Gregg Sheppard, Rick Kehoe, Rick MacLeish.

Who scored for Whalers?

Blaine Stoughton (3), Ron Francis.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Paul Harrison made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Greg Millen made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Penguins vs Whalers season series?

Penguins lead the season series 2–0 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 · Jan 2

🐳Whalers

Previous game · Jan 2

Also on January 3, 1982

Penguins season page Whalers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule