🍁 Away Maple Leafs 28-48-0 before this game

4–6

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 25-52-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
TOR	2	1	1	4
DET	0	3	3	6

Maple Leafs at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Maple Leafs 6–4 at Little Caesars Arena on March 28, 1982.

🗓 Sun, Mar 28, 1982 · 18:00 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1981-82 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 4–3 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Reed Larson

1 G, 2 A

2 shots · +3

2nd star 🐙 DET

Walt McKechnie

2 A

2 shots · +1

3rd star 🐙 DET

Mark Kirton

2 A

1 shots

🚨 Scoring

10 goals · in order

1st period

🍁 Rocky Saganiuk Go-ahead 1st · 02:50

Assists: Stew Gavin, Walt Poddubny

1–0

🍁 Jim Benning PP 1st · 18:02

Assists: Rick Vaive, John Anderson

2–0

2nd period

🐙 Greg Smith PP 2nd · 08:43

Assists: Mike Blaisdell, Vaclav Nedomansky

2–1

🐙 Reed Larson Tying 2nd · 13:38

Unassisted

2–2

🐙 Danny Gare SH Go-ahead 2nd · 15:32

Assists: Reed Larson, Walt McKechnie

2–3

🍁 Rick Vaive Tying 2nd · 19:25

Assists: Bill Derlago

3–3

3rd period

🐙 Paul Woods Go-ahead 3rd · 00:42

Assists: Ted Nolan, Mark Kirton

3–4

🐙 John Ogrodnick 3rd · 08:39

Assists: Reed Larson, Jody Gage

3–5

🐙 Greg Joly SH 3rd · 15:01

Assists: Walt McKechnie, Mark Kirton

3–6

🍁 Stew Gavin 3rd · 15:56

Assists: Walt Poddubny, Jim Korn

4–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🍁TOR DET🐙

23 Shots on goal 34

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

9 Penalty minutes 15

TOR shooting 17.4% (4/23) DET shooting 17.6% (6/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🍁Maple Leafs

Vincent Tremblay

0/6

.000 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Bob Sauve

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs: no games found in this situation this year.

Red Wings

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

After 2nd — 3–3

Maple Leafs

Maple Leafs — tied after 2nd: 28-48 (37% win rate, 76 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 25-52 (32% win rate, 77 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 4–3 Full head-to-head →

5–2 · Maple Leafs won

Dec 26, 1981

🐙DET @ 🍁TOR

3–8 · Maple Leafs won

❓ TOR vs DET, answered

Who won Maple Leafs vs Red Wings on March 28, 1982?

Red Wings won 6–4.

What was the final score of Maple Leafs vs Red Wings?

The final score was Maple Leafs 4, Red Wings 6.

Who scored for Maple Leafs?

Jim Benning, Rick Vaive, Rocky Saganiuk, Stew Gavin.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Danny Gare, Greg Joly, Greg Smith, John Ogrodnick, Paul Woods, Reed Larson.

How did the Maple Leafs goalie play?

Vincent Tremblay made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

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

Where is Maple Leafs vs Red Wings played?

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

What is the Maple Leafs vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 4–3 after 7 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

🍁Maple Leafs

Previous game · Mar 27

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Mar 27

Also on March 28, 1982

Maple Leafs season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule