🐧 Away Penguins 22-18-0 before this game

4–5

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 16-25-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
PIT	0	3	1	4
DET	2	2	1	5

Penguins at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Penguins 5–4 at Little Caesars Arena on January 7, 1982.

🗓 Thu, Jan 7, 1982 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1981-82 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

John Ogrodnick

1 G, 1 A

6 shots

2nd star 🐙 DET

Willie Huber

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · -1

3rd star 🐙 DET

Walt McKechnie

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order

1st period

🐙 Walt McKechnie PP Go-ahead 1st · 01:39

Assists: John Ogrodnick, Willie Huber

0–1

🐙 John Ogrodnick 1st · 18:15

Assists: Jim Schoenfeld

0–2

2nd period

🐙 Reed Larson SH 2nd · 04:55

Assists: Walt McKechnie, Paul Woods

0–3

🐧 Bobby Simpson 2nd · 09:20

Assists: Paul Gardner

1–3

🐧 Rick MacLeish 2nd · 10:03

Assists: Pat Price

2–3

🐧 Rick Kehoe Tying 2nd · 12:16

Assists: Paul Gardner, Bobby Simpson

3–3

🐙 Ted Nolan SH Go-ahead 2nd · 13:15

Unassisted

3–4

3rd period

🐙 Willie Huber PP 3rd · 13:37

Assists: Mark Osborne, Greg Smith

3–5

🐧 Mike Bullard PP 3rd · 14:59

Assists: Pat Boutette, Rick Kehoe

4–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT DET🐙

21 Shots on goal 33

1/9 Power play (goals / chances) 2/8

38 Penalty minutes 20

PIT shooting 19.0% (4/21) DET shooting 15.2% (5/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Michel Dion

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:08 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Bob Sauve

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–4

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

❓ PIT vs DET, answered

Who won Penguins vs Red Wings on January 7, 1982?

Red Wings won 5–4.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Red Wings?

The final score was Penguins 4, Red Wings 5.

Who scored for Penguins?

Bobby Simpson, Mike Bullard, Rick Kehoe, Rick MacLeish.

Who scored for Red Wings?

John Ogrodnick, Reed Larson, Ted Nolan, Walt McKechnie, Willie Huber.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Michel Dion made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Bob Sauve made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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 6

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Jan 6

Also on January 7, 1982

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